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The Enforcer and Her Blackmailers

by scifipony
Starlight Glimmer's past and future collide in Canterlot years before the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration. Starlight Glimmer, a teenage runaway, tries to reform herself but her past crimes and Sunset Shimmer make that difficult.

(See chapter list. New content having to do with notice below.)

There is a REMASTERED version. Please read that instead of this (the original published) version if you just finished the prequel.

Starlight Glimmer's past and future collide in Canterlot a few years before the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration. Still bruised by the loss of Sunburst, runaway Starlight Glimmer tries to forget her recent past at Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns but the crimes of that past and Celestia's original protégé, Sunset Shimmer, make that difficult. What happens will change Equestria forever.

Prequel published 3/19/21. Sunset Shimmer Goes to Hell is a sequel (mostly) to this novel from Sunset Shimmer's point of view. The Forgiving Lesson is a sequel to The Crystalling and this novel.

Image (c)2016 by Riakoh-Illust, commissioned for this story. (Click source to see final artwork.)

¡Muchas gracias! to DoContra for his heroic work as a pre-reader.

Teen
Complete
Thriller
Mystery
Adventure
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
 
OSPSZ

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36 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1: PTSD 2016-03-18 18:50:43 UTC
    1425
  2. Chapter 2: Much in Common 2016-03-19 20:00:04 UTC
  3. Chapter 3: Work Issues 2016-03-20 20:15:56 UTC
    1609
  4. Chapter 4: I Prefer Stallions 2016-03-23 18:27:52 UTC
    2469
  5. Chapter 5: Reading Barthemule Recommended 2016-03-24 18:50:14 UTC
    1093
  6. Chapter 6: Using What She Learned 2016-03-25 21:33:42 UTC
    1210
  7. Chapter 7: Grimoire Ascendent 2016-03-27 17:29:30 UTC
    1259
  8. Chapter 8: Shimmering Issues 2016-03-30 19:03:43 UTC
    1737
  9. Chapter 9: Theory into Practice 2016-03-31 19:57:42 UTC
    761
  10. Chapter 10: Blind-sided 2016-04-01 20:37:17 UTC
    1014
  11. Chapter 11: I Don't Kill Ponies 2016-04-03 23:01:32 UTC
    3436
  12. Chapter 12: Revelation 2016-04-06 23:44:25 UTC
    2214
  13. Chapter 13: Unintended Consequences 2016-04-07 23:34:14 UTC
    1056
  14. Chapter 14: Prodigy 2016-04-09 00:09:50 UTC
    2231
  15. Chapter 15: Exam 2016-04-10 23:40:18 UTC
    2167
  16. Chapter 16: Night Hauler 2016-04-13 22:51:30 UTC
    1238
  17. Chapter 17: Night Flight 2016-04-15 00:12:17 UTC
    1514
  18. Chapter 18: Pony of a Different Stripe 2016-04-16 00:35:37 UTC
    1811
  19. Chapter 19: Accounting for Wrong Decisions 2016-04-18 03:08:17 UTC
    1706
  20. Chapter 20: Fright Night 2016-04-21 00:06:54 UTC
    2248
  21. Chapter 21: The Curious Cure 2016-04-22 01:13:29 UTC
    2874
  22. Chapter 22: House Rules 2016-04-23 02:30:32 UTC
    2076
  23. Chapter 23: Likely, Meet Inevitable 2016-04-26 02:03:18 UTC
    2089
  24. Chapter 24: Breakthrough Consequences 2016-04-27 23:34:08 UTC
    2152
  25. Chapter 25: Backed Into a Corner 2016-04-30 00:12:52 UTC
    1264
  26. Chapter 26: Any Plan in a Storm 2016-05-02 00:49:39 UTC
    3408
  27. Chapter 27: Gambit 2016-05-04 23:46:57 UTC
    1606
  28. Chapter 28: Act Three, Scene One 2016-05-06 00:28:58 UTC
    1290
  29. Chapter 29: To Ring a Unicorn 2016-05-07 01:33:27 UTC
    5330
  30. Chapter 30: Epilogue? The Third Protégé (and Tears) 2016-05-09 00:12:56 UTC
    2354
  31. Chapter 31: New Book 2 - Starlight and The Persistent Princess 2022-03-26 07:20:54 UTC
    2497
  32. Appendix 1: Chapter Descriptions 2016-03-18 18:49:46 UTC
  33. Appendix 2: Glossary 2016-04-01 20:38:48 UTC
    634
  34. Appendix 3: Errata 2016-04-01 20:39:27 UTC
    430
  35. Appendix 4: About the Cover 2016-03-18 19:06:51 UTC
    143
  36. Appendix 5: Outline Materials 2016-05-09 00:21:21 UTC
    2668