
Dearest Beloved
A stallion struggling through his day-to-day life stumbles into a dark secret in a secluded village, and finds himself fighting to survive against ancient horrors from beyond the stars.
Tournament of Canterlot charity story. Reader-driven.
Last Call is just trying to live his life. It's not a particularly hard life, but not particularly happy, either: he feels useless, irresponsible, less than a stallion. He loves his wife, with all his heart... and yet at the same time, he can't bear to even look at her.
But as a local festival rolls around, strange things begin to happen around town, and Last Call finds himself trapped in a bizarre nightmare, struggling just to survive the night as monsters that had been sealed away long ago awaken from their eternal slumber, corrupting and devouring all who dare to stand in their way.

101613 words: Estimated about 8 hours to read
15 Chapters:
- Last Call 2016-11-21 16:25:56 UTC5397
- The Turning Away 2016-11-30 21:55:59 UTC5763
- Secure In Denial 2016-12-02 17:06:07 UTC6193
- Those Unknowable 2016-12-05 17:55:10 UTC9284
- From The Depths 2016-12-08 18:45:30 UTC6133
- Only By Circumstance 2016-12-12 17:27:27 UTC7107
- And They Went Beneath The Earth 2016-12-14 18:03:10 UTC7351
- And They Wept, Beneath The Earth 2016-12-16 17:08:50 UTC8378
- The Shadow Of Death 2016-12-18 01:54:12 UTC7276
- Of Bad, And Worse 2016-12-20 16:46:15 UTC7838
- In A Kingdom By The Sea 2016-12-22 17:21:43 UTC8119
- The Deepest Of Darkness 2016-12-24 17:55:51 UTC8116
- All That Is Beyond 2016-12-26 18:22:01 UTC6727
- All Is Dust 2016-12-29 18:59:12 UTC7223
- Epilogue: Never Without You 2016-12-29 19:00:05 UTC708