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False Face

by Scroll
Sweetie Belle suffers an existential crisis when she accidentally discovers that she's a changeling.

Plagued by nightmares she doesn't understand, innocent Sweetie Belle otherwise thought she was living a normal life in Ponyville until she assists Starlight Glimmer with a magical experiment that has the intended purpose of not only reviving the Cutie Map, but also improve its function.

During the experiment, however, several things go unexpectedly wrong. While focusing on her new coltfriend Button Mash, his cutie mark unexpectedly and alarmingly gets relocated to the Everfree Forest. Not only that, but Sweetie Belle also suffers an existential crisis when she accidentally learns that she is, in fact, an evil changeling.

Additional genre tags: Mind-bending, psychological, gender bending, dark, body swapping, drama, gore, violence, death.

As of October 31st, 2024, there is a new reading of this story from Flutterjackdash >here<.

Complete
Slice of Life
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Mystery
Horror
 
SBOCS

191261 words: Estimated about 16 hours to read
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40 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1: Whistle in the Fog 2021-07-31 07:28:35 UTC
    4693
  2. Chapter 2: Waking Up 2021-08-07 07:08:11 UTC
    3384
  3. Chapter 3: Hooray Crusaders 2021-08-14 07:24:10 UTC
    3572
  4. Chapter 4: The New Client 2021-08-21 07:13:21 UTC
    3975
  5. Chapter 5: Change of Plans 2021-08-28 12:52:59 UTC
    2916
  6. Chapter 6: Cutie Map Mishap 2021-09-04 08:33:38 UTC
    5359
  7. Chapter 7: Silent Night 2021-09-11 07:59:46 UTC
    3745
  8. Chapter 8: Club Sisters 2021-09-18 10:47:27 UTC
    3349
  9. Chapter 9: Identity Crisis 2021-09-25 08:35:16 UTC
    3120
  10. Chapter 10: Grim News and Hard Resolve 2021-10-02 08:09:32 UTC
    2084
  11. Chapter 11: Ideal Reinforcement 2021-10-09 08:07:46 UTC
    5520
  12. Chapter 12: Rejection 2021-10-16 10:41:29 UTC
    6995
  13. Chapter 13: My Sister Rarity 2021-10-23 07:30:02 UTC
    3717
  14. Chapter 14: About Changelings ... 2021-10-30 13:43:23 UTC
    5201
  15. Chapter 15: Enter Twilight 2021-11-06 07:33:19 UTC
    3055
  16. Chapter 16: Cutie Map Reveals 2021-11-13 16:14:31 UTC
    4416
  17. Chapter 17: The Plot Thickens 2021-11-20 09:09:01 UTC
    4872
  18. Chapter 18: The Face of the Enemy 2021-11-27 08:00:41 UTC
    5085
  19. Chapter 19: Ghosts 2021-12-04 16:15:27 UTC
    4130
  20. Chapter 20: Enemy of My Enemy 2021-12-11 08:17:34 UTC
    6573
  21. Chapter 21: Emotions in a Bottle 2021-12-18 08:00:16 UTC
    3062
  22. Chapter 22: Psychological Experiment 2021-12-25 14:19:13 UTC
    5016
  23. Chapter 23: Makeover 2022-01-01 13:00:47 UTC
    7022
  24. Chapter 24: Acceptance 2022-01-08 21:17:30 UTC
    4422
  25. Chapter 25: Tainted Joy 2022-01-15 16:52:02 UTC
    4993
  26. Chapter 26: The Room 2022-01-22 12:57:11 UTC
    6838
  27. Chapter 27: Girls Night Out, Part 1 2022-01-29 15:43:35 UTC
    3717
  28. Chapter 28: Girls Night Out, Part 2 2022-02-05 14:59:31 UTC
    6531
  29. Chapter 29: Girl's Night Out, Part 3 2022-02-12 14:03:10 UTC
    3632
  30. Chapter 30: Girl's Night Out, Part 4 2022-02-19 12:36:21 UTC
    5921
  31. Chapter 31: Amending Fences 2022-02-26 13:53:05 UTC
    5160
  32. Chapter 32: Cold Reflection 2022-03-05 08:55:13 UTC
    3231
  33. Chapter 33: Today I Learned That ... 2022-03-12 16:47:02 UTC
    3590
  34. Chapter 34: As Time Passes 2022-03-19 10:07:52 UTC
    7172
  35. Chapter 35: Subterfuge 2022-03-26 07:51:56 UTC
    2670
  36. Chapter 36: Interview with a Changeling 2022-04-02 07:37:41 UTC
    6868
  37. Chapter 37: Bringing it All Together 2022-04-09 07:39:42 UTC
    3540
  38. Chapter 38: Who I Am 2022-04-16 07:35:10 UTC
    9824
  39. Chapter 39: Same but Different 2022-04-23 08:05:18 UTC
    4076
  40. Epilogue: A New Face 2022-04-30 07:40:27 UTC
    8215