At the beginning of the Age of the Great Frost, Canterlot has fallen. The ponies who lived there either dead, hiding inside their houses or having joined the Ponyville expedition to find the fabled Generator.
Those who decided to stay in the mountain city fought a constant uphill battle for food and firewood. In this collapsed society, a mother and her two fillies are part of the battle, but their mother just lost it.
Hyper Sonic and Gooseberry were on their own now and all that was left for them, except for trying to survive alone, was to give their mother her last honor.....
The first story ever set in Yudhaikeledai's "Frostpony" universe! Inspired by his wonderful and epic animation!
The cover art is an edited screenshot of "Between Dark and Dawn" and was created by me and DinkyUniverse.
*watched video and read chapter before taking out shotguin*
More please or the derpy gets it
Very nice! Great job! I always find FRostpunk interesting. While never played it, it still came in handy for me
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Derpy is a good thought here. She and Dinky have a very prominent appearance in "Frostpony". We even know their occupation in New Ponyville! I should eventually go and write a "Frostpony" story for them too. The story is just the first one I felt inspired to write.
I definitely will write more stories for "Frostpony". And I am also interested in writing more about Hyper Sonic and Gooseberry in this universe, in a multi-chapter story that goes into detail about life in the post-apocalyptic Canterlot during the Great Frost.
I want to write a lot more chapters for my other story "Dreamwalker Dash" first and update it regularly again, a story in which Hyper Sonic and Gooseberry also have roles, but after that I want to go and write more about their life in this universe.
Thank you for reading!
Only some? This means there are still more ponies out there?
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.
Alternative/extended ending:
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Yes, there are other ponies left in Canterlot. Some ponies have joined the expedition up north to find the generator, but others stayed behind, either because the expedition couldn't hold more ponies or because they have decided to stay in Canterlot and to survive on their own initiative. I don't know if they are still alive at this point, when Hyper Sonic's and Gooseberry's mom has just died and when Hyper Sonic buries her, or if they have succumbed to the Great Frost because their firewood or their food ran out, but there are other ponies besides them who stayed in Canterlot.
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Thank you!
There will be more eventually, I can't tell when exactly, but there is going to be another short story set in Yudhaikeledai's "Frostpony" universe and I will expand on Hyper Sonic's and Gooseberry's life in the Great Frost together with their mom, Candy Wave, in a multi-chapter story.
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Wow, this is great! You wrote a story for my story! A fanfic of one of my stories!
And it's really good! A few wrong words, some tense issues and I'm not yet sure if Hyper Sonic uses the word "truly" in her speech, but otherwise, it's a great and solid story!
I don't see it happening like that, in the events that follow after what you just read, Hyper Sonic and Gooseberry will stay for an extended time in Canterlot, but this is a legit possibility, it fits into the scenario and has a great twist with ponies returning to Canterlot after the generator has been taken into operation, to gather supplies from deceased ponies who don't need them anymore. And you also have put Hyper Sonic's rhetorical talent in the story, it's great that you thought of that!
I love this, thanks for writing it!
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Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Since you keep calling it "Yudhaikeledai's "Frostpony" universe" I should mention the video "Frostpony" was partly inspired by the story The City Must Survive.
See also this comment thread under the video.
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Oh, "Frostpony" was inspired by a ponified "Frostpunk" story? So, the animation and the story show the same universe? I will have to read the story soon and compare it with the animation.