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Triptych

by Estee
When a new mission for the Element-Bearers (from an unexpected source) arrives three weeks after Twilight's ascension, she finds herself forced to confront a pair of questions: what truly makes an alicorn? And what happens if it goes wrong?

For a thousand years, there was just Celestia. Then Cadance appeared, Luna returned -- and now Twilight has ascended. There are ponies who are very curious about just what happened, why -- and how. Especially the how. Twilight herself is on that list, a freshly-minted princess with far more questions than answers, about to face a brand new one: what truly makes an alicorn?

And what happens if it goes wrong?

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group. New members and trope edits welcome.)

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Cover art by Harwick.

Teen
Complete
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Mystery
Adventure
 
OSTM

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56 Chapters:

  1. Outlines 2013-05-04 21:45:39 UTC
    7767
  2. Palette 2013-05-06 23:23:36 UTC
    9568
  3. Shading 2013-05-08 22:57:18 UTC
    7399
  4. Angles 2013-05-11 03:00:35 UTC
    9654
  5. Landscape 2013-05-14 03:13:23 UTC
    8192
  6. Layering 2013-05-16 21:25:32 UTC
    5470
  7. Vanishing Point 2013-05-19 15:51:16 UTC
    10339
  8. Converging Lines 2013-05-22 03:51:40 UTC
    10832
  9. Setting 2013-05-25 15:51:56 UTC
    8202
  10. Craquelure 2013-05-30 03:51:50 UTC
    9143
  11. Hue 2013-06-05 00:23:12 UTC
    10122
  12. Naturalism 2013-06-07 03:35:53 UTC
    12482
  13. Morellian Analysis 2013-06-12 23:47:12 UTC
    14081
  14. Inspiration 2013-06-14 22:54:22 UTC
    6386
  15. En Plein Air 2013-06-19 02:27:46 UTC
    10204
  16. Imprimatura 2013-06-28 01:59:49 UTC
    7718
  17. Chiaroscuro 2013-07-03 00:26:41 UTC
    13301
  18. Scumble 2013-07-10 23:22:49 UTC
    12126
  19. Scratchboard 2013-07-24 22:59:07 UTC
    10099
  20. Kenlijckheyt 2013-08-15 00:53:09 UTC
    12374
  21. Bloom 2013-09-14 04:32:40 UTC
    7148
  22. Atelier 2014-09-13 02:12:00 UTC
    6250
  23. Pentimento 2016-06-27 02:57:42 UTC
    7006
  24. Hamartia 2016-06-30 21:15:40 UTC
    8071
  25. Symbolism 2016-07-30 22:19:31 UTC
    5340
  26. Earth Tones 2016-09-30 03:48:59 UTC
    9539
  27. Watercolors 2016-10-01 02:41:17 UTC
    9377
  28. Sgraffito 2016-12-01 01:44:36 UTC
    8399
  29. Pointillès 2017-01-01 00:44:46 UTC
    7718
  30. Bentonite 2017-02-01 01:39:15 UTC
    7360
  31. Planography 2017-03-01 00:53:28 UTC
    6096
  32. Primer 2017-04-22 03:21:42 UTC
    6612
  33. Composition 2017-04-26 21:05:17 UTC
    8901
  34. Plinth 2017-06-01 00:38:42 UTC
    6130
  35. Glazing 2017-06-30 23:07:23 UTC
    7012
  36. Frame 2017-08-01 02:26:08 UTC
    5891
  37. Guilloché 2017-10-29 03:10:24 UTC
    7722
  38. Lithography 2017-12-28 02:42:39 UTC
    6028
  39. Unveiling 2018-01-01 03:09:13 UTC
    9928
  40. Presentation 2018-01-29 04:10:39 UTC
    14290
  41. Cum Cera (With Wax) 2018-01-31 02:03:27 UTC
    6980
  42. Patronage 2018-02-28 17:44:52 UTC
    10083
  43. Sotto In Su 2018-03-28 22:32:10 UTC
    5203
  44. Neue Sachlichkeit 2018-03-31 19:39:57 UTC
    17270
  45. L'Art Brut 2018-05-24 02:13:50 UTC
    7536
  46. Anamorphosis 2018-05-31 01:44:44 UTC
    10067
  47. De Stijl 2018-06-25 01:41:31 UTC
    6949
  48. Memento Mori 2018-07-19 02:18:37 UTC
    6788
  49. Cartes-de-visite 2018-08-28 01:54:59 UTC
    7297
  50. Contrast 2018-08-30 02:14:11 UTC
    9578
  51. Exhibition 2018-10-22 06:22:29 UTC
    14306
  52. Gallery 2018-10-27 02:52:41 UTC
    10033
  53. Symposium 2018-11-23 03:58:50 UTC
    12135
  54. Mentor 2018-11-26 01:49:27 UTC
    6025
  55. Dada 2018-11-29 02:49:40 UTC
    13999
  56. Signature 2018-12-01 04:07:05 UTC
    10882