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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Starswirl is here to take you down Twilight! Didn't see that coming did you?
nuff seid
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Can't wait to see how Twilight will react when she saw it is STARSWIRL THE BEARDED she will be facing. ;3 She has some kind of hero-worship going on before the corruption... Well, she'll probably see him as the enemy though.
kinda hoping twilight kills umbra because she realizes it is a threat to equestria/
Awesome reference there at the end. I don't know if I've ever actually said it yet but I F***ING LOVE THIS STORY! May well be my favorite one on fimfiction.
That was very well done. I had figured out who would be inside around two Celestial sisters chapters ago and I'm glad it was who I expected. I had almost figured I was wrong reading this chapter at first though I'll admit. Lovely lovely scene with his revival.
Starswirl was channeling Gandalf there... and it was good.
GLOR-IOUS!
A physical manifestation of Umbra for the dark... and now Starswirl for the light. It seems both sides are in for a surprise.
Can't wait for whatever happens next.
Wow, I loved this chapter. I really like how you've written Celestia and Luna in this story as I always enjoy the chapters that focus on them. I'm glad the light side is gathering powerful allies, we've got Starswirl, the deer race, and Discord is doing something in the background. There will be a civil war of epic proportions at this rate.
2608427 Of course! You didn't think I was putting together all this buildup for nothing, did ya?
If you want a properly good war story, you gotta have really dangerous folks on both sides!
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Agreed! Of course, at this rate, when the dust is settled there might not be an Equestria left!
2608641 Ah of course but then the question remains which side are they really on
Edit: Actually scratch that, since the shadow has been removed from Moon Dancer it's pretty clear which side she's on
2608620 Ever hear the phrase "Playing both sides of the fence."? That's what's going on here.
But... But I want Twilight to win... Starswirl's just too op...
2608641 Ah of course but then the question remains which side are they really on
Yay, bonus points!
I know I went a little crazy in my last review and I went back and read a passage that caught my eye. I'm not going to say, but I'm hoping it is what I think it is. Anyways, onto the chapter. Hell yeah, Star Swirl The Bearded. i certainly do not expect a straight steam rolling effort of any sort. I was surprised that Shadow Dancer was freed of her corruption. I'm actually rather happy that happened, since Silent Moon's death may quite easily be reversible. I hope.
The area was nicely described and I am a little shocked as to how much Star Swirl must have gone through in order to be there. He must be at least 1,200 or older. I wonder what his approach will be though. He is such an unknown element, aside from his slightly known power and the fact that he is on the side of light, as far as current views go. Like you responded to Starguy135, Moon Dancer is playing both sides. What sort of relationship did Star Swirl have with Umbra? How much did he know of it or understand it? He knew it was an ancient dark creature, but that was about the length of it, as far as you have provided.
I don't quite get the reference at the end, but A. It's almost 5 AM over here and B: I just got back from a short and annoying shift at work. I am a little curious about a certain thing at this point, but I would like to forewarn that I might be massively over thinking this. Is the whole story between The Being and Umbra kind of a play at the story of God and the Devil? Not quite the true tale, but more like God the Being was somewhat naive and lonely and needed one like itself. Umbra took advantage of that naive nature and did things as it did. I forget the rest of the lore from two chapters back, or three, but I think Umbra was sealed away before the Being left, or sealed away shortly after by something else. Going from there, we all know *or should know if we're paying any attention* that Umbra was unleashed at some point in order to save the land from the Windegos or however you spell that name. I'm not certain if that power is what lit the Fire of Friendship or if it was going to happen naturally, but Cabbage Leaf knew his job was done but that no pony would ever realize who he was ever again.
Going to current events. Umbra seeks to regain total control over everything, like days of old. Satan wanting to regain control of the planet given to him. The knowledge is clearly passed down through that prophesy and the future reading that only a select few were allowed to hear. I might be wrong about the prophesy part but this is all just guess work.
