When Twilight Sparkle awakes to find an unexplained mark on her body, she dismisses it as nothing more than an insect bite. However, when some of her classmates exhibit similar symptoms, she realizes that something nefarious is afoot. Her investigation leads her to a shocking secret within the walls of Crystal Prep Academy, and the terrifying true purpose of the Friendship Games.
Update 5/11/2019: Thanks to Sparrow9642 for putting together a delightfully creepy cover image!
Be sure to also check out his reading of this story on YouTube!
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Yeesh.
This was a pretty sinister foray in horror at Crystal Prep. And to that I say, well-done!
btw, nice list of influences. Cool Air was actually the first Lovecraft I ever read!
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Thank you! Schools, especially private academies, make for natural horror settings much like prisons and hospitals.
Cool Air is among my favorites of Lovecraft's work.
Pretty nice. Adds in some campy acting and remove the blood and you got a Goosebump episode (complete with a twist ending).
Not sure what's the connection with Suspiria (sadly never watched it in it's entirety), but this music feels necessary while reading this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pins1y0XAa0).
Before reading:
(Looking at the description) Okay, so apparently Cinch is a vampire in this one and she wants to turn as many people as possible through the people she bites/forces to compete in the “Friendship” Games so her vampire legacy will endure.
After reading: Or not. Is this like a reference to something? Because I don’t get it. It’s definitely spooky though!
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I am MOST flattered to that!
The original Suspiria is one of my all-time favorite horror movies. Its climax involves a secret passage being discovered within the school (hopefully I did not spoil anything for you).
I've always loved the haunting music box melody of that theme!
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I'll admit, I was a bit more reminded of Scooby-Doo with that bookcase secret passage.
I've heard tons of good things about Suspiria and I've seen a couple of scenes, but I'm a bit hesitant to watch it since I don't really handle gore very well. It took me years to finally watch John Carpenter's The Thing (and THAT became my favorite horror movie). I've heard that Suspiria has one scene that's particularly gory while the rest of it relies more on the atmosphere, but I've heard otherwise as well.
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Heh, I can see how one might get that initial impression...
Aside from referencing a line from the song Unleash the Magic, the "Legacy" in the title refers to the genetic material extracted from Friendship Games finalists.
I loved this, and if it's okay with you, would love to do a narration of it!
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By all means! I would love to hear it.
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I have all the audio done, now it's just down to visuals. Have no clue when it'll be released
Is Cinch a vampire or something? Or is CPA breeding super-soldiers or something?
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The latter. At least as far as Cinch "alien abducting" Friendship Games finalists with the "most desirable" genetic traits.
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Wow. Reminds me of the video game FEAR, where the Armacham Technology Corporation tried to do something similar. It blew up in their faces, messily.
disturbing
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Indeed it is. I wanted to write something even scarier than Pretty Little Horses.
Great story. I really enjoyed it.
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Thank you very much!
I read this around when it was published and I've just come back to read it, yea this is very very scary and spooky. I love it!
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Thank you very much! Glad I could deliver the spookiness.
I've considered writing a sequel, but I'm not sure how I could expand on this particular story.