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The marshal's gone, cutting all ties and making clear his intent never to return. Why? What compels the grey eyed soldier to leave? To find the truth, Rarity and the girls start down a long, winding road that will hopefully bring him back. Hopef
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The ninth story in The Journey of Graves.

Graves is gone, departed for parts unknown without so much as a backwards glance. A quick farewell and a cold goodbye is all the marshal left before severing every tie he ever had to Ponyville, including those with Rarity.

Why? He's a soldier and it was obvious he'd one day have to leave. But the way he left, so abruptly, even callously... it just doesn't seem right. Could it be that there's something more to his departure than meets the eye? Or are thoughts like that merely fancy and wishful thinking? To find the truth, Rarity and the girls start down a long, winding road that will hopefully bring the grey eyed soldier back. Hopefully.

Teen
Complete
Adventure
Romance

60,190 words: Estimated 4 Hours, 1 Minute to read: [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]

16 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Apr 23rd, 2016
    2,736
  2. Chapter 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 29th, 2014
    3,092
  3. Chapter 3 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 25th, 2021
    4,526
  4. Chapter 4 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 2nd, 2014
    3,586
  5. Chapter 5 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 2nd, 2014
    4,753
  6. Chapter 6 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 25th, 2021
    3,275
  7. Chapter 7 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jun 25th, 2014
    2,202
  8. Chapter 8 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 26th, 2021
    2,920
  9. Chapter 9 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jun 25th, 2014
    3,114
  10. Chapter 10 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Sep 5th, 2018
    3,658
  11. Chapter 11 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 26th, 2021
    5,146
  12. Chapter 12 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 26th, 2021
    3,731
  13. Chapter 13 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 20th, 2017
    5,059
  14. Chapter 14 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 20th, 2017
    3,270
  15. Chapter 15 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 26th, 2021
    3,671
  16. Chapter 16 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 26th, 2021
    5,451
Published Mar 2nd, 2013
Last Update Jun 9th, 2013

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