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Well, right off the bat your usage of commas is bad. It's clear you're trying out a stylistic approach to your prose, but I'd recommend learning the basics before trying out anything fancy. Other than that, there's grammar issues here and there, some of the spelling is off every once in a while, but it's not all that terrible.

Your pacing is kinda rushed, too. It's clear you wanted to get to the part where he's been imprisoned ASAP, and your description is lacking because of it. There's very little characterization as well, other than the obvious dislike for slavery, which is is just assumed in an HiE story with a modern protagonist.

Also your dialogue is very confusing. Slapping it in the middle of a paragraph with few and vague dialogue tags makes it very hard to follow the flow of conversation. I'd suggest reading up on dialogue formatting and such.

Here's a useful link for the dialogue aspects.

Here's a link for the commas.

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Thank you for the feedback, I will take what you said into consideration as the story moves forward. I will look into rewriting the prologue to see what I can do different, but to be honest I have no idea where this story will go. I'm just writing as I go, and thank you again.

We well be waching your progress with great intresst

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Thank you, I'll be changing the prologue a bit, to fix some issues.

Well this is interesting.

he finds him self in slave attitude.

Don't you mean enslaved?

Damn, this man is going to snap soon.

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I'll re-read that be and see, thanks for the suggestion

I focused on as many words I could remember. 'Aer, Aqua, Ignis, Ordo, Perditio, Terra, Lux and Telum.'

Are those real words?

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Yes they are. They are all words in Latin.
Aer is air, Aqua is water, Ignis is fire, terra is eath.
Ordo, Perditio and Telum have tree meanings each.
Ordo is order, regularity, and purity.
Perditio is entropy, chaos, and destruction
Telum is weapon, attack, and harm
But that is what I know them as, if anyone knows a good site for Latin words and there meanings, then that would be most appreciated.

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I think I heard some of them before.

I stand and stretch, seeing my right hand covered in soot.

Did that come from the light?

I give a soft smile as they get closer, Nala comes up to me and slaps me. "What you thinking! Alpha could of kill you," Nala demanded.

WTF?

After practising all through the night, I learned that my magic is to do with intention.

What does that mean?

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The soot on his hand was from him practicing fire spells the night previous.

Nala hit him for being a idiot.

His form of magic is formed from imagination.

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Ohh, I thought her slapping him was a new way of saying thank you.

Also, is that what he meant by “intention”?

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Ya, so he just needs to think what he wants the spell to do then way the word.
So he doesn't need to remember loads of spells.
'Intention'
Noun:
a thing intended; an aim or plan.

"How didst thee receiveth h're, and who is't art thee," she shakily said. By the pitch in the voice, they are a girl. "Sorry I didn't understand you, one moment," I said. Thinking back to my lessons, I try and remember the words needed to translate. After some time and strange looks from the pony. I remember what I need to say, "anglis in transferendum." "Can you understand me better?" I ask. Her eyes widen in shock at my spell, "how do you know the human tongue?" She asked.

Wait, what did he do?

She looks at Nala then back at me. "Who you like more?" She asked. "What do you mean?" I ask inquisitively looking at her puzzled. "Now, you alpha, you need a mate." Said Nala. I looked ever to her more puzzled then it dawns on me. 'I need a lover?' "What?" I said in surprise. "Ok, ok so, now that I'm the alpha I need a mate?" Nala and Lily both nod at the same time, all this time I'm still patting there head.

I thought since he freed them he’s not the alpha.

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With the first one: Luna have need in that void world for almost 1000 year with no contact from anyone,so she was startled by his presence. Then when he said about Nightmare Moon giving him his powers, that scared her even more thinking that he was working for Nightmare Moon.

With the second one: In the hierarchy of dogs, when an alpha is killed by another dog that dog then becomes the new Alpha. Sins Sam killed the Alpha, by they law he is now the new Alpha.

Does that make it clearer? Please if anybody does have any questions that they do not understand with the chapters. Please let me know and I will clarify.

Thank you all again for reading my story, and I hope that you like how the story is progressing.

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I was talking about the spell he did.

Also, I thought since he freed them there was no hierarchy.

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Oh, the spell 'anglis in transferendum' is Latin for 'translate into English'

He freed them from the last Alpha, who treated them like slaves. In the last chapter he said, "We are free if you want to stay you are more then welcome to, and you may leave whenever you like. I may be your Alpha, but I'm kind. Now let us celebrate our freedom!" So there is your answer to that one.

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I thought he was only able to use Aer, Aqua, Ignis, Terra, Ordo, Perditio, and Telum.

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That's the laten he know off by heart, and what Nightmare Moon gave him. Anything else he has to think back to when he was studying laten.

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So, Aer, Aqua, Ignis, Terra, Ordo, Perditio, and Telum were learned by Nightmare Moon, while everything else he does was from him studying Latin? Because, I thought he already knew those words.

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He already knew, Aer, Aqua, Ignis, Terra, Ordo, Perditio, and Telum. Nightmare Moon gave him the power to use it, and jump started him mine to remember laten better.

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Did he also already know the translation spell too or did Nightmare Moon show him that spell?

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He knew that one, with some help from Nightmare Moon

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So, Aer, Aqua, Ignis, Terra, Ordo, Perditio, and Telum. He already knew, while the translation spell he got from Nightmare Moon. And on top of that, she jump started his memory of the other Latin words he studied?

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I'm sorry mate but with this being my first story, I don't even know where it's going, so some of the time you just need to use your imagination.

I nod at that answer and say my next one, "Is there a settlement near here on the surface?" She nods again, "yes, pony town west not far."

Wait, so they aren’t on the surface?

As I don my clothes, containing simple black boots, jeans, a black shirt and a duster.

Not a bad choice in clothing.

