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Reagan slipped away a few minutes later, with a clear mission to “retrieve Tabitha.” She was only gone a short time before the two of them reappeared down the steps, clothes damp with rain and looking in various states of disrepair.Lyra jerked upright from her seat, nearly dropping the phone she'd been borrowing. A little of Akiko's computer skills and she was hooked up to the messages forwarded from her device back home—but it made no difference. Bonnie hadn't said anything. Because, of course, she…-
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Firefly froze, utterly still in the dark space. Shapes moved through the room, silent in the night. But one of her wings was up, uncovered in the comfort of the castle. She felt the air playing against her feathers. With no windows open and the air perfectly still, she could feel it all so clearly.There were two creatures in the room, adult sized and moving quickly. She saw them only as thick shadows against the faint light from behind. Firefly felt rooted to her bed, suddenly overcome with fright. Who…-
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"Computer... simulation..." Sunset Shimmer repeated, her mouth working but no more words coming out. Thanks to her English class, she now knew each of those words. But to hear them put together, to combine them with everything she had just seen... "Then we need to end it," she said. "I want to be out in the real world. How can I leave?"Jackie laughed, but there was no amusement in her voice. Nothing but bitterness and an old anger gone cold. "Leave? How would we do that? Someone turns off the Infinite…-
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Hayden clambered into the carriage, taking the only available seat opposite its sole occupant. She posed as best as she remembered, keeping her hands in her lap and eyes down. She couldn't avoid seeing what was right in front of her, no matter how afraid she felt. The woman wore a gown very similar to her own, except that it fit far better, and there was much more to show. Hayden knew on paper that the woman must be old, though there was no sign of it in person. Her skin was radiant, her hair bright…-
169.6 K • Completed
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Twilight took a few steps back from the workbench, appreciating her masterpiece. Hundreds of hours of work were plainly visible to her here, from every hastily shaped bit of metal wire to the scrawling runes around the outside. The construct hummed, its solid gold frame faintly luminous in the moonlight streaming in from outside. It was true that Star Swirl’s mirror was far finer than this—but that was his magnum opus. Twilight had weeks, and the pressure of an upset Alicorn mother breathing down her…-
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The hall of the Golden Emperor was a different place now. Joseph’s magic had consumed the fungal mat, consumed the rotting corpses left where they had died by those too sick to carry them away. Trade Wind no longer saw the faint shimmer of her shield as it cleaned each breath she took. They had defeated the plague.“I want you to deal with this,” Joseph said, pointing towards the throne. Atop it, the pony was no longer covered with his own slimy wraps, and there was nothing in his eyes but interest.…-
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"Did you honestly think you could get away, kitten?" Korina asked, drifting through the entrance towards her. "I know humans have trouble conceptualizing the future, but come on. Even if I gave you a week head start, I would be there the instant I stopped waiting." There was a flash of bright light from where she floated, and a faint glow across the tent. Suddenly she was on the other end, still baring down on Lane with no less malicious an expression on her face. "Just like that.…-
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Orson couldn’t play EO the next day. When all the cleanup was done, the venue was emptied, and a vast mountain of leftovers flooded his fridge, he found himself staring at the headset on his counter, unable to put it on. It was one thing to believe that emigration was just moving to another place, albeit a place with huge benefits and only indescribable downsides. Enjoy eternal youth and endless satisfaction, and all it cost was the ambiguous “real” and immeasurable “truth.” But there was some…-
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Harlequin followed Hydrus’s instructions about her disguise, though she didn’t really need them. There was no way she would travel across Canterlot without making herself look like a pony first.She found the carriage parked beside the complex, and this time there was no missing the huge mark plastered along its side. It wasn’t the only one, either. She wondered briefly what had changed Blueblood’s mind about being seen, at least until she bothered to look down the street.There were hundreds of…-
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Liz emerged from Hayden's jacket, putting herself between the newcomer's daemon and Hayden himself. She was smaller and weaker than he was, but she also flew differently. She could move in any direction, instead of flying in gentle curves and arcs. Tension between Hayden and the newcomer built in the air to a powerful crescendo. His stubbornness, her indignance. "I wasn't trying to worry anyone," he said flatly. "I told a maid I was leaving." Christel was her name, but…
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169.6 K • Completed
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