For as long as Sunny can remember, there have been tales of a strange hermit living deep in the Everfree Forest, the most dangerous place in Equestria. Of course, nopony could ever prove if this was true. After all, who in their right mind would actually go there? Unfortunately for Sunny, she may not have a choice, as during a test flight on the Mare Stream, she and Zipp crash land in the middle of that very forest. With no way out and timberwolves just waiting to pounce, what else can she do but hope that the tales are true?
And just who, or what, is this hermit supposed to be, anyway?
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Wait are you saying that Sunny is Anon’s granddaughter!
Pretty cool, dont think ive seen a G5 story where Anon is the one left behind
Another Great story. I love it
Can you make a sequel please?. It’s will be nice to read her and her friends reactions to the revelation of her lineage.
I am in love with this concept! Tfw no full fledged slice of life fic
this story is amazing it needs a prequel and a sequel
This recent slang, becoming an odd proverb uttered by an ancient being
He's literally me frfr.
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Great chapter
Ten in Three Parts
Talk about a family reunion…
This needs a sequel.
When did Sunny and the other meet Discord?
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In the official IDW comics.
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Okay, I haven't read that so I didn't know. Thank you.
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How!? Considering the fact that Sonny is still a regular pony. While Anon is a fellow human?
I herd “The Hermit” and went “tarot card stuff, yes!!!”
This is good and all but, i dislike the use of “anon” characters.
I just consider it lazy writing, its like saying that you dont have the creativity to think of your own characters names so you just go “oh they're anonymous.”
I mean, this persons name could have just been “Joe” or “Steve”
Generic names, but still specific names.
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"Anon" characters aren't supposed to original characters. They're self-inserts, meant so that the reader can imagine themselves in their place.
That's why they don't have proper names.
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Oh. I never understood that, i guess i just assumed. My bad lol.
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Is there going to be a prequel of this and a sequel in the works too for this also?
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It would be difficult for me to make a prequel unless the G5 team decides to reveal what actually happened to Twilight and the gang. If they do, I probably will make one, yes. As for a sequel, I have a few ideas. It won't come immediately as I have a few other things I am working on already, but it will come.
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Okay good. And yeah hopefully they will reveal what happened to them and the two sisters, since apparently there friend from childhood is she alive.
Also didn’t they have a son too?
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What?
This was really good. Nice change to have Anon be the one who gets left behind. Bravo.
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As I stated in the author's note, this story is unrelated to my other works. As such, Passing Comet doesn't exist in this continuity (that's also why I didn't mention the daughter by name, since it doesn't really matter for this story). I know this Anon is really similar, but it avoids a lot of storytelling complications by having this be its own thing. After all, if this was in that continuity, Sunny, Zipp, and Anon would already know each other.
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It's like one of those camp fire stories 🔥
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To be fair, it kinda depends on the writer's intentions and context. Some Anons are meant to be audience surrogates (Anons in second-person stories and some Anons in first or third-person are this) but other Anons really are more like OCs without a proper name. Or, the Anon is a self-insert and, by the general definition of a self-insert, is more or less the author as a character. For example, an OC I created that is basically me would be a self-insert character (even if they are called "Anon", since the Anon is still me as a character, and thus has my personality or starts off with my personality before undergoing character development), while a OC/Anon who is meant to represent the reader in some way, not the author as a character, is a audience surrogate.
Although a self-insert can double as a audience surrogate if the readers can identify with the author and/or their feelings enough.
Good story. Kinda interesting linking the past to the present and about Sunny's familial ties.
Simply beautiful. Well done
nice read! 25mins of my time gone but not wasted!
"Seriously?! How thick are these two? It's staring them right in their faces... or rather HE is!"
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[exhales] "Fine..."
"To be fair, ponies never was really good at putting together them puzzle pieces. Might has somethin to do with hooves. Anon picked up on it right away.
"But Zip's whole shtick is detectiving!"
"And yet... Misty."
[Inhales] "Eghh-"
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Meanwhile, in the Mare Stream on their way back to Maretime Bay Sunny gasps.
Zip: "What is it Sunny?!"
Sunny: "Zip, we should have used the little fillies room before we left!"
Zip: "I think we'll be fine till we make it back."
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A little while later Sunny's eyes go wide as she exclames, "Zip, you know what I just realized?! I can get Anon to sign my copy of the Journal of Friendship!
Zip just smiles and rolls her eyes.
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The Mare Stream cuts through the skies on its way home. They're out of the Everfree Forest by now and are much more relaxed.
Zip calmly guides the craft through her element, a happy smile on her face.
Suddenly, her face goes blank.
Her eyebrows fall as her expression narrows into a focused stare, but her gaze is blind to the empty horizon as her brain zips forward like a laser beam.
Then her eyebrows skyrocket as her eyes bulge and her right eyelid starts to twitch.
"SUNNY! I THINK ANON'S-"
[Cut to credits]