When I get there, Nala and Lily are waiting for me with a bag full of gems. They look at Opal confused, "Her arm was under a rock, we need to get to the settlement to see if they have someone who could help. They both come up to me and look at Opal with saddened eyes. "You two ready to leave?" I ask them, They both say yes and we head off to the entrance.

Isn’t there a healing spell?

When we walk out of the den, I close my eyes, the sun's rays above the trees blinding me. When my eyes adjust to the light, I start to blink away the bubbles. I look at Nala and Lily, seeing that they have the same effect from the sun.

Bubbles?

I reach into my pocket, grabbing the ruby from before, "Telum." The ruby knife forms in my hand.

Where did he get the ruby from?

"Let's get going, I have some things to do here as well."

Like what?

They all turned and huddled together, probably to figure out what to do with me since. My kind hasn't been seen, for over 200 years.

So, he’s from from equestria and not earth?

Up ahead I see a large white building, with a cartoonish red cross above the door.

Cartoonish?

I hold a hand out to Nala, and she hands me that bag. "This," I say. I open the bag to show the pony the gems. She thinks for a bit, looking at the bag. The white pony from the group wanders over to see what's in the bag. When she sore the gems, a shine comes over her eyes, and a bit of drool starts to form. I look down to the white pony, Nala and Lily snarling lightly. "Nala, Lily, down," I say in a harsh tone. They stop and whimper lightly. I close the bag from the white one and move it away. She blinks a couple of times then turns away flustered. "So, you like gems? Very well, how much is this bag worth? and don't lie to me, I can tell when someone is." She scoffs with her nose in the air, indignant at my words. "Well I never I am a dignified lady, and I would never stoop to such levels, about the worth of gems," she said with a snobby attitude. I raise an eyebrow with an unimpressed look. "Just say what price and we'll see," I say unamused. She scoffs again, "well I need to look to see the worth, don't I." She said, looking at the bag. I open it and show her the gems, that look in her eyes comes back.

One of the gems starts to float out of the bag with a light blue glow around it. The pony's horn is glowing the same colour. I grab the gem as Nala and Lily start to growl again. The pony stepped back a step, not knowing what she did wrong. I calm Nala and Lily down again, anger on my face as I look at the pony. "What do you think you are doing?" I ask. she looks confused at my question. "I need to see them, to know the worth so I can give you the right amount," She said smugly. With narrowed eyes, I hand her the gem. She holds it in her magic, pulling it closer to her face. Turning it around for a bit, she smiles and nods with that glint in her eyes. "This is a right good looking gem if the rest of your gems in that bag is as good as this one, then that is quite a lot of bits you will get," she said, smiling at the bag.

Something tells me they’re not gonna have a lot of encounters with eachother.

Number 1: Diamond Dogs life under ground.
Number 2: thanks
Number 3: That it the same ruby that was used to kill the old alpha, so he kept it.
Number 3: you will see in the next chapter.
Number 4: he is from earth, Nightmare Moon said that his kind had not been seen for around 200 years.
Number 5: red cross with a cartoon look to it.
Number 6: he is still new to this land and doesn't trust anyone yet.

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Thanks for answering some of my questions I guess, but you didn’t push the reply button. So, I didn’t see it until now.

Its a bit hard to read Applejack's sentence, not gonna lie

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Is that any better, I've put it in the authors notes.

Ok, so this brings up a lot of questions. First off, has Davenport seen humans before? Because, doesn’t seem to be reacting like the others.The second is will his fight f*ck him over later in the future? Because, if enough ponies seen it, it could leave to either celestia getting involved or the citizens taking stuff into their own hands or hooves in this case.

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To me, Davenport is more of a businessman, so he doesn't really care as long as you can make money. With the fight, yes.

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Is he a businessman? Yes to which one? Because, I’ve thought about a lot ways that fight might f*ck him over.

My eyes flicker open, a fog clouding my mind. "ah, what happened." I think out loud. I'm on the floor, my head hurting. I place a hand where it hurts, and I look around. Before me is the same place where I met Luna. Looking around, I'm unable to find her. I try and get to my feet, my legs wobbly at the start. I get my legs under me and start stretching them, the feeling of pins and needles flowing through them. The fog in my mind clears slightly, remembering what happened. I had a panic attack from the realization. That I'm not in my world, and t-that I k-killed someone. I get my breathing under control before I have another one.

When did this happen?

"Next time, when someone or something comes to your town. Ether let them be, or say hello and get to know them. Not everyone you meet has a scheme." They all look at the floor. I sigh and say. "Look, I'll say it. I'm sorry for what I did to you too, but what I said still stands. Got it" They nod and step aside. "Thank you, and you." I look to the pink one, "the next time we meet, I would love to get to know you all." It was odd when I said that. Her hair got puffy again, and she said, "Okie Dokie Loki." Then she started hopping away. The other four looked at me with knowing smiles, and they all said in sync, "pinkie being, pinkie." Still being confused, I start to walk back to the forest.

I remember you saying that the fight would f*ck him over, did you decide to change that?

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1. In the last chapter he had a panic attack, and past out, so while he was out he was sent to the
dreamscape.
2. It will, I never said when it would happen.

When a man sent to a land of magic and legends, he finds himself in Equestria, the land of ponies. But first, he finds himself enslaved. He now must get free and help those in need. Learning old magic all alone from a bygone age, will he survive, or come to his end? No one knows. We must wait and see...

You should make you synopsis look more like this. Please respond to this comment.

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Thank for the recommendation, but tell me why it should be that way

I reread this story just yesterday, fully believing this story was abandoned after two years of inactivity. Imagine my surprise when I go to bed and check my phone to see that this story was just updated.

They probably already said it before me, but the prologue is very weak in terms of introduction. I'm serious.

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