Pony Noir: where it all started

When darkness rules the land, it takes the most unlikely of ponies to save the world. Too bad there are real horrors waiting in the shadows. The prototype to "The Fifth."

Once upon a time, a young writer by the name of Garnot started a noir story about ponies in the late 2010's. He worked hard, but in the end, lost it all to disaster. He started over, eventually turning his story into something new titled "The Fifth." A story that remains unknown to most.

Today, he's found the last surviving copy of his once lost work, saved on a seemingly forgotten USB on it's last legs. This is that story.

Everything you read here is unaltered from its original version.

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Original story summary

Crime. Corruption. Coldness. Hope.

In Equestria, there was a time when dawn was once thought of as a mere foal’s tale to foolishly cling to. But despite all the Neighsayer’s calls of falsehood, the dawn finally came, heralded by the most unlikely of individuals.

Yet, the vices of old linger, growing in the shadows: cults that worship chaos, mercenaries out to make a few bits and secretive organizations that conspire for control over Equestria, a land of airships, of auto-carriages, of magic and of technology. A land besieged by a dark power that threatens to destroy everything.

This is the world of Pony Noir.

Teen

Complete

Alternate Universe

Human

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Dark

Adventure