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Lessons in quirks

by Mike84
When a student from Fillydelphia appears in Ponyville to continue his studies on the field of cutie marks there at the recommendation of Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are in for another adventure.

When a student from Fillydelphia by the name of Frank Blanket appears in Ponyville upon recommendation of Princess Celestia to interview Twilight Sparkle and other citizens of Ponyville about matters related to cutie marks he soon turns out to be more complex or "quirky" than expected while his studies too touch upon subjects more significant than meets the eye.

Before his research can get really under way, he and the Mane6 end up in a whirl of events and suspicions caused by an elusive attacker of uncertain motives targeting the minds of citizens of Ponyville.

A chain of events is set in motion that may prove vital to all of Equestria in the end.

The story is set not long after Twilight's coronation and the events of the first three episodes of season 4.

Note: Since it is impossible to combine "Adventure" and "Slice of life" I ultimately decided for "Adventure", since the story will include stuff that goes beyond every day life, but it also has a lot of building up and character introduction that would run well under the "Slice of life" label.

I appreciate any feedback, constructive criticism, views or opinions a lot :pinkiehappy:

A PDF version of the entire story (including different scripts not available in fimfiction) can be found here.

Everyone
Complete
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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200430 words: Estimated about 17 hours to read
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72 Chapters:

  1. Prologue 2015-02-22 02:39:59 UTC
    1091
  2. Chapter I 2015-02-22 02:43:48 UTC
    1430
  3. Chapter II 2015-02-22 02:45:49 UTC
    1969
  4. Chapter III 2015-02-22 02:46:55 UTC
    2092
  5. Chapter IV 2015-02-22 02:47:53 UTC
    1198
  6. Chapter V 2015-02-22 02:49:19 UTC
    1044
  7. Chapter VI 2015-02-24 16:40:20 UTC
    2913
  8. Chapter VII 2015-02-28 22:43:18 UTC
    2040
  9. Chapter VIII 2015-03-07 09:04:39 UTC
    2890
  10. Chapter IX 2015-03-15 10:52:00 UTC
    2930
  11. Chapter X 2015-03-21 12:04:32 UTC
    3103
  12. Chapter XI 2015-03-27 15:36:39 UTC
    1847
  13. Chapter XII 2015-04-03 09:44:24 UTC
    2172
  14. Chapter XIII 2015-04-10 09:29:55 UTC
    2132
  15. Chapter XIV 2015-04-18 15:17:34 UTC
    2100
  16. Chapter XV 2015-04-24 11:35:24 UTC
    2318
  17. Chapter XVI 2015-04-27 21:30:15 UTC
    2913
  18. Chapter XVII 2015-05-02 11:17:54 UTC
    1604
  19. Chapter XVIII 2015-05-05 21:00:03 UTC
    2262
  20. Chapter XIX 2015-05-09 10:27:31 UTC
    4955
  21. Chapter XX 2015-05-12 07:59:08 UTC
    1572
  22. Chapter XXI 2015-05-15 12:33:52 UTC
    966
  23. Chapter XXII 2015-05-18 11:50:10 UTC
    3978
  24. Chapter XXIII 2015-05-22 21:34:56 UTC
    1804
  25. Chapter XXIV 2015-05-25 12:53:17 UTC
    2481
  26. Chapter XXV 2015-05-30 09:27:12 UTC
    1857
  27. Chapter XXVI 2015-06-01 15:36:51 UTC
    2364
  28. Chapter XXVII 2015-06-05 05:14:39 UTC
    1548
  29. Chapter XXVIII 2015-06-08 08:38:00 UTC
    3281
  30. Chapter XXIX 2015-06-12 19:39:28 UTC
    4005
  31. Chapter XXX 2015-06-15 06:04:33 UTC
    3802
  32. Chapter XXXI 2015-06-19 09:15:39 UTC
    4524
  33. Chapter XXXII 2015-06-22 09:10:31 UTC
    2132
  34. Chapter XXXIII 2015-06-26 21:05:47 UTC
    2254
  35. Chapter XXXIV 2015-06-29 09:31:44 UTC
    3686
  36. Chapter XXXV 2015-07-03 07:36:25 UTC
    2519
  37. Chapter XXXVI 2015-07-06 11:45:18 UTC
    4136
  38. Chapter XXXVII 2015-07-10 09:40:10 UTC
    2388
  39. Chapter XXXVIII 2015-07-13 14:27:24 UTC
    1980
  40. Chapter XXXIX 2015-07-17 08:19:46 UTC
    2241
  41. Chapter XL 2015-07-20 08:50:53 UTC
    2843
  42. Chapter XLI 2015-07-24 08:52:57 UTC
    3251
  43. Chapter XLII 2015-07-27 09:29:03 UTC
    2295
  44. Chapter XLIII 2015-07-31 09:26:26 UTC
    3743
  45. Chapter XLIV 2015-08-03 08:49:03 UTC
    4456
  46. Chapter XLV 2015-08-08 23:17:26 UTC
    4166
  47. Chapter XLVI 2015-08-11 23:02:46 UTC
    2794
  48. Chapter XLVII 2015-08-15 15:39:33 UTC
    3708
  49. Chapter XLVIII 2015-08-18 10:35:25 UTC
    2624
  50. Chapter XLIX 2015-08-21 20:53:04 UTC
    1857
  51. Chapter L 2015-08-25 12:17:02 UTC
    3959
  52. Chapter LI 2015-08-29 15:44:21 UTC
    1276
  53. Chapter LII 2015-09-01 11:29:12 UTC
    2852
  54. Chapter LIII 2015-09-05 14:25:01 UTC
    3188
  55. Chapter LIV 2015-09-08 15:57:50 UTC
    2718
  56. Chapter LV 2015-09-12 16:56:15 UTC
    1109
  57. Chapter LVI 2015-09-15 18:32:44 UTC
    1669
  58. Chapter LVII 2015-09-19 09:15:54 UTC
    1997
  59. Chapter LVIII 2015-09-22 14:02:12 UTC
    4781
  60. Chapter LIX 2015-09-26 16:00:43 UTC
    1434
  61. Chapter LX 2015-09-30 07:36:36 UTC
    2067
  62. Chapter LXI 2015-10-03 06:51:02 UTC
    1430
  63. Chapter LXII 2015-10-06 12:22:14 UTC
    2535
  64. Chapter LXIII 2015-10-10 09:22:18 UTC
    3442
  65. Chapter LXIV 2015-10-13 16:30:38 UTC
    4048
  66. Chapter LXV 2015-10-17 12:33:25 UTC
    5631
  67. Chapter LXVI 2015-10-25 16:08:33 UTC
    5685
  68. Chapter LXVII 2015-10-31 13:13:11 UTC
    2786
  69. Chapter LXVIII 2015-11-07 06:45:39 UTC
    3062
  70. Chapter LXIX 2015-11-15 13:11:30 UTC
    7293
  71. Chapter LXX 2015-11-28 12:50:54 UTC
    3818
  72. Epilogue 2015-12-05 07:48:53 UTC
    3392