• Published 22nd Jan 2013
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Equestria Legends Online - Shadowflame



A New virtual reality MMO goes screwy with the arrival of discord. Now over a thousand bronies are trapped in a virtual reality, and the only way out is to play Discord's game. Will they collect the Elements of Harmony in time, or die trying?

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Collaboration In the Works

Author's Note:

IMPORTANT: READ THIS NOTE!

Hey guys! Here's a shout out to everyone who enjoyed ELO, because just a few days ago, a sequel for this story was released as a collaboration between me and MidnightChaos, another fan and writer of ELO.

Actually, Midnight and I did collaborate a bit in ELO, and this whole chapter is one of our brainstroming chats, one of the best actually. So with that, I leave you with this 'behind-the-screen' look into the making of ELO, as well as this link so you guys can check out ELO's sequel:

Chat Room Opened
Now Connecting...

[20:21] <Doctor_Wednesday> Ok.
[20:21] <Doctor_Wednesday> I'm here.
[20:21] <@Shadowflame> Um, hello?
[20:21] <Doctor_Wednesday> Its MidnightChaos
[20:21] <@Shadowflame> Are you MidnightChaos?
[20:21] <@Shadowflame> Oh
[20:21] <@Shadowflame> Okay then
[20:21] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yup.
[20:22] <Doctor_Wednesday> Quick easy chats yay.
[20:22] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yes my character will travel.
[20:23] <Doctor_Wednesday> But she will not stay in the same place for long
[20:23] <Doctor_Wednesday> Level 5 right?
[20:27] == Shadowflame [webchat@a763dad.3cf137b8.ut.comcast.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 360 seconds]
[20:28] == Shadowflame [webchat@a763dad.3cf137b8.ut.comcast.net] has joined #EquestriaLegendsOnline
[20:29] <Shadowflame> Okay, sorry. My internet bugged out for a sec
[20:29] <Doctor_Wednesday> Its fine
[20:29] <Shadowflame> Did you reply to my question?
[20:29] <Doctor_Wednesday> Level 5 right?
[20:29] <Shadowflame> Yeah, level five, sure.
[20:29] <Doctor_Wednesday> She will travel but not stay in one place
[20:29] <Shadowflame> Alright, where to?
[20:30] <Doctor_Wednesday> First Canterlot
[20:30] <Doctor_Wednesday> then onwards to other cities
[20:30] <Shadowflame> Alright, sounds good.
[20:30] <Doctor_Wednesday> K. So is it ready for publishing?
[20:31] <Shadowflame> If you've changed what I commented on, then I say it's all set to go.
[20:31] <Doctor_Wednesday> Alright
[20:31] <Doctor_Wednesday> And 3...2...one...
[20:32] <Doctor_Wednesday> Done
[20:32] <Shadowflame> Now we wait for the moderators.
[20:32] <Doctor_Wednesday> indeed
[20:33] <Doctor_Wednesday> btw did you like how I was the pegasus that flew up to ask the admins?
[20:34] <Shadowflame> Yeah, it was a nice touch.
[20:34] <Shadowflame> I liked it
[20:35] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yup.
[20:35] <Doctor_Wednesday> Plus tied it in to your story
[20:35] <Shadowflame> I was thinking it was someone brash like Rainbowdash, but hey, considering the circumstances of your character, it certainly fit the ticket. XD
[20:36] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yup.
[20:36] <Shadowflame> So anyways, how are you doing as an actual person?
[20:36] <Shadowflame> idle chit chat mode activated*
[20:37] <Doctor_Wednesday> Idea- Midnight is fighting a dungeon boss and so Discord is like pfft! Boring and messes with Midnight and she wakes up looking like... Princess Luna or something.
[20:37] <Doctor_Wednesday> I'm good
[20:37] <Doctor_Wednesday> You?
[20:38] <Shadowflame> Just fine.
[20:38] <Shadowflame> And that seems like an interesting idea
[20:38] <Shadowflame> Though I hope it'd only be temporary
[20:39] <Doctor_Wednesday> Not as OP of course
[20:39] <Shadowflame> Because (SPOILERS) I might add a Princess Luna NPC near the end of the story.
[20:39] <Doctor_Wednesday> Awe...
[20:39] <Doctor_Wednesday> WAIT!
[20:39] <Shadowflame> Yes, but DO NOT TELL ANYONE!
[20:39] <Doctor_Wednesday> Discord could merge Midnight and Princess Luna NPC
[20:40] <Shadowflame> Not even Sky knows!
[20:40] <Doctor_Wednesday> LOL That'd be hilarious
[20:40] <Shadowflame> And that's close to the idea
[20:40] <Doctor_Wednesday> It'd be a good way to do a crossover between our stories huh?
[20:40] <Shadowflame> hm... maybe.
[20:41] <Shadowflame> Would you like to hear what I have in store originally for a Luna NPC near the end?
