{Rated Teen for swearing} {Anthropomorphic} {Labeled "Dark" due to mild racism/derogatory slurs, as well as some emotionally upsetting moments in time} {OC x Octavia shipfic.}
It's tough being different. The suspicious glances, the unusual stares, the rumours based off of gossip and not cold, hard facts. All of it stemming from how you look, or act.
Midnight Oil: while being very different, he seemed to be content with this status in mind. He was proud of his intellect, magic prowess, his line of work as a scribe for the Princesses, and his heritage as a unicorn Sarosian—A "bat pony", in a sense—living in Canterlot.
Octavia Philharmonica: A drop-dead beauty, extremely talented with the cello, well-known, and highly respected. She's a member of one of the most prestigious families in Canterlot, and utilises that status to elevate to the top.
And upon meeting each other, both hated the other to the ends of the earth.
When the former must serve the latter for two months after he had unknowingly committed a misdemeanor, will the two's hate for one another remain the same, or will tolerance and love claw through abhorrence's black veil?
Opposites such as these two will no doubt attract… and will drive each other absolutely insane.
Whoo, boy. I'm gonna have FUN with this.
This one was inspired by a few things, rather than a newfound love for Octavia - now my favourite background pony. This was partially inspired by the anime Toradora! and the book The Kite Runner. But this was mostly inspired by you guys. You guys are beautiful, and everything you do is great (Except clopping: Celestia frowns upon that shit.)
I also made the cover art. But if anyone has got anything that I think will trump mine, PM me, and I'll let you know.
19 Chapters:
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I - Pilot [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
2,756
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II - Conflicting Emotions And Thoughts Via Rapidly-Sequencing Events [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
3,538
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III - Fun With Fact-Checking and Anxiety-Causing Interrogation [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
3,825
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IV - Twilight's Declassified Friend-Collection Guide [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
3,018
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V - Discussing The Origins Of A Pony’s Malice [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
3,536
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VI - "When A Mommy And Daddy Sarosian Love Each Other Very Much..." [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 21st, 2014
3,842
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VII - Spawning Soft Spots for Smarmy Sarosians [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
4,881
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VIII - An Expletive's Grim Foundations (Rather Reedited) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
6,523
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IX - It's Bigger on the Inside [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
2,122
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X - The Joys of Trespassing (Into Your Host's Bedroom) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
2,715
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XI - A Spark In Oil Will Start A Fire [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
3,059
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XII - The Art of Gambling Your Dignity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
3,385
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XIII - “Old-Ponies Dinner”: Late-Night Coffee and Talking About Your Feelings [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
4,600
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XIV - “You Never Write! You Never Call!” [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 13th, 2014
2,394
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XV - A Sponge to Wipe Away the Past (Hoofghanistan - Pt. I) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 13th, 2014
6,392
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XVI - A Rose to Sweeten the Present (Hoofghanistan - Pt. II) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 13th, 2014
5,865
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XVII - A Kiss to Greet the Future (Hoofghanistan - Pt. III) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 13th, 2014
8,687
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XVIII - All Good Things (Come to an End) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 28th, 2014
5,202
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Epilogue - Joie de Vivre [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 10th, 2014
8,387
Other Titles in this Series:
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Opposites attract. And drive each other to insanity.
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Midnight Oil is sent from Canterlot into a field of work way beyond the standards of his previous job. It quite sucks to be him at the moment.