
Beacon in the Shadows
Cheerilee must use the Paladin's Code to defeat an evil descending upon Equestria.
When what starts as an attempt on Princess Luna's life becomes a mad grab for power, Celestia must call upon her most skilled weapon, the Paladin. Cheerilee is an ordinary school teacher with a very unorthodox side job. Will her training in the ways of justice, and honor be enough to stop the threat against Equestria? Along her journey she will make new allies, gain new strengths, and become more personally involved then she ever would have imagined.
Note: As for the tags it is only slightly dark and only slightly sad, and not grim-dark at all (more light-dark sometimes). It is Adventure first.





48319 words: Estimated about 4 hours to read
14 Chapters:
- Prologue: Many Shades of Black 2012-10-16 23:13:06 UTC2182
- Chapter 1: Citizen/Soldier 2012-10-15 20:18:14 UTC3037
- Chapter 2: Death and All Her Friends 2012-10-24 15:36:23 UTC3094
- Chapter 3: The Tip of the Iceberg 2012-11-17 03:12:09 UTC3210
- Chapter 4: Shadow of a Flower 2012-12-02 02:03:21 UTC4221
- Chapter 5: Hurry Sundown 2012-12-28 20:03:37 UTC3748
- Chapter 6: Gunsmoke 2013-01-09 02:33:24 UTC3175
- Chapter 7: If You Only Knew 2013-01-29 04:31:05 UTC2287
- Chapter 8: Fight For You 2013-02-21 04:17:08 UTC3634
- Chapter 9: Here Without You 2013-03-08 01:32:02 UTC3273
- Chapter 10: Away from the Sun 2013-03-14 02:52:27 UTC3210
- Chapter 11: Through the Fire and the Flames 2013-04-02 16:44:54 UTC3469
- Chapter 12: Cry Thunder 2013-06-06 04:19:01 UTC5714
- Chapter 13: Sleepless + Epilogue 2013-06-20 20:50:14 UTC4065