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Rites of Ascension

by CvBrony
Twilight makes a new spell and starts the gears of fate with her ascension to alicornhood. (Writing started before Season 3.)

A different take on alicorn ascension. Sixteen years after arriving in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle is excited to have invented a brand-new kind of spell, but it will come with consequences she cannot possibly anticipate. Meanwhile, threats in shadows around the world conspire to overthrow the Solar Throne. With her world turned upside down, she will have to come to terms with the role that fate has dealt her while straining to keep Celestia in power.

Now with a TVTropes page! Please show it some love! Also check out the official side stories, Designing Intrigue, and Love and Barriers! (With even more in my stories page!)

(Please Note: This story was started before any season three information was available. All episodes in season three and later are non-canon for this story, which also means there's no Crystal Empire in this one. In addition, the promotional map released close to the beginning of season three was also not available and is not compatible with this story. While the OC tag is active because there are OCs in the story, they're really just supporting characters. The focus is on Twilight.)

Also be sure to check out the Rites of Ascension Expanded Universe Group! We're working to develop the resources needed for other authors to try their hand at writing stories set in the Rites Universe!

The Book Two cover art was created by the amazing Silfoe! The original cover art can still be found at Violet Squiggle's deviantArt page.

Author's Notes, including proofreader's credits, can be found here!

"This is 100% Approved by Twilight's Library!"

Teen
Incomplete
Adventure
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Alternate Universe
 
ORTPP

699258 words: Estimated 2 days to read
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104 Chapters:

