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Prey and a Lamb

by Lambs Prey
This is a story about a sheep. A little sheep, locked deep in prison, put there by ponies. He doesn't want to be there, but then he's had to do a lot of things he doesn't want to. It's a shame he deserves to be in there.

'Little lamb, little lamb, run away home~ The houses are empty and the village is gone~'

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Pony prison. Obviously not somewhere a sane individual wishes to spend any length of time. But freedom can come from the sources only the insane could predict.

Everything has a price though, so what will it cost? And more importantly, will it be possible to haggle?

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This is a story involving detective work, hard work, thankless work, more work, and a veritable termite infestation of questionable moral loopholes bored through the whole heaped mound of it.

So, before we get to any of that, a word from the author/delusional scribbler. Forewarning, this won't focus on the mane 6, and is about OC's, and the Luna Night Guard. Now, onto the rest:
1st, This will be a long, loooong story, with slow plot building and character development. If that is the kind of thing you like, please go ahead. (Might end up making it into multiple stories)
2nd, First story, please tell me what the heck I am doing wrong and point out grammar and stuff.
3rd, I'm writing this story for fun. That's important. "I do as I please!"
And finally 4th, at the urgings of people, I have moved this up to M rating for violence.

Have fun hopefully!

(And I own nothing, MLP and all associated products and agencies are not my property)

Helpful link: TwoBit is making an audio series out of these 'sheep words' Here 🎬

Editors over the course of this story vary between the following helpers:
Sweetolebob16 / Sweetolebob18
GreatSpaceBeaver
Panem et Circenses

Complete
Alternate Universe
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Tragedy
Gore
Slice of Life
Dark
Death
 
POBRS

1348885 words: Estimated 5 days to read
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102 Chapters:

