There are two things the Canterlot elite care about: blood and coin. At least, that is what a little filly has heard all her life. Young Marigold desires both... and with a strange amulet maybe she can have such things.
The dark shape beckons her, as does her own bloodlust. Her greed demands to be fed, and darker magics are willing to help her gain her fill of riches and ruin alike in the dour city of Manehattan.
If only the price was not a city.
A version of this story was scrapped and presented in a chapter of 'Missing Pages & Scrapped Footnotes'. The cover was commissioned from PurpleGrim40. Contribute to the TVTropes page! This is the SFW version of "Stay Golden" which I consider it the better, uncensored story. Posting permission granted by Majin Syeekoh. Edited by MissyTheAngle, Hellblazer, and Muggonny.
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Act One: Monsters (May Not Be Found) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 1: Charley Horse [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 2: Marigold Blueblood [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 3: Trigger Happy [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 4: Gunpowder Gloom [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 5: She's Spoiled Rotten [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 6: The First Corpse [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 7: Ruby Red / She Hangs Brightly [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 8: Taste of Blood (Magic) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 9: Regarding Disposable Ponies [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 10: Now Hiring [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 11: Jane Doe [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Act Two: From Tartarus (Without Love) [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Chapter 12: Grumbling Guard [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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