Story Updates August 14th - Late Edition! (Morning)

I derped and forgot to toss the story updates out last night! Have them now instead.

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Story: From the Ashes (Update Part 11!)

[Normal]

Author: Benjamin Lawe

Description: A stranger has limped his way into Ponyville and into the lives of everyone's favourite little ponies. Burdened by his traumatic past and the unwavering desire to make things right, he may be putting the friends he's come to love in danger. Can the Elements of Harmony teach him to forgive or will he remain determined to show Princess Luna that her unnatural night brought with it disastrous consequences?

From the Ashes

 

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Story: The Ballad of Gordon Freemane (Update Part 8!)

[Grimdark][Crossover][Sci-Fi]

Author: R10t Pol1ce

Description: Gordon Freemane had always dreamed of one day working at the prestigious Black Mane Research Facility in southwestern Equestria. What he didn't dream of was the unending nightmare that would follow a catastrophic accident during an experiment in the Anomalous Materials division, Sector C.

Now, the magical land of Equestria is ruled with a synthetic, bio-mechanical fist by an alien race known as the Combine who show no compassion, no mercy, and no limits to what they will do to achieve... whatever it is they're here to achieve. Celestia help us all.

The Ballad of Gordon Freemane

 

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Story: Strange Bedfellows (Update Part 13!)

[Shipping][Adventure]

Author: Staeg Masque

Description: When Twilight invites Rarity and Applejack to a sleepover, the results are not quite what they expected. After a misfired spell, the two rivals find that they must work together and learn from each other if they ever want to make it home in one piece.

Strange Bedfellows

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Story: Palace Perils (Update Part 2!)

[Comedy] [Random]

Author: The Rated Ponystar

Description: All Princess Luna wanted to do was wake up and enjoy her night, but after getting pranked one to many times by Philomeena she is determined to get back at the phoenix. But Luna may find this a task to be more difficult then she realizes...

Palace Perils

 

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Story: The Stranger and Her Friend (Update Part 13!)

[Dark][Adventure]

Author: TheUrbanMoose

Description: Princess Celestia is a living legend, but much of her life is shrouded in mystery. Records have long since been lost to the decay of time, and the tale of her triumph over Discord has become a fable. The Princess’s memory of the event has long since faded… or has it?

Her faithful student lending an eager ear, Celestia recounts the true story of a war-torn Equestria, the struggle against Discord, and the early years of her own life.

Before she was the Princess of the Sun, she was merely a stranger.

The Stranger and Her Friend

 

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Story: Long Distance (Update Chapter 16!)

[Adventure]

Author: Ezn

Description: White Noise is the founder of Dragonfire Deliveries, a start-up enterprise that's sure to take Equestria by storm and revolutionize the way ponies talk to each other. But the problem is, he doesn't really know what he's doing. How does the fire dragons use to send messages actually work?

Long Distance

 

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Story: Spyra (Update Part 17!)

[Adventure][Semi-Grimdark]

Author: Angelofrombelow

Description: For the past few years, Lyra has been keeping a close watch on Twilight Sparkle under the orders of Princess Celestia. Her mission: to ensure the princess's protege is emotionally stable and fit to be the leader of the Elements of Harmony.
Now Twilight has proven herself with the defeat of Discord, Lyra's mission is complete. She can finally drop her assumed identity of Heartstrings and resume her past life in Canterlot.
Or so she thought.
The princess has one final task for her, one that will uncover a conspiracy that could put the whole of Equestria under threat.
Lyra's new mission: to take down the rogue agent known as Golden Harvest.

Spyra

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