“To the precious peace-loving ponies of Equestria:
Has your life lost meaning in a world without Princesses?
Have law and order in your quaint little village collapsed under an endless onslaught of monsters and brigands?
Do you need a hero? Do you dare to be a hero in these dark and uncertain times?
Fear not, little ponies, for if you are brave enough, there is something you can do: Travel to Hoofington and spend a night at the Inn of the Prancing Pony.
I guarantee if you do, your life will change...forever.”
This is a story set hundreds of years before "The Best of All Possible Worlds", yet it was written after and influenced by the events of "Parade Coverage" and "Secret Histories". It was co-written with Hope. The cover illustration is largely taken from part of the fan art "First Day", by Harwick.
The "Alternate Universe" tag is because this story explores a different way that the events following the banishment of Nightmare Moon could have unfolded. As for the "Human" tag...well, that will become clear later.
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Preface [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 1: Signs and Portents [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 2: Transfiguration and Descent [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 3: A Tale of Two Sieges (Redfern) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 4: A Tale of Two Sieges (Horn's Reach) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 5: Sworn by the Horn of a Unicorn [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 6: The Genius and the Mudhoof [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 7: The Waggle Dance [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 8: The High Court's Sentence [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 9: Poor Wand'ring Ones [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 10: Cloud Cuckoo Land It Was Not [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 11: Border Crossing [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 12: Cruelty Trap [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 13: Black Hooves [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 14: The Truth, and Its Consequences [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 15: Everypony Should Believe in Something [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 16: Village of the Polearms [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 17: Non-Player Character [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 18: At the Inn of the Prancing Pony [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 19: Horsewords [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 20: The Vital Importance of Snacking [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 21: The Last Day [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 22: A Princess in the City of Angels [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 23: Into the Lion's Den [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 24: The Lady...and the Lady [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 25: Panic Control [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 26: Orientation [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 27: The Hermit [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 28: An Unexpected Rescue [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 29: She's Not Entirely Stable [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 30: Calling in the Cavalry [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 31: The Best Boat Ever [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 32: An Alternative Theory [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 33: Escort Mission [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 34: Let It Go [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 35: Magical Hydraulics [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 36: You Are In a Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 37: Celestia the Cheating Cheater Cheats Some More [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 38: A Horse with Two Names [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 39: Introductions [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 40: That Trapper's a Keeper [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 41: Syd and Marte Krofft This Isn't [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 42: Reunions, Happy and Otherwise [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 43: Eggwife's Treasure [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 44: Falling Towards Apotheosis [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 45: One Last Game [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Bonus Chapter: Howard [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 46: Isolation [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 47: Two Sisters [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 48: Rebirth [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Credits & Acknowledgements [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Twilight's accidentally landed her friends on Earth, and it's up to Princess Luna to save them. But do they really need saving?
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Twilight and her friends discover that the link between them extends back in time, not just to Rainbow Dash's first Sonic Rainboom, but hundreds of years earlier.
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Celestia awakens from an enchantment to discover that Equestria has been taken from her.
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Pinkie offers to paint a portrait of Rainbow Dash while talking about cartoons and self-confidence