Story Updates May 22nd (Evening)

So many story updates lately.  It's getting kind of scary! Have some.

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Story: Daylight Burning (Update Part 9!)

[Adventure] [Sci-Fi][Dark]

Author: Guesswork

Description: "It's so nice to see you again," said the thing that was not Celestia. "Oh yes, I know who you are, Twilight Sparkle. I had a taste of your magic when we met the first time, remember? Mortals forget things so easily, I find. Allow me to refresh your memory: you tried to kill me. But you failed, Twilight. You only mostly killed me. And do you know what that makes you? One very, very unlucky pony..."

Daylight Burning

 

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Story: The Parliament of Dreams (Update Sequel Part 8+9)

[Adventure]

Author: Wheller

Description: It's been a hundred years since Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were overthrown, and the Equestrian Republic was founded, a hundred years since anypony has gotten a cutie mark. So what happens when a completely ordinary pony living in the Republican Capital City of Ponyville wakes up one morning and discovers that one has appeared on her flank?

The Parliament of Dreams

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Story: Envy and Arrogance (Update Sequel Part 13!)

[Adventure] [Tragedy] Fanart after the break!

Author: Mindblower
Editor: Nine

Description: With the help of forces beyond their control, six friends discover their true importance in Equestria’s timeline. With this new knowledge in hoof, they must try to figure out whom or what has crosshairs on their foreheads. The Elements of Harmony aren’t the only weapons of mass destruction in Equestria.

Envy and Arrogance 

 

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Story: Human (Update Part 16!)

[Adventure][Comedy][Light Grimdark][Sad]

Author: DannyJ

Description: A thousand years ago, when the royal sisters were at the height of their power and the Elements of Harmony were still alive, two legendary beings emerged to take their place among them, and though through trial and hardship the ponies eventually defeated these two so called 'Humans' that they had named the First and the Second, to this day nopony knows who they were, where they came from, and what their motivation was.

Flash forward to the present day. The First is long dead and the Second is now a decoration in Celestia's sculpture garden. The land has been at peace for years, but now things are stirring again. A break in at the royal archives results in the theft of the ancient Reaper's Horn, an entity is released which seeks out the surviving human, a young colt learns of the legends of humanity and becomes enraptured with them, and a brotherhood of thirteen ponies of varying ages and backgrounds all come together with the sole intention of releasing the human of legend from his stone prison. And all throughout, one of the few surviving ponies who was there when this first began is left to ask herself, "Just what were they anyway?"

Human

 

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Story: Magnum Opus (Update Part 4!)

[Adventure]

Author: Neoniie

Description: Quantum Flux is a simple and occasionally erratic scientist, enjoying her relatively unknown place in the field. During her work on the Unified Magical Theory, she is brought in as a consultant by Princess Celestia for a matter of extra-national importance. The three divided factions of the neighboring country of Ponyland have been engaged in conflict for years and it is beginning to spin out of control. Will the unicorn be able to settle their differences once and for all? And will she learn some important lessons along the way?

Magnum Opus

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