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What Bound Them

by Headless
A thousand years after the events in Ponyville, Spike wakes up to find the world a very different, dangerous place. Now he has only one question, and his quest for the answer will take him across Equestria: whatever happened to Twilight Sparkle?

It's been more than a thousand years since the Mane Six's adventures in Ponyville, and things look very different. Equestria is gone, devoured by chaos. Nightmare creatures roam the lands, changelings prey on the few remaining pony settlements, and all trace of the peace and harmony during Princess Celestia's reign has vanished.

Until, that is, a small group of ponies set out to map the Tangle, and find a slumbering dragon inside. Now Spike, a millenium out of his time and with only his memories to comfort him, is ponykind's only hope. Together, he and his new friends set out to find the one pony who can set things right: Twilight Sparkle.

Cover art by the inestimable TheAuthorGl1m0.

Featured by The Royal Guard on February 4th, 2014.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES

- Beware of spoilers in the comment section!
- Currently undergoing heavy revision for chapters nineteen and onward. The "lost" chapters - that is, the story as it was originally published - can be found here.

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32 Chapters:

  1. 1: The Tangle 2014-01-11 05:23:39 UTC
    3155
  2. 2: I Promise 2014-01-12 01:38:26 UTC
    2643
  3. 3: Carousel Boutique 2014-01-12 18:18:09 UTC
    2499
  4. 4: Everfree 2014-01-13 03:00:00 UTC
    3202
  5. 5: Castle Twilight 2014-01-14 04:44:05 UTC
    3649
  6. 6: The Music Of The Night 2014-01-15 01:52:15 UTC
    4731
  7. 7: Hate 2014-01-16 04:55:25 UTC
    3631
  8. 8: Our Strange Duet 2014-01-17 05:15:01 UTC
    2974
  9. 9: Aces High 2014-01-18 08:46:18 UTC
    6368
  10. 10: Reveille 2014-01-18 20:47:06 UTC
    3227
  11. 11: Partners 2014-01-20 02:37:33 UTC
    5547
  12. 12: The Best Years Of Our Lives 2014-01-20 17:36:49 UTC
    4043
  13. 13: Let Go 2014-01-21 01:25:54 UTC
    3424
  14. 14: Need 2014-01-21 23:01:05 UTC
    3505
  15. 15: Choices 2014-01-23 05:52:05 UTC
    3658
  16. 16: By A Route Obscure And Lonely 2014-01-24 05:14:17 UTC
    3890
  17. 17: Bottomless Vales And Boundless Floods 2014-01-25 04:18:09 UTC
    3007
  18. 18: The Blizzard 2014-01-27 22:09:42 UTC
    4320
  19. 19: An Eidolon Named Night 2014-01-29 02:04:00 UTC
    4301
  20. 20: Roll The Dice 2014-01-30 05:58:54 UTC
    3208
  21. 21: The Lesson 2014-01-30 21:29:06 UTC
    3561
  22. 22: What Broke Them 2014-02-01 04:01:09 UTC
    4401
  23. 23: Ragnarøkkr 2014-02-02 05:42:53 UTC
    6298
  24. 24: The Heart Whose Woes Are Legion 2014-02-03 04:56:01 UTC
    3083
  25. 25: Pressing Concerns 2014-02-04 04:00:47 UTC
    4933
  26. 26: No Hard Feelings 2014-02-08 19:38:54 UTC
    3425
  27. 27: What Bound Them 2014-02-10 06:04:13 UTC
    3535
  28. 28: Disharmony 2014-02-11 08:20:12 UTC
    3014
  29. 29: Battle Plans 2014-02-12 06:11:08 UTC
    3606
  30. 30: Weak 2014-02-13 08:34:12 UTC
    2968
  31. 31: Cross My Heart 2014-02-15 08:12:16 UTC
    2465
  32. 32: This Day Is Going To Be Perfect 2014-03-28 06:45:08 UTC
    4811