[20:41] <Doctor_Wednesday> Sure
[20:42] <Shadowflame> Well, you know how the tenth element is guarded by Nightmare Moon herself? Well, I was thinking, once Nightmare is defeated, she's then reverted to Luna, though she's only an NPC.
[20:43] <Doctor_Wednesday> Hmm...
[20:43] <Doctor_Wednesday> So maybe...
[20:43] <Doctor_Wednesday> Midnight gets corrupted or something and Discord make her Nightmare Moon?
[20:44] <Shadowflame> Well, that's at the very END of the story.
[20:44] <Shadowflame> Wait, so your character IS the guardian?
[20:45] <Shadowflame> Hm... actually, that's very interesting.
[20:45] <Doctor_Wednesday> Right!
[20:45] <Doctor_Wednesday> That'd be really cool actually.
[20:46] <Shadowflame> Although... are there going to be any other players joining the soon-to-be-luna in the game as team mates?
[20:46] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yup.
[20:47] <Doctor_Wednesday> Though she basically could get kidnapped later on.
[20:47] <Shadowflame> Hm.... what if we made one of them Celestia?
[20:47] <Doctor_Wednesday> *mindblown* YES!
[20:48] <Doctor_Wednesday> How about... Fire Tingle
[20:48] <Shadowflame> So, while "Luna" is made into Nightmare Moon, what if "Celestia" was banished to the sun?
[20:49] <Doctor_Wednesday> And Aurora Sounds comes running to you guys
[20:49] <Doctor_Wednesday> That is genius
[20:49] <Doctor_Wednesday> And so maybe for a bit they go to Canterlot as Luna and Celestia
[20:49] <Doctor_Wednesday> And they go out to you guys to give help and Discord comes ina screws it all up
[20:49] <Shadowflame> And THAT'S HOW NIGHTMARE MOON'S POSITION IS FOUND BY THE ELEMENTS! OH MY GOSH!
[20:50] <Doctor_Wednesday> Exactly!
[20:50] <Doctor_Wednesday> We're geniuses
[20:50] <Shadowflame> Wow, we are geniuses.
[20:50] <Shadowflame> jinx
[20:50] <Doctor_Wednesday> THis is how collabs are supposed to be done.
[20:50] <Shadowflame> exactly.
[20:51] <Shadowflame> Now I just need to get Mersey and Sky on this bandwagon.
[20:51] <Doctor_Wednesday> So have we got it figured out?
[20:51] <Shadowflame> And apparently everything in this chat is wiped when you leave the site. :(
[20:52] <Doctor_Wednesday> So they'll never know XD
[20:53] <Doctor_Wednesday> I can log it all.
[20:53] <Doctor_Wednesday> Copy and paste
[20:53] <Doctor_Wednesday> I'll make docx
[20:53] <Doctor_Wednesday> Just need their emails
[20:54] <Doctor_Wednesday> What do you say?
[20:54] <Shadowflame> Anyways, what we've figured out is that two of your characters are turned into Celestia and Luna. But then, when the time comes around that Discord announces his three guardians, he banishes Celestia, and he enslaves Luna's mind and body to become Nightmare Moon. Then Aurora comes running to the elements for help, they follow her to Nightmare, defeat her, free Luna and Celestia, and then it all goes down hill from there.
[20:55] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yup.
[20:55] <Doctor_Wednesday> My next chapter was gonna be a time skip.
[20:56] <Doctor_Wednesday> That way there's not a lot of unnecessary content
[20:56] <Shadowflame> what else did I expect?
[20:56] <Doctor_Wednesday> Ya.
[20:56] <Shadowflame> However, there's going to be a bit of a twist with Nightmare Moon.
[20:56] <Doctor_Wednesday> Ok. What is the twist?
[20:57] <Doctor_Wednesday> Btw do you want me to log all this?
[20:57] <Shadowflame> The fight with Nightmare Moon is going to be in a palace... ON THE MOON!!
[20:57] <Doctor_Wednesday> HAHA! Love it!
[20:58] <Doctor_Wednesday> Low gravity battle.
[20:58] <Shadowflame> But here's the catch.
[20:58] <Doctor_Wednesday> Ok.
[20:59] <Shadowflame> I want the Moon only to be accessible on Halloween night: Nightmare Night. Aurora and her friends are locked away on the moon until that night, where Aurora then escapes from the moon, rushes to the elements, and then goes to fight the nightmare.
[21:00] <Doctor_Wednesday> Yes.
[21:00] <Doctor_Wednesday> This works great
[21:00] <Shadowflame> Ah, this is getting even more awesome than I ever thought possible.
[21:01] <Doctor_Wednesday> Exactly.
[21:01] <Doctor_Wednesday> Sometimes ya need a new voice right?
[21:01] <Doctor_Wednesday> Even if that voice is crazy.
[21:02] <Shadowflame> Okay, well I gotta go for now. Start working on that next chapter, cause I can't wait to see what you've got coming. Just message me when you want me to jump back on here and brainstorm again.
[21:03] <Doctor_Wednesday> Alright.