  1. Book One - Prologue: The Shadows That Keep 2012-10-29 02:54:02 UTC
    1068
  2. Horseshoes Toward A Mountain Path 2012-07-25 20:53:43 UTC
    7363
  3. Call to a Brighter Night 2012-07-26 03:52:55 UTC
    5534
  4. Drums of a Distant March 2012-08-02 01:21:10 UTC
    6952
  5. Shattered Doorway, Opened Mirror 2012-10-18 02:54:37 UTC
    7133
  6. Hooves, Scales, and Wings 2012-08-26 05:45:55 UTC
    6518
  7. Searing Heights 2012-09-25 18:24:44 UTC
    5115
  8. State of the Union 2012-11-05 23:39:04 UTC
    5154
  9. Poetic Revelations 2013-01-28 15:06:06 UTC
    6173
  10. Brand New Heights, Same Old Lows 2013-06-07 05:33:54 UTC
    4817
  11. Mages of Times Past and Present 2013-09-23 06:54:06 UTC
    10553
  12. Industrial Revolution, Revised 2013-10-26 00:38:27 UTC
    7660
  13. Tours and Tests 2013-11-10 02:08:58 UTC
    4001
  14. The Trials of Heart and Stone 2013-11-29 02:05:18 UTC
    8377
  15. Broken 2013-12-14 01:33:51 UTC
    7693
  16. Brothers and Sisters in The Tides of Time 2014-01-02 01:37:01 UTC
    6762
  17. No Good Deed 2014-01-11 01:03:20 UTC
    11543
  18. Faith and Duty 2014-02-08 01:29:44 UTC
    9945
  19. Lost Connections 2014-02-16 01:11:44 UTC
    9803
  20. A Bright Light in a Dark Place, Part 1/3 2014-03-24 03:50:30 UTC
    5280
  21. A Bright Light in a Dark Place, Part 2/3 2014-03-28 01:01:57 UTC
    2826
  22. A Bright Light in a Dark Place, Part 3/3 2014-04-12 01:55:10 UTC
    8069
  23. Last Act of a Traitor 2014-04-25 00:47:53 UTC
    6381
  24. Ancestry and Legacies 2014-05-24 18:21:55 UTC
    6357
  25. Good for the Goose 2014-06-25 03:09:23 UTC
    7382
  26. Proper Places 2014-08-30 02:10:32 UTC
    8089
  27. Book Two - Brief Ambrosia 2014-12-20 01:51:19 UTC
    11570
  28. The Living Ghost Town 2015-01-03 01:05:27 UTC
    6476
  29. Mundane Made Magical 2015-01-19 02:09:11 UTC
    6395
  30. Demon 2015-02-11 02:08:43 UTC
    5592
  31. Celebration in Ashes 2015-02-21 03:24:53 UTC
    6024
  32. Through The Eye Of A Needle 2015-03-14 01:18:56 UTC
    6212
  33. (Un)Expected Retribution 2015-03-14 01:20:39 UTC
    2701
  34. Warrants Misdirection 2015-04-04 02:29:22 UTC
    4443
  35. No News Is Good News 2015-04-26 00:32:37 UTC
    5352
  36. Hole 2015-05-24 01:38:04 UTC
    3677
  37. Homecoming 2015-06-15 02:42:10 UTC
    5760
  38. Come to Twilight 2015-07-12 02:16:55 UTC
    6064
  39. It All Falls Down 2015-08-16 02:27:00 UTC
    7995
  40. New Homes 2015-08-31 01:13:51 UTC
    7100
  41. All Aboard 2015-09-27 02:06:50 UTC
    11936
  42. Harvesting What Was Sown 2015-10-15 23:09:45 UTC
    8527
  43. Disquieting Silence 2015-11-15 00:35:04 UTC
    6659
  44. The One Hope of the Doomed 2015-11-29 00:22:48 UTC
    7079
  45. Spearpoint 2015-12-06 00:07:10 UTC
    7912
  46. Recovery 2015-12-23 20:41:50 UTC
    3661
  47. Consequences 2016-01-10 00:05:42 UTC
    9424
  48. Snowfight 2016-01-17 00:35:18 UTC
    5090
  49. The Lance 2016-01-24 01:11:53 UTC
    7545
  50. Royal Greeting 2016-02-14 04:24:36 UTC
    7919
  51. Questionable Procedures 2016-03-21 02:01:50 UTC
    6428
  52. Tickets to the Games 2016-04-09 23:12:26 UTC
    7448
  53. Battle Royale 2016-05-31 23:39:01 UTC
    10465
  54. Two Wrongs 2016-06-23 00:54:15 UTC
    3045
  55. Oncoming Storm 2016-07-27 00:48:59 UTC
    12156
  56. Flying On Hoof 2016-08-19 03:23:59 UTC
    9800
  57. Flying (Apart At?) The Seams 2016-09-19 03:22:19 UTC
    11769
  58. A Majestic Reveal 2016-10-19 04:11:43 UTC
    9534
  59. Twin Gambits 2016-11-19 03:21:38 UTC
    7015
  60. Stepping Through The Gates 2016-12-18 01:41:01 UTC
    8475
  61. No Rest For the Weary 2017-01-24 02:42:37 UTC
    8278
  62. New Life 2017-02-17 04:02:06 UTC
    4391
  63. Looking West 2017-03-31 04:51:02 UTC
    5696
  64. Stone, Wheat, and Oats 2017-05-01 03:19:53 UTC
    8599
  65. Derailed 2017-06-01 02:23:18 UTC
    4908
  66. Flower in the Sand 2017-06-30 04:36:39 UTC
    6491
  67. Crashing Metal 2017-08-01 03:41:58 UTC
    4580
  68. Mandatory Perspective 2017-09-01 00:25:57 UTC
    3464
  69. Rattling the Cages 2017-09-01 00:27:26 UTC
    6221
  70. Attack on a Titan 2017-10-01 04:45:56 UTC
    10271
  71. Helping Hoof That Can't Be Touched 2017-11-01 04:44:02 UTC
    5305
  72. Scorched Ambition 2017-12-01 02:42:01 UTC
    5248
  73. Strong as the Earth 2018-01-01 02:39:54 UTC
    10715
  74. Did she who made the lamb make thee? 2018-02-01 04:18:53 UTC
    11444
  75. Standing in the Ashes 2018-03-01 05:26:34 UTC
    9134
  76. Pride Cometh 2018-04-01 02:24:39 UTC
    7917
  77. What We Get Ourselves Into 2018-05-01 03:36:06 UTC
    8188
  78. Swift Wings of Mercy 2018-06-01 04:30:41 UTC
    5101
  79. Hard Rain Falling 2018-07-01 05:39:29 UTC
    7657
  80. In Plain Sight 2018-08-01 05:18:21 UTC
    6745
  81. Mind Matters 2018-09-01 05:23:51 UTC
    6913
  82. Giving Chase 2018-10-01 04:19:13 UTC
    7208
  83. The Back & Forth 2018-11-01 05:01:02 UTC
    5573
  84. Setting Up 2018-12-01 04:44:04 UTC
    5799
  85. Center of Convergence 2019-01-01 06:02:16 UTC
    5404
  86. Digging Down 2019-02-01 06:14:38 UTC
    5344
  87. Breaking Binds 2019-03-01 06:15:05 UTC
    6869
  88. Catching Up 2019-04-06 04:02:47 UTC
    5438
  89. Carried By A New Oath 2019-05-07 00:37:36 UTC
    6309
  90. Cool Comfort 2019-06-01 05:42:11 UTC
    9909
  91. Trust Where None Have Tread 2019-08-01 04:38:34 UTC
    6292
  92. Train Ride Through The Void 2019-09-11 08:37:22 UTC
    4506
  93. Reception Of The Cold 2019-10-16 04:42:55 UTC
    4571
  94. Ghost Breath 2019-11-01 05:56:10 UTC
    4133
  95. Secrets in the Depths 2020-01-01 05:11:53 UTC
    7087
  96. Deeper Understanding 2020-03-01 06:59:53 UTC
    4605
  97. Cold Fire Shining A Buried Light 2020-04-01 05:52:06 UTC
    3836
  98. Blades That Cut In A Direction That Doesn't Exist 2020-05-29 05:05:28 UTC
    8850
  99. Last Bastion On A Knife's Edge 2020-08-01 04:09:53 UTC
    5453
  100. Cauterize 2020-11-01 05:16:46 UTC
    4097
  101. Burning Sorrow For The World To See 2021-03-01 04:03:24 UTC
    4390
  102. The Mountain Pact 2021-08-02 03:46:48 UTC
    3659
  103. Shade in the Tree of Life 2022-08-23 06:50:51 UTC
    4015
  104. Anomalous Frontier 2024-03-07 09:14:20 UTC
    4849