Alethophobiaby Ice StarChapters11-20 [My Heart is a Battleground]21-30 [By the Hoof of the Victor]41-50 [The Mare Who Sought the Top of the World]51-60 [Hubris Would Be a Blessing at This Point]61-70 [To Want Nothing is to Need Everything]71-80 [Above All Other Things, Be Kind]81-90 [Love and Librarians]91-100 [The Truth Flees with You]101-110 [Minds that Never Knew You]111-120 [My Faithful Student]1-10 [Lie and Lie Again]31-40 [Historical Revisionism]121-130 [Locked Out of My Own Mind]11-20 [My Heart is a Battleground]Starswirl the Bearded is our only option I did what I had to do He can't be that bad Everypony has good in them He's starting to make sense Maybe Luna is too odd She could be a problem All those other animals she is around damage her social skills As the eldest, I have the best perspective I wish we weren't ever sisters 21-30 [By the Hoof of the Victor]I do not understand why you look at me like that, Luna You have got to stop trying to escape Fighting Starswirl won't help I haven't changed I know the right ponies They'll up us out of here, you aren't helping anything I just want you to stay away from me I want you as close to me as possible We work better together We should stay apart 41-50 [The Mare Who Sought the Top of the World]Platinum didn't commit suicide just because she lost Clover She overdosed on accident Luna, this will not cause more trouble than it is worth, we just need to arrange a clean funeral Clover and her friends were national heroes, you can't speak of them that way Discord can't be back Discord is a threat that cannot be reasoned with I am the princess regnant, I do not need your input for this particular battle Discord, your magic cannot harm me I feel just fine, everything is actually quite wonderful Luna, I've always loved you and wanted to be your sister 51-60 [Hubris Would Be a Blessing at This Point]I will never recover from this Luna did this because she didn't love me I never saw this coming and don’t know why she would have done this There were no signs I didn't know how she was feeling She could have told me what was going on I have been the best princess I could Luna was just so much trouble I've always been the more stable of the two of us I'm going to get through this well and be better for it in the end 61-70 [To Want Nothing is to Need Everything]I will never go through the mirror There is nothing good on the other side of it Now that I've seen both sides, I'm happier on this side of the mirror I don't need any help I'm doing well I can just forget things This is a senseless tragedy that one cannot extract any moralizing from History can be made to forget I will never see my sister again 71-80 [Above All Other Things, Be Kind]Sunset Shimmer, your accusations against me are entirely unfounded This is your home, young lady I am not the ice queen you make me out to be, and your problems would be solved if you just finished your homework I promise you'll always feel safe here, Sunset Shimmer Kindness is not inauthentic, Sunnybun, you would learn so much more if you would just be kind I don't remember saying that Good will always find a way to win in the end The oracle could have been lying I do not need help, nor will I ever Things have never been better in Equestria 81-90 [Love and Librarians]I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration You needn't worry at all And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends! You are entirely prepared for what I'm about to assign you I would never keep a secret I'm prepared for this day Nothing could possibly go wrong It's all going exactly according to plan I am fearlessly confident in your ability to succeed, Twilight Sparkle Your chance of failure is non-existent 91-100 [The Truth Flees with You]I can stop this at any time I have power of my mind Having Luna back will solve all my problems I have no doubts that Discord can be reformed I am not surrounded by yes-mares I have perfected myself into exactly who I need to be History has left my an unscarred victor I know what to do with every pawn on my board My relationships are as secure as I want them to be This is my happily ever after 101-110 [Minds that Never Knew You]Love does not require honesty All my partners have known exactly what they should about me Love needs kindness above all else, any other suggestion is folly True love is worshipful Balance is not essential to relationships I cannot prevent my partners from dying Teamwork is an overstated clicke in relationships How others view the relationship is incredibly important We should all just want to fit in to a happy community together My relationships have been successful 111-120 [My Faithful Student]I never doubted you once, Twilight Sparkle You've worried me far less than you think You remind me of myself when I was younger In fact, I can say that you know me quite well We could all stand to be more modest Nonsense, you are not of my making I've exposed you to as much of the world as I comfortably can Never have I doubted your loyalties to me I'm delighted to know you want to be exactly like me 1-10 [Lie and Lie Again]I promise our parents are coming back You should listen to me I know where we're going We really need to find some ponies Discord is such a good friend, he'd never leave us The three of us are the perfect family The world is so ugly and dangerous now, you should trust me I'll be a good leader Don't eat those berries I promise I'll always be here for you, Luna 31-40 [Historical Revisionism]The Tribal Era was quite quaint underneath all the prejudice Starswirl the Bearded was a lovely and wise teacher Princess Platinum was not vindictive or bloodthirsty Clover the Clever had a wonderful life The pegasus ponies did not practice eugenics, incest, or cull undesired pegasi Starswirl the Bearded perished of natural causes in the valley we left him in because he was too stubborn to leave The earth ponies were not politically corrupt The Tribal Wars were not savage at all compared to modern standards We were really quite fair to the buffalo Luna, I feel that your sympathies are becoming quite traitorous 121-130 [Locked Out of My Own Mind]All my successes have been my own Authentic connections are within my grasp I know what the truth is Everypony loves me I got better without help Nopony needs to be concerned about me Anypony who thought I needed help could see past my mask I have never hurt myself on purpose I know who I am I am not beyond help I do not need Author's Note Consider this the sequel: TEnemy of Mine MLP: FiM Romance Dark Mystery A few years after Luna's return it seems that Equestria will finally know an era of peace and appears to be on the verge of a new renaissance. Ponies are happy. Luna is recovering. Celestia is miserable. Narcotics Non-con Celestia Luna OC Discord King Sombra Ice Star · 280k words · 105 13 · 5.8k views Is this a decent story, or just a fun experiment? Let me know in the comments. This was an old idea that I'd had lying around for years. I was never convinced it would work, but I finally managed to get myself to draft a few convincing bits. This was an adventure to see how little I could tell a story with, even in contrast to the prequel and more lore-heavy stories I've written from the eras in each segment.
