This story is a sequel to A New Equestria
Months have passed since I first saw the Light. Back when the Empress shared her wisdom with me and enlightened me about the true path towards Harmony.
These months have been interesting for me. As a student of Empress Daybreaker, I was given the opportunity to gain much previously locked away knowledge. In addition, my new position as the 'Grand Inquisitor' bestows upon me the task of securing Harmony within Equestria and ensuring our ponies are safe.
And still, another mission awaits me, yet. A task that will lead me up North towards a familiar face. There is much at stake, too much for me to bear, I feel.
I just hope this goes right...
This Story takes place in the Equestria at War universe.
This is a sequel to A New Equestria. Reading it beforehand is recommended but not ultimately necessary.
In the picture, why are the pink and purple streaks in Twilight's mane red?
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Her appearance changed after her "rebirth", aka after Daybreaker made her join her. It's brighter than her original colours and, together with her now yellow cutie mark, embodies her servitude to Daybreaker. The entire Scene of how she became a servant of Daybreaker is described in the Prequel. You don't have to read it to understand it but it's recommended.
Curious... Where are her friends exactly?
Hmm... Something is definitely suspicious. Why wouldn't she want to remember Cadence's wedding?
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Seeing as how the Country was, and still is, in a defensive war against the Changelings, all of the Mane Six except for Twilight went to help the war effort in one war or another.
The Equestria at War Universe originates from a mod for the strategy game "Hearts of Iron 4". Ingame, during the war, Applejack and Pinkie Pie end up joining the Army and becoming Generals. Rainbow Dash is part of the Equestrian Royal Air Force High Command, while Rarity and Fluttershy both work in the Industry.
Whether they support Daybreaker's authoritarian rule or not is up in the air, as they are all caught up with their day-to-day lives and duties. The War is still raging, after all.
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In her current form, Twilight basically considers her "old self", aka Twilight Sparkle, to be something lesser than her 'actual', current self, which is why she also changed her name to Sunrise Sparkle.
This means that she also wishes to avoid memories of all kind from her 'old life', as she believes that they only distract her and weaken her.
Hmm... This explains it all. I wonder what will happen next?
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Glad I could make things clear!
Seems Empress Daybreaker made it clear to Sunrise what failure would mean, though.
A lot of brave ponies will likely perish in the War for the Crystal Empire...
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So there is a sequel. Oh and Daybreaker is not nearly as cruel as my most evil fic character Lord Travis.
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Well, I suppose Twilight/Sunrise is doing most of the "hard work" for the Empress, in this case, as the leader of the Inquisition. In case you didn't already guess, the Inquisition is basically a pony version of the SS/NKVD. A Secret military police that subdues, interrogates and kills anypony not submitting to Daybreaker and her Cult of Personality.
Oh, and I'm not sure about a Sequel yet. Maybe... maybe not. We'll see
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My evil character Lord Travis pretty much killed all the main characters one by one in one gruesome way or another. He gets some twisted pleasure when he kills someone so he does most of his executions personally.
I liked it. Made me tear up with Sparkle in the end.
Though, you could've explored the good end of the event chain, you know? One where they happily reunite and Cady doesn't reject?
But I suppose it's good nonetheless, after all I liked it.
This was certainly refreshing… somehow the dark ark has some weird appeal – hope there will be more.
BTW – is Spike dead? If I recall, in the last story it was not explicitly stated one way or the other.
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Only the Empress knows.
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Oh, I smell the sequel including our little fella - I can even imagine the title and synopsis:
Plus punchline for Spike:
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Sorry couldn't resist
for those who don't get the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dofacvjRkc
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We sadly have the problem of the other nations who still want war with Equestria and are still attacking the fight never ends.
Poor Twilight
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My exact reaction.
The symbolism is strong with this one.
Jeez...this was was painful to read.
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I hope you mean because it was very emotional, not because it was hard to understand or read due to typos or whatnot.
But for realsies, thanks for all the comments, I've read them all just now. Glad you enjoyed this Story arc!
There may even be more to come, who knows...
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Looking forward to it.
Ooohoohoo, someone's seen Star Wars Rebels!
Also, randomly capitalizing letters at the beginning of certain words misleads me into thinking there's some symbolic significance to each and every last one of them. You could have used spell check before submitting, but it's not as big a deal as other fics' problems.
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It's just an issue with me being from Germany. Capitals are a big weakness of mine.
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Oh? Let's test that! What's the capital of the United States?
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Washington D.C. last I checked
You made choosing a dress go from a mundane task into a deep psychological issue. Mad respect. And the execution of it was great as well. It wasn't unnecessarily wordy or winded, and the wording was just perfect.
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Good! You are good at capitals!
Also, HOLY FREAKING CRAP, THIS WAS HARD TO READ. THE EMOTIONS OF CADENCE AND SUNRISE WERE THICKER THAN A BOWL OF OATMEAL. WHO SHOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN THE RIGHT??!! I LOVE THE AMBIGUITY!
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I am aware of the effect I have on people. They all end up speechless like you. *takes a bow*
An interesting perspective piece about the consequences of betraying a former self. I appreciate the level of symbolism that you employ for this, and how the mind of a changing Twilight is forced to decide between the two identities which are tearing her apart. This story was a very effective piece for that, and I cannot wait to see where this leads!
Damn, this is disturbing. Good work.
Edit: I read the sequel, her dumbass had no idea what was coming. Her being me, of course.
Oh sunrise sparkle
How much she thinks she knows
Yet we all know there is no day without the night