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      by Starscribe — Ocellus didn’t want to think about her friends’ odds if they’d been in this same situation without her. Most other creatures, and certainly ponies, just weren’t exposed to enough danger in their lives to appreciate the need to hide sometimes.The creatures that they were running from were determined hunters, more so than most Ocellus had ever heard of. They weren’t distracted by Smolder’s little demonstration for long.But they had a head start, and a thick enough forest to hide in that they…
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      by Starscribe — Evoli watched the army assemble outside her fortress with the eyes of a dozen different drones. On some level it pleased her to see that her rivals had not been so blind and helpless as her initial estimates suggested. Yet they also didn’t take advantage of Evoli’s weakness to come down with crushing force long before the deadline arrived. They had the armies of three great queens, yet she saw none of them. Her new capital in Visuddha’s old hive grew more fortified by the day, alone and…
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      by Starscribe — Twilight could tell something was wrong as she made her way down the castle steps. It wasn’t just that the usual flow of traffic into the castle had stopped, though that certainly made her confused. It wasn’t the agitation of the air raising her coat in ways that somehow suggested where many creatures were moving. It was probably the screaming. Yeah, that was definitely it.Ponyville was no stranger to disasters—certainly it had faced more than its fair share since she’d been sent there, beginning…
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      by Starscribe — Eric stared up the steps to his own house. Rain soaked his strange body to the skin, making what was left of his ill-fitting boxers cling uncomfortably with every movement. That was nothing compared to the horse pointing a weapon at him. Could he swing a weapon with a wing?"You can't have your phylactery, Searing Gale! Your evil rule is over!""Not so loud!" Eric advanced on the steps, sheltering under the awning. His car was outside it—his roommate owned the better spot. "I have neighbors. If they find…
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      by Starscribe — Night was an unsettling experience for Sweet Sauce at the best of times. Stripped of the discipline and protection of his conscious perception, sleep was as often torment as rest. But here in Equestria, dreams might be his first chance to reach a tendril of contact towards the Alicorns. Maybe Luna would sense him, or at least feel his pain. She wouldn’t abandon him to his fate.But if the night princess had noticed his return to Equestria, she made no sign he could feel. He had never shared any of her…
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      by Starscribe — Hayden had less than an hour to pack away his whole life. What were you supposed to bring when a Great Family forced you to leave against your will? At least he had Evelynn beside him, suggesting things and rejecting others. Little clothing made it—but aside from another outfit to change into, his sister suggested his version of the family's matching oversized tee-shirts.  He cried as he held it up, looking at each eevee stitched into it in turn. It had everyone represented, though Liz was an eevee…
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      by Starscribe — It was not a difficult process to retrieve the campers who had wandered.Amie knew the trails around Stella Lacus Adventure Camp of course, better than almost all the older counselors. She knew where frightened people wandering alone would likely flee, without needing to search for hoofprints in the mud. But without all this, she still could have completed her task.The fleeing campers hadn’t just left footprints, but also a different kind of trail, subtler and unseen. It was the same kind she had followed…
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      by Starscribe — To say that the session went incredibly would be an understatement of such vast size that Orson could not have made it without feeling guilty. It wasn’t that Murphy was a bad GM most of the time, far from it. Every session they played involved hours more behind-the-scenes work researching other products, designing the plotlines for them to play, and inventing the puzzles and challenges that would oppose them each game.Maybe it was the pressure of having his girlfriend watching. Maybe it was having…
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      by Starscribe — Lyra stared at the shut door, shivering slightly as she pictured the ponies inside.It hadn’t been long since she saw the final message of the Equestria’s previous captain, just long enough to get a set of human clothing to go with the human body. Underclothes, a set of white pants, and a button-up vest with her name and cutie mark on it, along with a jacket she had left behind in the medical bay.She felt like it was going to suffocate her. But her skin was clearly not as sturdy as a pony coat, so the…
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      by Starscribe — Repair the Engines Twilight Sparkle drifted through the computer mainframe, fighting down her stomach with every bounce and push with her wings. It’s okay, Applejack is doing what I told her. There’s no reason to be upset. Repairing the Equinox’s engines required shutting them down, which meant they stopped decelerating. No more negative acceleration meant no more apparent gravity. Unlike some of her friends, Twilight was no rock hopping prospector, who had spent months at a time in low-to-no…
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