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Diplomats of the Damned

by CreativeCorpseStories
A stallion forced to fight for his life against terrifying creatures in the hostile future. A mare trying to save her dwindling present from certain destruction. A key from the past that may save the future.

Twenty seven years in the future, Equestria is a desolate and hollow shell of its former self thanks to the emergence of a swarm of demonic creatures. These beasts overwhelmed, overpowered, and “converted” the nation’s citizens before any plan could be put into action to repel them. Those who were more prepared met even more grisly fates after witnessing the creature’s most terrifying ability - evolution. Each and every single one was able to biologically alter themselves seemingly on the spot to combat all of the Royal Guard’s efforts. The creatures sprouted wings to hunt down the pegasi and griffons. They fused together to make stronger variants to overpower the Earth ponies and buffalo. They used unicorn hosts to absorb prior-learned magic to slaughter the guard’s most elite. The world was damned and everycreature knew it. As the years turned into decades, the beasts spread into neighboring nations and did the same. Nothing was a match for them when they could adapt and counter everything, leading the world into an apocalypse of slowly struggling to survive. 
 
This is the story of two ponies from different time periods that are forced to form an unlikely bond when fate dumps one of them at the hooves of the other 27 years after the start of the apocalypse. What neither one knows is that something far more sinister than fate has been lurking behind the curtain. Will they be able to uncover the truth behind the displaced timelines? Will they be able to survive and overcome the beasts which have already conquered all? But most of all, will they be able to avoid becoming monsters themselves in this horrific Equestria? 

Special thanks to Goldminer23 for proofreading/brainstorming and another special thanks to Mix-up for assisting in improving my skills as a writer and the story as a whole.

Incomplete
Gore
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Dark
Thriller
Science Fiction
Suicide / Self Harm
Profanity
Non-consensual
Violence
Death
Alternate Universe
 
ORTM

193564 words: Estimated about 16 hours to read

24 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1 - "Hollow" 2020-03-25 02:50:43 UTC
    1989
  2. Chapter 2 - "Damned" 2020-03-31 15:01:19 UTC
    6560
  3. Chapter 3 - "Mare in the Mirror" 2020-04-01 15:37:26 UTC
    4121
  4. Chapter 4 - "What Lies Beneath" 2020-04-05 16:18:30 UTC
    2939
  5. Chapter 5 - "Fever Dream" 2020-04-23 15:02:56 UTC
  6. Chapter 6 - "Expectations" 2020-05-14 23:10:33 UTC
    6535
  7. Chapter 7 - "Obstacles" 2020-05-21 15:29:50 UTC
    4932
  8. Chapter 8 - "Fucking Perfect" 2020-05-22 18:22:19 UTC
    7218
  9. Chapter 9 - "Always" 2020-05-31 14:20:19 UTC
    6465
  10. Chapter 10 - "Rules" 2020-06-13 21:42:46 UTC
    7371
  11. Chapter 11 - "Ashes" 2020-06-29 15:46:33 UTC
    8073
  12. Chapter 12 - "Somewhere Between Happy" 2020-07-08 12:01:01 UTC
    8766
  13. Chapter 13 - "... and Total Fucking Wreck" 2020-07-11 16:25:19 UTC
    7035
  14. Chapter 14 - "The Quick and the Damned" 2020-07-23 15:31:27 UTC
    7288
  15. Chapter 15 - "Evolution" 2020-08-01 18:19:45 UTC
    14149
  16. Chapter 16 - "Revelations" 2020-09-11 12:03:02 UTC
  17. Chapter 17 - "Sympathy" 2020-10-17 15:26:45 UTC
    16416
  18. Chapter 18 - "Catalyst" 2020-11-29 17:06:30 UTC
    24904
  19. Chapter 19 - "Far Away" 2021-01-27 12:54:48 UTC
    15931
  20. Chapter 20 - "Dirt Room" 2021-04-18 20:58:14 UTC
    9600
  21. Chapter 21 - "Cadavers" 2021-07-21 16:53:50 UTC
    6670
  22. Chapter 22 - "Against the Wall" 2021-07-21 17:01:39 UTC
    7858
  23. Chapter 23 - "Sanctuary" 2021-10-16 18:21:56 UTC
    9129
  24. Chapter 24 - "Here and Now" 2021-12-11 19:58:57 UTC
    9615