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Split Second

by wille179
Twilight Sparkle broke time when she got her cutie mark. Now there's two of her with two different talents.

Twilight Sparkle broke time when she got her cutie mark. Now Twilight and Sparkle are sisters from another time. Twilight is hailed as the potentially greatest light magician of all time, and already has a reputation as a hero by the time she goes to Ponyville. This isn't her story, not primarily.

Sparkle is an orphan - her dark magic killed her parents. She lives with her brother in Canterlot's industrial sector because they can't afford anything better. She can't leave either. She's a natural dark mage; while Sparkle won't go mad like Sombra, her reputation is hardly any better. Worse, the law doesn't see her as a good pony.

The fact that the dead don't stay dead around her, or that Thorn - Spike's double - is an undead, soul-eating abomination, are other matters altogether.

(Also has some Slice-of-Life, but fimfiction tags won't let me put it with Adventure.)

Has an ask blog to go with it: Ask Sparkle and Thorn.
Also has a TvTropes page: Split Second Tropes.

Featured on EQD.

Cover art by Swirling Line.

Teen
Complete
Adventure
Gore
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Dark
Alternate Universe
 
OSTMO

147445 words: Estimated about 12 hours to read
Download:textHTMLePUB

51 Chapters:

  1. Prologue (Revised) 2015-01-18 23:02:50 UTC
    1090
  2. Déjà Vu 2015-01-18 23:16:42 UTC
    1847
  3. Seeing Double 2015-01-19 15:28:38 UTC
    3215
  4. Reiteration 2015-01-20 14:33:47 UTC
    2393
  5. Devil of a Time 2015-01-21 15:49:59 UTC
    2407
  6. Interlude - Class Scheduling 2015-01-22 12:38:11 UTC
    2961
  7. Time Ticket 2015-01-23 14:03:28 UTC
    1745
  8. Stunt Doubles 2015-01-24 16:41:40 UTC
    1837
  9. Recounting 2015-01-25 14:23:44 UTC
    1604
  10. Dark Ages 2015-01-26 14:34:40 UTC
    1754
  11. Reflection 2015-01-27 15:15:07 UTC
    2727
  12. Procrastination 2015-01-29 19:14:44 UTC
    3903
  13. Reduplication 2015-02-01 14:55:48 UTC
    2113
  14. Secondary 2015-02-02 13:21:50 UTC
    2317
  15. Interlude 2 - Mare and Reaper [History Overwritten] 2015-02-22 13:51:23 UTC
    3325
  16. Revision 2015-02-04 14:17:12 UTC
    2927
  17. Encore 2015-02-06 13:47:42 UTC
    4324
  18. Crunch Time 2015-02-10 13:56:02 UTC
    2146
  19. Changing of the Seasons 2015-02-19 19:29:26 UTC
    4736
  20. Mares and Chaos, part 1 [History Overwritten] 2015-03-01 15:35:32 UTC
    3577
  21. Mares and Chaos, part 2 2015-03-31 11:35:07 UTC
    3028
  22. Mares and Chaos, part 3 2015-04-06 11:30:16 UTC
    4178
  23. A Mare and the Sunny Hospital 2015-04-16 13:30:22 UTC
    4903
  24. A Dragon and the Comic Book Shop 2015-04-18 14:38:04 UTC
    2903
  25. Mother, Son, and the Paladin 2015-05-08 13:23:08 UTC
    6249
  26. The Necromancer and the (K)Night 2015-05-10 11:46:12 UTC
    3569
  27. The Red Platoon and the Black Mage [History Overwritten] 2015-05-12 13:52:53 UTC
    4693
  28. Sparkle and Twilight 2015-05-17 12:01:22 UTC
    2439
  29. A Cat and the Ace of Roaches 2015-05-18 12:21:24 UTC
    3043
  30. A Dame and The Lies She Tells 2015-05-19 14:05:08 UTC
    3102
  31. Interlude 3: Moments in the Past [History Overwritten] 2015-05-21 12:53:56 UTC
    4301
  32. Luna and the Calm [History Overwritten] 2015-05-24 12:34:40 UTC
    3656
  33. Dusk and the Days Before [History Overwritten] 2015-05-26 14:16:39 UTC
    3239
  34. Canterlot and the Storm, part 1 [History Overwritten] 2015-05-29 13:32:41 UTC
    3217
  35. Death and the Eye of the Storm [History Overwritten] 2015-05-30 17:19:39 UTC
    3113
  36. Canterlot and the Storm, part 2; or Sparkle and Her Inner Demon 2015-06-01 12:56:16 UTC
    3413
  37. Through the Looking Glass (+ mini chapter) 2015-06-16 14:19:23 UTC
    2987
  38. And What Sparkle Found There 2015-06-23 14:21:28 UTC
    3787
  39. Power Ponies and Soulless Constructs 2015-06-27 16:00:44 UTC
    3329
  40. Return and Resume 2015-07-05 12:48:33 UTC
    4297
  41. Love is in the Air 2015-07-08 13:05:25 UTC
    2576
  42. A Timely Problem 2015-07-18 13:01:36 UTC
    2265
  43. To Recover the Lost 2015-07-19 13:16:01 UTC
    1756
  44. Planning, and Good Health by Murder 2015-07-20 13:18:31 UTC
    3030
  45. Recovering the Stolen Jewels 2015-07-21 13:23:16 UTC
    4189
  46. A Lich Among Dragons 2015-07-22 13:27:35 UTC
    2395
  47. Like Glass [History Overwritten] 2015-07-23 13:23:57 UTC
    1780
  48. Epilogue One: Shining Armor [History Overwritten] 2015-07-24 12:54:37 UTC
    1324
  49. Epilogue Two: Cobalt [History Overwritten] 2015-07-24 15:49:41 UTC
    1249
  50. Epilogue Three: Thorn and the Pregnant Mare 2015-07-24 17:55:32 UTC
    455
  51. [BONUS] [SEQUEL SPOILER WARNING] The Timelines 2015-07-24 18:01:36 UTC
    32