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Arcanum -Phantasy


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The Mane Seven explore a distant island several miles off the coast of Equestria. What they see fills their hearts with dread. How can this be? How can there be a land so silent? So empty?

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So will this story go anywhere or is that it? Just curious....

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Depends on how popular it becomes.

Well, that was strange, but in a good way.

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I for one would really appreciate a sequel. Really want to see if the king means "hooray, my species might survive!" or "hooray, magical creatures for me to feast on!"
Was that meant to be ambiguous, or am I just an idiot?

Before I read this, I must know: What's so unusual about a deserted island?

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in a world full of life and magic? quite a lot actually.

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think about it, what place on earth has absolutely no life in it? Even nuclear wastelands have some traces of life and some the most extreme areas have some sort of life inhabiting it.

Hmm, well this was interesting, in a grim sort of way.

Bodies. Countless reptilian bodies trapped in cold gray stone laid curled like sleeping cats before a polished throne of bitch-black onyx.

I have never heard of bitch black before.

Cold, empty wind scattered bitch-black ash

Never heard of that shade before :unsuresweetie:

-Dm

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Bitch black. The darkest of shades. Vantablack has nothing on it. Black holes bow in fear and reverence.

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If it makes you feel better, it’s probably the second funniest spelling error I’ve come across. The funniest was in a YouTube comment. Long story short, the guy put dick instead of dock.

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The worst part is that I did it TWICE.:facehoof:

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Aw, crud.

So...what the hell ate part of Pinkie's treat?!

I'll admit my first impression was that this fallen Kingdom was meant to be a mirror to Equestria. I took the dead forest to be a mirror of the Everfree, the decaying farm to be a mirror to Sweet Apple Acres, and initially interpreted the Castle on a Hill as a mirror to Canterlot before realizing it was different. I thought it was leaning toward the idea of one kingdom's demise foretelling the fall of another.

That said, I enjoyed the story. Rare that I find such an interesting one. I'd like to see something about how this place came to be as it is. Perhaps a prequel story with Twilight learning about the stories of this place (History books, old journals, maybe even some things from the Castle of the Two Sisters since they had some ancient tomes as well). In any case, I enjoyed it, and I'll be looking forward to reading more from you.

I enjoyed it. When I hear castle on a hill I immediately think Castle of the Two Sisters, after Luna wrecked the place.

Angry Luna is best wrecking ball. :trollestia:

Well, that was interesting.

You better not leave it there, I want more.

Grey. That was all that could be seen. Thick grey clouds covered the sky, choking out all the light from Celestia's sun. The land was nothing but grey stone covered with black ash like the mouth of a hellish volcano. No plants. No animals. No life. No magic. Only a deathly silence, a herald that chilled the bones of the seven Equestrians as they stepped through the portal into the forgotten land.

How do they know it has no magic? And what portal?

"You sure it's a good idea to split up?" Starlight asked, unnerved by her friend's cold attitude as she walked.

She nodded, then, with a sad smile said, "It should be fine. The dead can't hurt ponies."

Are none of them gonna comment on what she said?

With a smile, she once again lead the charge as they walked away from the deadwood forest. Once they stepped out of sight, a breeze passed through the trees. Slowly, they began to crumble away into dust, filling the air with black ash as the forest vanished in a cloud of ebony.

Wait, so rainbow was wrong?

Pinkie nodded, but before she left she entered the room, reached into her mane, took out a cupcake, and gently placed it into the crib.

I’m surprised she’s still able to pull stuff out of her mane.

With that, she left the room. Again the room fell into its familiar silence, then a wet smack filled the air as a portion of the offered treat vanished.

Wait what?

Starlight took in her dead surroundings with guilty eyes as they moved, the silent city seeming to judge her. Twilight and Fluttershy noticed this, but while Fluttershy didn't know what to do Twilight had an idea of what was going through the mare's head.

"It reminds me of that timeline too," she sighed, putting a wing over the shame-ridden Unicorn as they walked. "But you didn't do this."

Not gonna lie, I was thinking the same thing.

When they were a foot away from the ruin, it finally died as they took in what stood before them. What they thought was a vast castle was in actually a castle's protective outer-wall, it's mote and drawbridge rendered useless by the passage of time and whatever fate befell the kingdom.

Outer-wall?

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