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Hour of Twilight

by Starscribe
Twilight Sparkle was Celestia's chosen heir, and under her rule Equestria was destined to prosper. But then her friends passed, as mortal ponies always do, and she was left to rule alone. The years were not kind to her after that.

Twilight Sparkle has ruled Equestria for over a thousand years. From her throne atop the floating city of Concord, she enforces ruthless harmony over the handful of surviving settlements. But Twilight is afraid: Equestria's survival always hangs by a thread, as enemies more ancient than the Alicorns threaten to return and devour what she has built.

Twilight selects her star pupil, a young unicorn named Star Orchid, to travel down from the perfect city of Concord into the dangerous ruins beneath, so that she might locate these forces, and help Twilight to destroy them. Only when every threat to Equestria is finally dismantled will she be able to rest. Until then, there is much left to purify.

Edited by Two Bit and Sparktail. Cover by Zutcha

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This story was commissioned by TyrannisUmbra, with additional funds donated by my enabler, Two Bit. If you'd like one of your own, drop me a PM!

This story takes place in the same universe as Why We Dig. I'm not going to call it a sequel, since none of its characters will be aware of anything in that story, so you won't have to be either.

Teen
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Violence
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Death
Human
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246303 words: Estimated about 21 hours to read
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56 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1: Andromeda 2019-11-25 08:04:16 UTC
    3204
  2. Chapter 2: Centaurus 2019-11-28 15:00:01 UTC
    5096
  3. Chapter 3: Aquila 2019-11-29 15:00:01 UTC
    2974
  4. Chapter 4: Dorado 2019-11-30 15:00:01 UTC
    3125
  5. Chapter 5: Volans 2019-12-04 15:00:01 UTC
    2636
  6. Chapter 6: Cetus 2019-12-11 15:00:02 UTC
    3657
  7. Chapter 7: Tucana 2019-12-18 15:00:01 UTC
    3434
  8. Chapter 8: Lepus 2019-12-25 15:00:01 UTC
    3463
  9. Chapter 9: Sculptor 2020-01-01 17:00:01 UTC
    4416
  10. Chapter 10: Musca 2020-01-08 17:00:01 UTC
    4665
  11. Chapter 11: Pyxis 2020-01-15 17:00:00 UTC
    4651
  12. Chapter 12: Lyra 2020-01-22 16:59:59 UTC
    4946
  13. Chapter 13: Vela 2020-01-30 01:19:59 UTC
    5045
  14. Chapter 14: Equuius 2020-02-05 15:59:58 UTC
    3933
  15. Chapter 15: Ara 2020-02-12 20:59:58 UTC
    4530
  16. Chapter 16: Crux 2020-02-19 17:59:57 UTC
    4535
  17. Chapter 17: Indis 2020-02-26 17:59:57 UTC
    4494
  18. Chapter 18: Apus 2020-03-04 17:59:57 UTC
    4403
  19. Chapter 19: Horologium 2020-03-11 16:59:56 UTC
    4627
  20. Chapter 20: Perseus 2020-03-18 15:59:56 UTC
    4559
  21. Chapter 21: Cancer 2020-03-26 04:20:08 UTC
    4577
  22. Chapter 22: Canis 2020-04-01 15:59:55 UTC
    4023
  23. Chapter 23: Malus 2020-04-08 15:59:55 UTC
    4836
  24. Chapter 24: Phoenix 2020-04-15 15:59:54 UTC
    4666
  25. Chapter 25: Crater 2020-04-22 15:59:54 UTC
    4383
  26. Chapter 26: Bootes 2020-04-29 15:59:53 UTC
    4487
  27. Chapter 27: Carina 2020-05-06 15:59:53 UTC
    4835
  28. Chapter 28: Equuleus 2020-05-13 15:59:53 UTC
    4292
  29. Chapter 29: Leo 2020-05-20 15:59:53 UTC
    3588
  30. Chapter 30: Pavo 2020-05-27 16:00:53 UTC
    5076
  31. Chapter 31: Antlia 2020-06-03 15:59:53 UTC
    4395
  32. Chapter 32: Aquarius 2020-06-10 15:59:45 UTC
    4539
  33. Chapter 33: Aries 2020-06-17 15:59:31 UTC
    4191
  34. Chapter 34: Venatici 2020-06-24 15:59:17 UTC
    4492
  35. Chapter 35: Auriga 2020-07-01 15:59:03 UTC
    5177
  36. Chapter 36: Vulpecula 2020-07-08 15:58:50 UTC
    3764
  37. Chapter 37: Caelum 2020-07-15 15:58:36 UTC
    3881
  38. Chapter 38: Camelopardalis 2020-07-22 15:58:27 UTC
    4459
  39. Chapter 39: Reticulum 2020-07-29 15:58:10 UTC
    4988
  40. Chapter 40: Serpens 2020-08-05 21:32:57 UTC
    4596
  41. Chapter 41: Pictor 2020-08-12 14:57:43 UTC
    4372
  42. Chapter 42: Lynx 2020-08-19 22:56:41 UTC
    4600
  43. Chapter 43: Indus 2020-08-26 22:04:11 UTC
    4426
  44. Chapter 44: Chamaeleon 2020-09-02 14:57:03 UTC
    3647
  45. Chapter 45: Triangulum 2020-09-09 14:56:50 UTC
    4658
  46. Chapter 46: Mensa 2020-09-16 14:56:36 UTC
    4508
  47. Chapter 47: Gemini 2020-09-23 14:56:21 UTC
    4866
  48. Chapter 48: Monoceros 2020-09-30 14:56:07 UTC
    4611
  49. Chapter 49: Puppis 2020-10-08 03:20:51 UTC
    3901
  50. Chapter 50: Hydrus 2020-10-14 14:55:38 UTC
    4345
  51. Chapter 51: Orion 2020-10-21 14:55:23 UTC
    4986
  52. Chapter 52: Scutum 2020-10-28 14:55:08 UTC
    4677
  53. Chapter 53: Eridanus 2020-11-04 14:54:53 UTC
    5253
  54. Chapter 54: Grus 2020-11-11 14:54:39 UTC
    4531
  55. Chapter 55: Telescopium 2020-11-18 14:54:24 UTC
    5553
  56. Chapter 56: Pegasus 2020-11-26 14:54:07 UTC
    5731