Umbra now has a physical form. She has all of the Elements of Harmony bearers. She has the strongest magic user of that age. She has an entire city, plenty of lives to throw at her enemy that she cares nothing about. Dark/evil is pretty well stacked right now.
Star Swirl is alive again, unfrozen from his self imprisonment. He knew Umbra would try something and he likely has concocted a plan or had been thinking of a plan the entire time he was sealed away. Luna has this new power that can strip Umbra's influence from any pony, though there might be limitations. Celestia is Celestia. As much as I dislike her, I cannot deny she is a powerful being and knows spells that could probably be a huge threat to not just Umbra but the land. Also, let us not forget our little group in White Tail Woods. Scootaloo with that dagger and the shield from Shining Armor. You've revealed to us at least once that Scootaloo is going to be a serious pain to Umbra. How exactly is beyond me, but then that is the way it's supposed to be. Zecora is going to be an interesting force if she happens to find stories about how her tribe pushed away Umbra before. Also the mysterious race of deer who may not be deer at all.
Based off what I have seen, Good/light is in the lead as far as power goes. Celestia might be taken out by her feelings for her most faithful student. We also have the wildcard couple of Cadence and Shining Armor. I think Moon Dancer is just trying to get back Silent Moon. Then she wants nothing to do with the fight.
Once again, another one of those comments that I just ran away with without meaning to. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Moon Dancer the old G1 Twilight? I have never seen the original MLP so I'm at a bit of a loss, but the name rings a bell for some reason. That's about all then. This was a nice 'gift' to come home to after work. Looking forward to the next chapter, as always. But my stance for who I want to win has changed. I am now neutral. I would like to see Twilight win and then somehow turn everything for the good and stop Umbra herself with the power of her friendship and love. But that's a damn near impossible thing in my opinion. On the other half I'd like to see Star Swirl win and then Twilight get purified and saved. No matter who wins I would hate to see Twilight die. But sometimes, such is the nature of a story. Life must go on, even if the perfect solution cannot be reached.
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Forever alone....
/crai
HECK YEAH!!! Starswirl is back!! He will swat you aside like a bug, Umbra!!!
You just couldn't let the Gandalf reference pass you by eh? At the turn of the tide indeed.
Does anyone else hear that? Sounds like a phone. You had better pick up because I F*CKING CALLED IT
The instant clover said the statue was a pony I KNEW it was gonna be Starswirl
Yay Starswirl is here, just don't say good morning to him.
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i don't think he's strong enough, but i will find out soon enough.
Dammit! As soon as we were told that somebody was going to be revived, i knew it was going to be starswirl even while i hoped i wouldn't be. I'm worried that the shadow has a good chance of losing now, luckily this is a fanfiction otherwise i would say the shadow already has lost.
I think it was pretty clear since you introduced the pony in stone a few chapters ago that it was going to be Star Swirl. Especially since Clover the Clever was the narrator in the underground passage. You focused on the stone figure's cloak a few times so I had some passing thoughts that it might be Tirek. He did first show up in a tattered old cloak, and I think his magic absorption abilities could have made him an interesting wild card addition to the coming war. But those were just passing thoughts. With the background information we've already been given, there was only one pony it could possibly be. I wonder how Twilight will react when she has to face down her idol, or if she's too consumed by the Shadow to even care about such things anymore.
I kinda want to see twilight just nerdgasm at the sight of starswirl
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I no longer see blood and war. Only nerdgasms.
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"Star Swirl? Oh yes. That's what they used to call me. Star Swirl the Bearded. That was my name. ... I am Star Swirl the Mustachioed. And I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide."
can i say umbra dun fucked up?
waouh....
I can not find my words in this chapter.
Twilight is going to have some little worries facing his old idol ....the choice always the choice
WARNING!
preparation closing of the hatches
initialization of classic warfare procedures between good and evil
danger ... unknown procedure for this story ...
... waiting procedure ...