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Día de los Muertos

by Gabriel LaVedier
The Mane Six investigate Ponyville's Nightmare Night legend and find it's not quite so legendary...

Rarity, who has lived in Ponyville the longest out of all the Element-Bearers, tells them the tale of the three legendary figures that rise on Nightmare Night. Twilight Sparkle imagines that there may be a magically-natural explanation for the consistent sightings on a particular night. She proposes they investigate this. And in the process uncovers shocking secrets long buried and seemingly meant to be consigned to the mists of history. And between the mystery, the real story of a doomed romance, two figures coming together centuries before they should even have been mutually aware of one another.

Happy Nightmare Night and Happy Halloween all!
(A note on the title: It's two things. First of all, I am Hispanic and from Southern California, so it's in my cultural wheelhouse. The iconography and feel appeal to me. Secondly, the cover image inspired the story, in the main, and I thank Bronystories for sending it to me. The story is not, itself, a Hispanic tale.)

Teen
Complete
Sad
Romance
Adventure
Tragedy
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Dark
 
MDO

29840 words: Estimated about 2 hours to read

7 Chapters:

  1. The Mystery of Ponyville 2013-10-09 22:33:37 UTC
    2183
  2. Into the Everfree 2013-10-09 22:35:52 UTC
    4122
  3. The Lonely Larkspur 2013-10-12 01:53:40 UTC
    2825
  4. The Archives 2013-10-16 16:11:41 UTC
    3614
  5. The Sum of the Parts 2013-10-16 16:14:20 UTC
    4779
  6. Nightmare Night 2013-10-23 17:48:32 UTC
    9862
  7. Epilogue 2013-10-30 17:39:12 UTC
    2455