  1. 1.0 A lamb in prison 2018-07-14 14:13:32 UTC
    12771
  2. 2.0 Forced assistance and the Resistance 2018-07-14 14:15:08 UTC
    13653
  3. 3.0 Punishment by Paperwork? 2018-07-30 17:00:49 UTC
    6652
  4. 4.0 Next Trot on a Pointless Investigation 2018-08-17 15:46:41 UTC
    7646
  5. 5.0 The World belongs to those who Read 2018-09-02 18:37:45 UTC
    6554
  6. 6.0 Lies are the best sympathy 2018-09-15 08:51:53 UTC
    6352
  7. 7.0 When you try your best but you don't succeed 2018-10-02 19:11:14 UTC
    8517
  8. 8.0 An unexpected visitor 2018-10-17 16:30:59 UTC
    5917
  9. 9.0 If you don't control your Mind, someone else will 2018-10-22 19:13:29 UTC
    7594
  10. 10.1 Bring on the Night 2018-11-04 17:41:32 UTC
    11385
  11. 11.1 Induction Day (Or Night) 2018-11-18 15:10:10 UTC
    8365
  12. 12.1 Welcome to the Office! Here's a bucket 2018-12-01 17:15:19 UTC
    11331
  13. 13.1 Carrot's and Hugs don't Mix 2018-12-15 16:37:53 UTC
    11216
  14. 14.1 A Tulip Flower Bed 2018-12-29 17:19:13 UTC
    7709
  15. 15.1 A Bed made for Rocky 2019-01-12 19:19:27 UTC
    13927
  16. 16.1 They Serve Steamed Hay in Jail 2019-01-27 14:40:44 UTC
    14251
  17. 17.1 A Turf Dispute 2019-02-10 20:42:32 UTC
    14663
  18. 18.1 Mint Tea and Interrogation 2019-02-25 06:59:42 UTC
    10235
  19. 19.1 Planting Seeds 2019-03-11 06:54:08 UTC
    15046
  20. 20.1 When Life gives you Lemons 2019-03-23 22:01:51 UTC
    11756
  21. 21.1 Do Plans ever go as Planned? 2019-04-08 05:48:49 UTC
    14843
  22. 22.1 First we Train, then we Fight 2019-04-20 20:07:03 UTC
    11008
  23. 23.1 A Day at the Market 2019-05-10 12:54:25 UTC
    16929
  24. 24.1 Market Day comes to an End 2019-05-19 17:15:10 UTC
    13679
  25. 25.2 Rock Candy is bad for your Teeth 2019-06-01 16:51:34 UTC
    15641
  26. 26.2 If you want Something Done, Do it Yourself 2019-06-15 19:19:03 UTC
    10191
  27. 27.2 Everyone has their Own Trials 2019-06-29 20:09:26 UTC
    9678
  28. 28.2 Salt, Smoke and Streets 2019-07-13 20:33:37 UTC
    10140
  29. 29.2 Life is only ever Moments away from being Not 2019-07-27 18:07:21 UTC
    14769
  30. 30.2 Gloom settles on us 2019-08-10 18:51:33 UTC
    9538
  31. 31.2 Spinning Lies into Cotton 2019-08-24 20:12:07 UTC
    17312
  32. 32.2 If a tree falls in the Night... 2019-09-07 15:32:17 UTC
    13421
  33. 33.2 Building a Nest of Lumber 2019-09-21 17:21:47 UTC
    12814
  34. 34.2 Flames of a Feather fall Together 2019-10-05 17:16:22 UTC
    19833
  35. 35.3 Happily Never After the Fall 2019-10-20 18:05:23 UTC
    14026
  36. 36.3 Rich Brown Soil 2019-11-02 18:46:25 UTC
    20366
  37. 37.3 The Opposite of Consequences 2019-11-15 19:15:39 UTC
    7835
  38. 38.3 Don't pull on the Stitching 2019-11-30 15:51:30 UTC
    8181
  39. 39.3 Simple Exploits and Difficult Tasks 2019-12-14 21:49:48 UTC
    15198
  40. 40.3 A Flower Forest in May 2019-12-29 21:09:39 UTC
    10032
  41. 41.3 What's under the Yellow Brick Road? 2020-01-12 14:46:53 UTC
    11666
  42. 42.3 A Crown of Pine Needles 2020-01-26 09:10:24 UTC
    14905
  43. 43.3 Playing in the Mist Fields 2020-02-09 13:28:45 UTC
    12561
  44. 44.3 Sign on the dotted Border Line 2020-02-22 20:04:12 UTC
    12575
  45. 45.3 The Messages We Send Out 2020-03-07 20:57:20 UTC
    16999
  46. 46.3 Don't Play in the Cornfields after Dark 2020-03-21 18:10:11 UTC
    13458
  47. 47.3 Filled with Miserable Creatures 2020-04-03 18:55:17 UTC
    14598
  48. 48.3 Invasion and Evasion on Occasion 2020-04-18 15:44:35 UTC
    15999
  49. 49.3 Just a Falling Leaf in a Falling Forest 2020-05-02 21:55:51 UTC
    16626
  50. 50.3 Sing a Song for your Reaper 2020-05-17 16:57:41 UTC
    11738
  51. 51.3 Baked in an Oven of Black Ice 2020-05-30 17:57:56 UTC