11-20 [My Heart is a Battleground]Starswirl the Bearded is our only option I did what I had to do He can't be that bad Everypony has good in them He's starting to make sense Maybe Luna is too odd She could be a problem All those other animals she is around damage her social skills As the eldest, I have the best perspective I wish we weren't ever sisters
21-30 [By the Hoof of the Victor]I do not understand why you look at me like that, Luna You have got to stop trying to escape Fighting Starswirl won't help I haven't changed I know the right ponies They'll up us out of here, you aren't helping anything I just want you to stay away from me I want you as close to me as possible We work better together We should stay apart
41-50 [The Mare Who Sought the Top of the World]Platinum didn't commit suicide just because she lost Clover She overdosed on accident Luna, this will not cause more trouble than it is worth, we just need to arrange a clean funeral Clover and her friends were national heroes, you can't speak of them that way Discord can't be back Discord is a threat that cannot be reasoned with I am the princess regnant, I do not need your input for this particular battle Discord, your magic cannot harm me I feel just fine, everything is actually quite wonderful Luna, I've always loved you and wanted to be your sister
51-60 [Hubris Would Be a Blessing at This Point]I will never recover from this Luna did this because she didn't love me I never saw this coming and don’t know why she would have done this There were no signs I didn't know how she was feeling She could have told me what was going on I have been the best princess I could Luna was just so much trouble I've always been the more stable of the two of us I'm going to get through this well and be better for it in the end
61-70 [To Want Nothing is to Need Everything]I will never go through the mirror There is nothing good on the other side of it Now that I've seen both sides, I'm happier on this side of the mirror I don't need any help I'm doing well I can just forget things This is a senseless tragedy that one cannot extract any moralizing from History can be made to forget I will never see my sister again
71-80 [Above All Other Things, Be Kind]Sunset Shimmer, your accusations against me are entirely unfounded This is your home, young lady I am not the ice queen you make me out to be, and your problems would be solved if you just finished your homework I promise you'll always feel safe here, Sunset Shimmer Kindness is not inauthentic, Sunnybun, you would learn so much more if you would just be kind I don't remember saying that Good will always find a way to win in the end The oracle could have been lying I do not need help, nor will I ever Things have never been better in Equestria
81-90 [Love and Librarians]I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration You needn't worry at all And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends! You are entirely prepared for what I'm about to assign you I would never keep a secret I'm prepared for this day Nothing could possibly go wrong It's all going exactly according to plan I am fearlessly confident in your ability to succeed, Twilight Sparkle Your chance of failure is non-existent
91-100 [The Truth Flees with You]I can stop this at any time I have power of my mind Having Luna back will solve all my problems I have no doubts that Discord can be reformed I am not surrounded by yes-mares I have perfected myself into exactly who I need to be History has left my an unscarred victor I know what to do with every pawn on my board My relationships are as secure as I want them to be This is my happily ever after
101-110 [Minds that Never Knew You]Love does not require honesty All my partners have known exactly what they should about me Love needs kindness above all else, any other suggestion is folly True love is worshipful Balance is not essential to relationships I cannot prevent my partners from dying Teamwork is an overstated clicke in relationships How others view the relationship is incredibly important We should all just want to fit in to a happy community together My relationships have been successful
111-120 [My Faithful Student]I never doubted you once, Twilight Sparkle You've worried me far less than you think You remind me of myself when I was younger In fact, I can say that you know me quite well We could all stand to be more modest Nonsense, you are not of my making I've exposed you to as much of the world as I comfortably can Never have I doubted your loyalties to me I'm delighted to know you want to be exactly like me
1-10 [Lie and Lie Again]I promise our parents are coming back You should listen to me I know where we're going We really need to find some ponies Discord is such a good friend, he'd never leave us The three of us are the perfect family The world is so ugly and dangerous now, you should trust me I'll be a good leader Don't eat those berries I promise I'll always be here for you, Luna
31-40 [Historical Revisionism]The Tribal Era was quite quaint underneath all the prejudice Starswirl the Bearded was a lovely and wise teacher Princess Platinum was not vindictive or bloodthirsty Clover the Clever had a wonderful life The pegasus ponies did not practice eugenics, incest, or cull undesired pegasi Starswirl the Bearded perished of natural causes in the valley we left him in because he was too stubborn to leave The earth ponies were not politically corrupt The Tribal Wars were not savage at all compared to modern standards We were really quite fair to the buffalo Luna, I feel that your sympathies are becoming quite traitorous
121-130 [Locked Out of My Own Mind]All my successes have been my own Authentic connections are within my grasp I know what the truth is Everypony loves me I got better without help Nopony needs to be concerned about me Anypony who thought I needed help could see past my mask I have never hurt myself on purpose I know who I am I am not beyond help I do not need Author's Note Consider this the sequel: TEnemy of Mine MLP: FiM Romance Dark Mystery A few years after Luna's return it seems that Equestria will finally know an era of peace and appears to be on the verge of a new renaissance. Ponies are happy. Luna is recovering. Celestia is miserable. Narcotics Non-con Celestia Luna OC Discord King Sombra Ice Star · 280k words · 105 13 · 5.8k views Is this a decent story, or just a fun experiment? Let me know in the comments. This was an old idea that I'd had lying around for years. I was never convinced it would work, but I finally managed to get myself to draft a few convincing bits. This was an adventure to see how little I could tell a story with, even in contrast to the prequel and more lore-heavy stories I've written from the eras in each segment.
