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Where Only Silver Shines

by oswak
Two young ponies attempt to unveil the mysteries of The Tower, a strange and cruel place that seems to defy many laws of nature.

Sometimes, decades of your life go by without a single pony noticing any of your efforts to move up the ranks. Sometimes, you fall into a hole in the ground, wind up trapped in a political plot, and meet a cute librarian in the middle of it all.
The last part's nice.

Due to the nature of the AU, the story deserves a [Dark] tag, but it's not a good fit for the story's genre. I also strongly hesitated between Mystery and Adventure.
Mild [Profanity] included (but not enough to warrant the tag).

Huge thanks go out to: Everfree Pony, for saving this fic in at least a dozen different ways, Sir Mediocre, for holding my writing to a certain standard and correcting my broken English, Aisteru Fìre for pre-reading, and Cyeion, for his detailed and thought-out critique.

Teen
Complete
Violence
Death
Drama
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Alternate Universe
Romance
Mystery
 
PBO

106281 words: Estimated about 9 hours to read
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33 Chapters:

  1. Prologue 2023-12-18 21:49:00 UTC
    291
  2. S1 — Darkest Depths 2023-09-26 19:18:59 UTC
    4468
  3. A1 — Waning 2023-10-03 22:06:31 UTC
    1683
  4. S2 — Candle Light 2023-10-10 20:33:23 UTC
    3795
  5. A2 — New Moon 2023-10-17 16:32:52 UTC
    4023
  6. S3 — Twilight 2023-10-24 20:04:37 UTC
    4849
  7. A3 — Moonlit Reunion 2023-10-31 19:12:15 UTC
    2662
  8. S4 — Midnight 2023-11-07 23:40:00 UTC
    5267
  9. A4 — First Quarter 2023-11-14 21:24:46 UTC
    1921
  10. N1 — Shade 2023-11-21 18:02:50 UTC
    4168
  11. S5 — Glimmer of Hope 2023-11-28 17:35:20 UTC
    2356
  12. A5 — Smouldering Flame 2023-12-05 16:31:21 UTC
    5917
  13. S6.1 — Hush 2023-12-12 13:58:44 UTC
    4017
  14. S6.2 — Horror 2023-12-19 17:27:31 UTC
    2850
  15. N2 — We, Here Tonight 2023-12-26 19:00:57 UTC
    3498
  16. A6 — Between Shades of Black and White 2024-01-02 18:48:49 UTC
    3450
  17. N3 — Quiet and at Rest 2024-01-09 21:40:54 UTC
    3314
  18. A7 — Evening Drizzle 2024-01-16 22:14:40 UTC
    4672
  19. S7 — Shattered 2024-01-23 21:23:10 UTC
    6639
  20. A8 — Hidden Phantoms 2024-01-30 19:49:32 UTC
    4010
  21. S8 — Midnight Frenzy 2024-02-06 19:47:25 UTC
    4088
  22. N4 — Moving Tides as She Wept 2024-02-06 19:53:45 UTC
    315
  23. A9 — Full Moon 2024-02-13 20:01:15 UTC
    4030
  24. S9.1 — Bloodied Silver 2024-02-20 19:17:13 UTC
    4240
  25. S9.2 — Silver Blood 2024-02-20 19:18:10 UTC
    707
  26. A10 ­— My Own Cloud Above 2024-02-27 17:38:46 UTC
    3457
  27. S10 — Life Outside 2024-03-05 17:56:25 UTC
    3446
  28. A11 — Burden 2024-03-12 21:20:40 UTC
    537
  29. S11 — Hesitation 2024-03-12 21:22:24 UTC
    2132
  30. S12 — The Punishment, Yours 2024-03-19 20:33:02 UTC
    717
  31. S13 — The Road I Dared Tread 2024-03-19 20:34:03 UTC
    6324
  32. S14 — Dawn 2024-03-26 19:53:02 UTC
    1679
  33. Epilogue 2024-03-26 19:54:36 UTC
    759