Co-created by SirViper235
Sunset Shimmer has returned, having travelled between worlds and crossed the dark spaces between dimensions to emerge changed, both more and less than a pony. Driven by a dream of impending doom, she sets out to unite the races of the world, heedless of the destruction that she would bring upon the world in the name of saving it. With the support of the proud zebras of Grevyia she launches an assault upon Equestria that will bring down the princesses and shake the peaceful land to its foundations. Using the power of the ancient Labyrinth Box, she imprisons the four mages who alone can threaten her: Twilight Sparkle, Breaking Dawn, Trixie and Chrysalis the Changeling. Now these former foes must work together to recover their true identities and escape the terrors of their enchanted prison.
With Twilight missing, Applejack and Pinkie Pie enslaved and Canterlot taken, Rarity must take up the mantle of leadership as Regent of Equestria, while Fluttershy braves dragons, deer and griffons in her quest for allies. And, as Sunset's tyranny grows ever more cruel, it falls upon the slender shoulders of the Cutie Mark Crusaders to be the salvation of Equestria.
Update 24/11/2013: The Albinocorn and Starlight Nova have become pre-readers for this story. Many thanks to them as the grammar makes an immediate improvement.
Cover art by Dotterall
20 Chapters:
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Prologue: Defying Gravity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 24th, 2013
2,547
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The Happy Return (revised) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 27th, 2014
14,419
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Dawn Before Sunset (revised) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Feb 10th, 2014
7,499
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The Searchers [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Feb 22nd, 2014
11,028
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Ponies' Progress [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 2nd, 2014
4,492
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Rubicon [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 26th, 2014
14,880
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Vanity Fair [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 17th, 2014
3,112
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Luna's Counterattack [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 13th, 2014
11,407
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Consequences [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 20th, 2014
7,477
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Kind Hospitality [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 2nd, 2014
5,869
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Sunset's Oboe [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 30th, 2014
5,602
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Father, Mother, Daughter [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 13th, 2014
12,626
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The Price of Glory [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 18th, 2015
3,737
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Bound By Love [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 10th, 2015
2,322
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Let's Be Honest [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 31st, 2015
4,981
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Her Truth is Marching On [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 27th, 2015
3,541
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Dragon Age [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 22nd, 2015
6,269
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Dwindling Party [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 16th, 2015
7,035
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Unwelcome Revelations [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 28th, 2015
6,226
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How It Would Have Ended [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 5th, 2016
2,300
Other Titles in this Series:
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Princess Twilight Sparkle comes under attack by a foe seeking revenge for something Twilight does not even remember. It seems that finding your destiny can steal others' away.
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Sunset Shimmer returns to Equestria determined to save her home, but at such cost that destruction might be preferable. With Twilight imprisoned in the Labyrinth Box and the Mane Six captured the hopes of Equestria rest with the CMC.