Ponyville is one of the largest cities in Equestria, a center for trade and finance, a melting pot of many races, tribes, and cultures. It is also a place where corruption is a way of life. Here, the cops that aren't on the take are forever chasing their own tails, citizens live in fear, and gangs battle for control of the streets.
Daring Do has just been released from prison after a year-long sentence for thievery, and no one is about to let her forget her place. Phillip Finder is a local private detective and the bane of the Ponyville Police Department. The new partners quickly find themselves at ground zero of a city-wide gang war; surrounded by dirty cops, mobsters, assassins, and bizarre crimes, they can only rely on each other and a few honest ponies for aid.
They're hardly heroes. Which means they may be exactly what Ponyville needs.
Updates every Wednesday. Proofread by Eagle—Paladin of Shadows
The first story of the Noireverse.
Sex and Gore tags for suggestive content and graphic descriptions.
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Featured on 1/29/18! Thank you all so much! <3
A bit of background...
Three years ago, I introduced Phillip Finder in my first fanfiction, "The Pony in the Gray Trilby." Over the next many months, I kept writing and eventually turned my first work into a twenty-story series. I learned much and enjoyed the stories' moderate success, but unfortunately, I became dissatisfied with them over time. I realize that it's perhaps a bit of a cliche that many artists end up hating their own work, but for both Tchaikovsky and myself, it is the truth.
I initially planned to write this story as a prequel to the series, focusing on Phillip Finder and Daring Do. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I wanted to improve upon my work, but felt as though I was being held back by the original series. While I am proud of my first stories for what I learned and gained through them, I decided that the best course of action for me, what would make me the happiest, would be to wipe the slate clean and start again from the basic foundations.
That's where this story comes in. A semi-reboot of the original series, the adventures contained herein, set in a vastly different alternate universe and replete with a mixture of reinterpreted and original characters, are the culmination of all the experience that I gained writing the original series. This is Phillip Finder and company as I meant them to be.
I hope that you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoy writing it!
63 Chapters:
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Case One, Prologue: The Curtain Rises [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case One, Chapter One: Welcome to Ponyville [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case One, Chapter Two: On the Job Training [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case One, Chapter Three: The Exchange Principle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
4,189
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Case One, Chapter Four: Getting to Know You [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
3,886
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Case One, Chapter Five: The Gallery [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
3,667
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Case One, Chapter Six: Blood in the Dark [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
4,907
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Case One, Chapter Seven: The Net Tightens [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
5,170
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Case One, Chapter Eight: Artworks [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
4,170
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Case Two, Prologue: Night Run [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
1,492
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Case Two, Chapter One: Down By the Riverside [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
4,124
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Case Two, Chapter Two: Chasing Leads [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
3,817
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Case Two, Chapter Three: Gossip [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Two, Chapter Four: Streets Run Red [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Two, Chapter Five: Thunder Rumbles [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Two, Chapter Six: The Trail [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Two, Chapter Seven: Stormfront [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Two, Chapter Eight: Sempre con fe' sincera [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Prologue: No Witnesses [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
2,467
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Case Three, Chapter One: The Bank [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Two: The Suspects [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Three: Familiar Faces [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Four: Trust [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Five: Plans in Motion [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Six: The Heist [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Seven: Responsibility [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Eight: Rebuilding Bridges [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Nine: Negotiations [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Three, Chapter Ten: Alliances and Trust Regained [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Prologue: Playing With Fire [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter One: Cold Trail [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Two: Not Welcome to the Neighborhood [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Three: Amongst the Ashes [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Four: The Flames Grow Cooler [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Five: Secrets and Lessons [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Six: Blood and Fire [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Seven: Shadows Cast by Fireflight [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Eight: Can't Take the Heat [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Nine: The Spark Dances [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Ten: Cooling the Ashes [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Four, Chapter Eleven: Afterglow [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter One: Memories [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Two: The Dockside Disappearance [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Three: Hot News [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Four: The Witness [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Five: The Mole [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Six: The Rescue [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Seven: Mint's Secret [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Eight: Hunting [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Nine: Monopoly on Force [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Five, Chapter Ten: Reaping the Rewards [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Prologue: Blood in the Snow [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
1,505
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Case Six, Chapter One: The Sunny Client [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Two: The Griffon's Claws [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Three: The Shadow [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Four: The Meeting in the Mall [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Five: Relationships, New and Old [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Six: Reactions and Reflections [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Seven: Back to Start [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Eight: Into the Lion's Den [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Nine: The End of an Era [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Ten: Hearth's Warming [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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Case Six, Chapter Eleven: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2017
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