This story is a sequel to Ciderfest 2023 Mane Story Prologue - "Opening"
Caramel and Barley bound through the multiverse in search of Fizzy Glitch.
Written for the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Adventure. Check out the group for all the stories written for it here!
The premise of the story is that one of the con mascots, Fizzy Glitch, discovered the magical Book of All Stories and accidentally trapped everyone inside. Three factions compete for dominance: Heroes, Chaos and Villains. Attendees at Ciderfest earned points for their chosen factions, and whichever faction was in the lead had its chapter added to the Mane Story. But now the con is over, so we're publishing every possibility!
Art by Alsey.
The story continues with Saturday Morning.
It took me a while to figure out that these are three different versions of the same chapter— and since the “canon” version is in the middle, that means I read them out of order. :P
Maybe it would help to have author’s notes that include a link directly to the next “canon” chapter of the (next) story? Beginning with the Opening, I s’pose…?
Now that I know how the “mane story” is arranged, I think what I’d like to do is read only the canon chapters, in order, and then come back and skim the alternate versions afterward.
Hopefully this helps clarify the format, in case anyone else is as confused as I was. :)
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Good point! I hadn't realized that might confuse people. I'll see about adding in some links.