Twilight Sparkle is being corrupted in mind and spirit by the Shadow, a dark magical force from ancient times. Now Princess Celestia is in a race against time to find the key to saving her student and her friends from the seduction of the Shadow.
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I am LOVING THIS CONVERSATION.
God, you two are smart. I wish I could tell you where you were going right and wrong, but you might figure it all out!
Oh and the new chapter is up....Just one word of warning
Remember - Not everything is always as it seems... and not every word characters speak are truths. Sometimes, you need to read between the lines, to find the thread of truth.
Oh yes, and next chapter is going to have some awesome Silent Moon/Shadow Dancer interactions. So look forward to that.
Well Rarity, Twilight has gotten herself into deep deep shit.
So the Shadow has a name and a suggested gender, though I would imagine the gender would shift based off of what gender it possessed. Umbra... nice name. I see that things are going back to the downhill motion and now a huge wrench has been thrown into the works. Will Rarity fight her close friend Twilight or is she last on the list and won't be able to fight back no matter what? I look forward to a much more peaceful outcome. Plus we have the CMCs to pull into play. What's to say Twilight won't 'use' Sweetie Bell as ransom? Once Rarity is Touched things won't matter if Sweetie Bell is ever released, or the rest of the CMCs for that matter.
Good chapter Lapis. Looking forward to more. But honestly... if this is only the second book, then the third book is either extremely short but powerful or the same length and devastating in awesomeness. Whatever way you pitch it, I am so looking forward to the end.
A thought that just happened upon my brain, so I'm throwing it in as extra. Umbra told Twilight to talk to Silent Moon for the next step after Rarity and Fluttershy are 'corrupted'. Quite an interesting choice. Not Captain Winterlight. So that just gives more line to Silent Moon being the true head of everything involved with Umbra so far.
Umbra... kind of remind me of King Sombra (If I'm not wrong, Sombra was called Umbra at times in the official Twitter (Source: tvtropes.org , villain page).
Anyhow, this is another good chapter! /o/ Some set-up for future chapter (what with Umbra said and the discussion between Fancy Pants and Rarity), and do wonder how... the 'discussion' between Rarity and Twilight will go. I do doubt that Rarity will care very much after she is in the Herd so to speak...
Great chapter, I hope Rarity conversion wont go as smoothly as the previous one, wanna see more conflicts/fights cause so far Twilight been having a somewhat easy time converting them to the Shadow.
2551592 I reckon Rarity and Fluttershy will be conversed more gently than Applejack. Remember Umbra said something like Twilight should take them 'properly'. Maybe Umbra wants Twi to make her friends accept the Shadow willingly like Dash and Pinkie did.
Maybe I see way to much in that sentence, but I have no idea what else Umbra could be talking about besides than just disapproving of Twilight's recent conversion methods.
As for the talk with Silent Moon, maybe it has something to do with that one:
I reckon she'll become an Alicorn. Maybe she'll even look like the Shadow as described in the chapter. But I'd not be suprised if Lapis pulls it differently, however this may look like.
I can't wait to read how Twi'll react when Rarity confronts her about Filthy Rich.
Loved this chapter!
I really like Umbra. What I enjoyed most was how she phrased all her actions and desires as "protecting" the ponies Twilight cares about. Being corrupted makes a pony safe, spreading her will throughout the world means the world is better and safer. It's perfect. The right wording combined with physical stimulation is enough to conveniently forget that the Shadow has no problem trampling over free will when it comes to accepting it or not.
I see that I called the "hive mind" thing. Looking at it that way made the most sense.
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I noticed that Umbra wanted Twilight to go to Silent Moon as well. I have a feeling that since Winterlight comes from the Nightmare Moon era, that Umbra feels Winterlight is more attached to Nightmare Moon herself than the Shadow as a whole. When all is said and done, we might just see Rainbow Dash in charge of the Shadowbolts and Winterlight pushed off to the side or outright killed.
Now we have Rarity entering the picture. Rarity said she is going to go see Twilight, does that mean she is going to the city? She doesn't know Twilight is in town. This might mean Rarity meets up with Cadence and Shining Armor. That would twist the plot in interesting directions.
As of right now, it would seem Twilight doesn't know that Applebloom and Sweetiebell are corrupted, though she might not even care anymore. It will be interesting if seeing children turned will upset her or not, especially since Twilight didn't initiate the process.
On another note, technically Rainbow Dash disobeyed Twilight's orders when she knocked out Applejack, I'm curious if Twilight is going to punish her for that.
As for who's next on the list, well, Fluttershy is closest. Her cottage isn't that far from Sweet Apple Acres. It would make the most sense to head over to her cottage with Dash, Pinkie, and Applejack. This raises an interesting question, will Applejack even be recognizable? Dash and Pinkie didn't have their minds ripped apart and thus could act like nothing was wrong. I have a feeling Applejack won't be able to act like the old Applejack since that part of her was destroyed. Twilight might have to send Applejack back to the city to keep her out of sight for a while.
Saw update.
FUCK YES.
Rainbow Dash, the Shadowbolt's Captain, Pinkie, Applejack, and most likely you next, Rarity.
2552302 This is a post with appeel. (Now we can have our post, and eat it too!)
2551592 The third 'book' will be just as long as this one is - and to be honest, probably a bit longer given it's story beats. That will make sense once I hit you with the "Holy shit" Twist of this story. ;3
2551964 - We'll be seeing some of the 'new' Applejack quite soon. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
2553136 And she's just getting warmed up!
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Can't wait to see this 'new' Applejack! Actually, I can't wait to see Twilight look at Applejack and constantly switch between being horrified that what is in front of her is NOT the same mare that became her friend and being immensely pleased with the work she did reshaping Applejack's mind. It should be delicious!
Twilight.... That KILLS people!
Scootaloo better run...
2554149 I'm afraid Scoots is already bucked.
....Or...IS SHE...
2554223 So vs the world...
...
Oh my god, 24 hours without update. Abandon ship!
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Yeah, I've been fighting a migrane for almost two days now. Dont worry, the update should go up today before noon.
Yeah I'm thinking Winterlight was a decoy villain. She acts like she has this awesome secret agenda but it's beginning to seem like her "secret agenda" is just for Twilight to become awesome and evil, which I'm beginning to doubt she was necessary (she did help give her a push to the edge of the cliff, but Twilight jumped off it all on her own).
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Heh, I'm not complaining. The lightning fast updates are a luxury you don't owe anyone.
If you feel like crap then relax. Either you're in a significantly different time zone than the rest of us or you never sleep, judging by your usual comment response time.
I know this is already written but, I need at least one of the mane 6 to be a hold out.
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What was Applejack, chopped liver?