A thousand years ago, King Sombra was vanquished, taking the Crystal Empire with him. His brother prince Æclypse was exiled by Celestia for refusing to fight his own flesh and blood, damning their kingdom to the mists of history. In the present day, after learning of the return of the Crystal Empire, and the ascension of a new princess, a mysterious stallion named Wanderlust comes to Ponyville, oddly curious about the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. Strange occurrences in the Everfree Forest give way to a devious enemy returned with a lust for revenge. The fate of Equestria hangs in the balance as a new era of peril and powerful villains descend on them all.
|Wanderlust image by Faith-Wolff
In case you still haven't figured yet, this story disregards some canon material.
20 Chapters:
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Prologue [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 17th, 2015
1,674
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Ch 1: An Unsettling Discovery [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 29th, 2018
3,434
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Ch 2: The Traveler Arrives [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 21st, 2017
4,180
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Ch 3: Webs We Weave [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 30th, 2015
4,733
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Ch 4: What's not to trust? [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 21st, 2015
6,368
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Ch 5: Caught in the Rain [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 16th, 2015
6,088
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Ch 6: Old Friends, Old Flame [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 11th, 2016
8,632
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Ch 7: "Broken Masks" [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 25th, 2018
11,678
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Ch 8: Trial Before the Elements [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 29th, 2016
14,522
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Ch 9: Where The Wild Things Are [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 22nd, 2016
11,792
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Ch 10: Celestia's Truth [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 9th, 2016
16,503
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Ch 11: Tear Away [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 1st, 2016
15,771
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Ch 12: Windows to the Soul [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 14th, 2017
16,903
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CH 13: Teutoburg [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Feb 17th, 2019
18,922
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CH 14: Not All Who Wander Are Lost 1/2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 3rd, 2018
11,161
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CH 14: Not All Who Wander Are Lost 2/2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 30th, 2018
10,050
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CH 15: Deep Secrets, and The Lost [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 24th, 2019
22,472
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CH 16: "...And Justice For All" finale part 1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 19th, 2019
15,750
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CH 16: "...And Justice For All" finale part 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 21st, 2021
16,161
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Epilogue: "Dark Days Ahead" [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 27th, 2019
1,272