
To Outlast
Matthias Síðasta Von has always wished to visit the magical land of Equestria, see the wonderful colors, talk to the ponies that live there. Perhaps even, should he be so lucky, live there permanently. Help Fluttershy with the animals, listen to Twilight talk about her most recent lesson or experiment, lift baskets of apples with Applejack, tell Lyra about humans.
One day, a connection is made, an offer: step through the gate. It was warned that the cost might be hefty, that the journey might be hard, but anything was better than this drab, grey life. So he stepped through.
But, this is not the Equestria he knew. Buildings aged and decrepit, roads cracked and eroded, the Everfree slowly reclaiming the Apple's farm and the last barn finally given out under the strain with nopony to raise it anew. What happened? Where did they go?
The colors bleached, the ponies gone, the Harmony and love that once sustained the land dried up and blown away like so much dust.
Except...

19 Chapters:
- Humanity Crossed 2017-03-20 01:31:48 UTC1800
- II: Overgrowth 2017-11-06 14:30:22 UTC2561
- III: Ruination 2017-11-11 03:44:21 UTC2341
- IV: Investigation 2017-12-05 19:28:42 UTC2127
- V: Blackened 2018-01-01 08:20:09 UTC2650
- VI: Pitch 2018-07-14 06:42:15 UTC2801
- VII: Deepened 2018-07-24 22:27:11 UTC3133
- VIII: Release 2018-07-31 15:24:28 UTC3241
- IX: Converse 2018-08-04 07:41:16 UTC3511
- X: Walk 2018-08-06 15:05:55 UTC4098
- XI: Watch 2018-08-12 16:57:51 UTC2664
- XII: Groundwork 2018-08-27 21:55:01 UTC4054
- XIII: Piping 2018-09-10 04:15:04 UTC3900
- XIV: Deeper 2018-09-23 00:37:29 UTC4778
- XV: On-ramp 2019-02-11 23:43:18 UTC2932
- XVI: Notes 2019-03-17 06:57:51 UTC4026
- XVII: Transmission 2019-06-24 01:46:38 UTC4261
- XVIII: Charge 2019-10-04 10:48:28 UTC2150
- XIX: Retrieval 2022-07-02 15:29:09 UTC2883