    15794
  52. 52.4 The calm After the Storm 2020-06-13 20:38:54 UTC
    12244
  53. 53.4 Well, What can you do? 2020-06-27 11:25:05 UTC
    12396
  54. 54.4 Take a Breath and Breathe 2020-07-10 20:38:29 UTC
    14665
  55. 55.4 A Visit to the Hospital 2020-07-24 20:13:25 UTC
    10134
  56. 56.4 A Place to Lay my Head 2020-08-08 17:36:00 UTC
    22772
  57. 57.4 A Clear Sky, A Clear Day, and a Clear Mind 2020-08-22 10:21:06 UTC
    13341
  58. 58.4 Due Process of Law? What's that? 2020-09-06 17:53:19 UTC
    13100
  59. 59.4 Sunshine through the Jail Bars 2020-09-20 08:16:25 UTC
    16153
  60. 60.4 Try to make it Count 2020-10-03 08:53:52 UTC
    24329
  61. 61.4 Sewers make for poor Scenery 2020-10-16 15:17:51 UTC
    11499
  62. 62.4 There's a Time and a Place for Nothing 2020-10-31 12:07:37 UTC
    14131
  63. 63.4 Proper Prior Planning Precipitates Prime Performance 2020-11-14 18:25:33 UTC
    14058
  64. 64.4 Digging for Diamonds 2020-11-28 13:43:42 UTC
    13123
  65. 65.4 Steal the Stars Right Out of the Night 2020-12-12 14:22:36 UTC
    15467
  66. 66.5 The Finish Line has been Extended? 2020-12-25 09:01:57 UTC
    9799
  67. 67.5- A Change of Pace 2021-01-08 18:07:29 UTC
    16094
  68. 68.5 On a Clear, Moonlit Night 2021-01-22 21:49:39 UTC
    11198
  69. 69.5 Flights of Bat-Winged Fancy 2021-02-06 08:35:15 UTC
    10643
  70. 70.5 Mailing Feathers in the Post 2021-02-20 13:27:00 UTC
    13853
  71. 71.5 Eye Spy with my Kind Blue Eye 2021-03-05 20:37:16 UTC
    19373
  72. 72.5 Ours is Not to Question Why 2021-03-20 14:55:23 UTC
    17730
  73. 73.5 Home is Where the Broken Heart Sits 2021-04-02 17:08:17 UTC
    16936
  74. 74.5 It was long Fore-Sewn 2021-04-17 12:15:42 UTC
    14983
  75. 75.5 For Want of a Teacher a Nail was Lost 2021-05-01 07:27:43 UTC
    12145
  76. 76.5 Old Lies, New Opportunities 2021-05-14 21:37:30 UTC
    13232
  77. 77.5 A Bird in the Bush is Worth Two per Bit 2021-05-29 21:47:10 UTC
    7155
  78. 78.5 Happy to Help 2021-06-11 21:23:11 UTC
    14126
  79. 79.5 Is this What it's Come to? 2021-06-26 07:23:19 UTC
    20522
  80. 80.6 To Kill a Mocking Prey 2021-07-11 11:59:12 UTC
    23290
  81. 81.6 Listening to Demands 2021-07-24 19:37:23 UTC
    14070
  82. 82.6 Forged in Rainbow Tinted Spell Fire 2021-08-07 16:59:00 UTC
    16585
  83. 83.6 A Quiet End to an Adventure 2021-08-21 18:00:44 UTC
    18671
  84. 84.6 Candy Apple on a Stick 2021-09-04 12:00:59 UTC
    13406
  85. 85.7 And when We come Home 2021-09-19 12:11:59 UTC
    7958
  86. 86.7 All Hail the Conquerors 2021-10-02 17:48:06 UTC
    15935
  87. 87.7 All Bees Seek a Rose 2021-10-17 13:47:00 UTC
    10984
  88. 88.7 Set the Wheel Spinning 2021-10-31 14:40:21 UTC
    14263
  89. 89.7 She Sells Sea Shells on the Sandy Shore 2021-11-14 12:57:14 UTC
    12047
  90. 90.7 Row, Row, Row Our Boat 2021-11-28 18:03:55 UTC
    17206
  91. 91.7 The Stream is but a Dream 2021-12-12 19:06:56 UTC
    10251
  92. 92.7 Tumbling Bones in The Deeps 2021-12-25 08:41:54 UTC
    9816
  93. 93.7 No Matter How Far We Go... 2022-01-09 15:38:04 UTC
    14466
  94. 94.7 We Always End Up Back Here. 2022-01-22 19:09:18 UTC
    13389
  95. 95.7 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 2022-02-06 19:38:35 UTC
    16531
  96. 96.7 Make Hope, Not War 2022-02-20 20:17:36 UTC
    25610
  97. 97.7 We Thank You for Your Service 2022-03-05 14:29:21 UTC
    12700
  98. 98.7 'Unfair.' 2022-03-18 23:13:20 UTC
    18691
  99. 99.7 The Sun Rises, The Sun Sets 2022-03-19 19:01:39 UTC
    13983
  100. 100.7 The Box is Full 2022-03-20 20:20:22 UTC
    11746
  101. 101. Epilogue 2022-03-20 20:20:26 UTC
    3301
  102. CREDITS, EXTRAS & ART 2022-03-20 20:20:31 UTC
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