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Comments ( 16 )

Wow, all of the Midnight becoming Luna, becoming Nightmare from a simple chat?.......... I so want to brainst- *cough* I mean shower thought with you guys.
Why did you cut yourself on brainstorm?
Trying to get the word out of my common vocabulary, since it seems to have been banned here in the UK for health issues. It seems it means something regarding brain dis-function for something.
Harsh.
Either way, I hope you two get to work a lot on this story. And no, I'm not letting Cinn join.
I didn't even want to. #-_-
Have a nice day. Peace!

Um, I thing Equestria Tales online and its poster are gone.

6656936
Nope. Name change. I'm here.

looking at the description: "seems like someone made a fic based on SAO"
finishing reading the description: "yep I need to read this one asap"
looking at the ammount of words: "330k words ? daymn 3 full days of reading or bit more if I don't want my head to hurt"

6938821
I don't know if he will (cuz offline for longer time)

Well I've finished reading this ... and now I want more... but sequels are kinda on hiatus (or canceled)
Also good tip for seeing the world you read about: reading while not fully concious makes visualisation of the book much easier (it's 1:37 AM for me now... so reading it makes me kinda have dream quality visuals)

6841270 Like embers in the wind, and we are the ashes, for ash, seeketh embers.

6980307 Shadowflame is currently on an LDS mission. He'll be back in Fall 2017.

Important Notice:
Sequel is not cancelled, it is, however, on hiatus because neither the other author, Shadowflame, nor the editor, Darkend5ky, are around to help me.

if you're still using this account, you need to update your images in the fic, photobucket blocks third party hosting

Man... I dont read a lot of fanfiction, like ever.
But I found out about this one randomly and out of those that ive ever read, this one ist the best one yet.

Over the course of the last few weeks ive read the entirety of it from start to finish and I have been recommending it to my friends left and right.

I hope the started sequal or really any good offspring of this gets written anytime soon, now that this is over, its really a hole in my heart.

I love this story and I hope the creator (Shadowflame) comes back to this or the site in general. And even when youre done with this, know you made me and some friends a whole lot happier

((Also lets all hope collectively that technology like this finds its way to our life within our lifetimes))

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Thank you so much for your appreciation. It means a lot to me.:twilightsmile: This story took me over two years of continuous work to write, with a LOT of help from other users on this site. I'm glad that, even though I'm not actively writing on this site anymore, there are still people who are finding this fic and enjoying it.

Now, while I may be technically back, I'm not currently writing anything because I simply don't have time. But that could change after this school semester is over and I have a little more free time. I really would like to get back into writing in one form or another, but until then we'll just have to see.

Again, thank you so much for sharing your appreciation. It makes me feel like I've done something worthwhile here.:pinkiehappy:

It took about 3 days, but I finally finished reading. You, my good man, are a GOD. Thank you for creating such a masterpiece. :twilightsmile:

9852862
Well, you don't get that compliment every day. Thank you.

Haven't even read the story yet, (I'm about to start) but when reading through the description, the first words stood out to me.

It's the year 2020

Just thought that was funny enough to show in the comments.

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I logged back on here for the first time in over a year just for this comment.

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