On a late morning in ponyville, the inhabitants of the Castle of Friendship wake up long after the sun rises to make a startling discovery; Spike had inexplicably transformed into an Alicorn! Even stranger, nopony seems to remember anything about the previous day at all, to understand what had caused such a thing to occur.
Thanks to my darling clansmate Leviathan and one of my best friends, silent_user, for getting me to write pony fanfiction. Cover art courtesy of twilight stock images, background from here: https://www.deviantart.com/limedreaming/art/Castle-of-Friendship-Part-1-517352041 , and pony maker for Spike. And also silent_user, for unrelentingly pestering me until I gave it cover art, because I wasn't going to.
Chapters (15)
I'm definitely looking forward to more of this story. All hail princess spike!
Can't have any filthy sibling thief steal her little brother huh?
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She's already lost one, she is not gonna lose another. Not without a fight at least.
So glad you decided to try your hand at writing fanfic, too
Even if you have a bunch of original works to work on
I do hope this becomes a running gag
A bit disappointed by the thought of "researching" Spike winning, even if it probably is very much in character
Can't wait to see where you take this
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Just for you, a running gag it has become. Just as soon as I finish the next chapter, heh... I got stuck on writing Applejack for a while.
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My happiness at this revelation is 120% immeasurable
Have question yes or no celesia mother
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Eheh... No, Celestia is not Spike's mother. Spike was a dragon until just a minute ago. They have no pony ancestry.
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Or daybreaker
Good start!
9/10
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Eheh, I don't know if it deserves a 9/10, but I'm glad you like it! I'll keep working on it, plus I have another short one-off I'm going to post once this is done.
Have question yes or no daybreaker mother
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Er? Like I said, Spike has no pony ancestry, they were entirely a dragon until about 24 hours ago. Or something like that dont quote me on the exact timetable.
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Why do you keep referring to Spike as “they” in the comments, but “he/him/his” in the actual story?
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Referring to characters as 'they' is something of a typical habit of mine, and I have to actively make an effort to say 'he/him' in the story. I dont tend to put as much effort into writing comments so I just go with my instinctive habit of saying 'they' there.
nice job on the first few chapters
nice work
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Thankyou!
How am i doing regarding staying in character? Thats half the reason I'm writing this story so I'd appreciate any input.
He would be a prince not a princess
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Just you wait, I'm getting there.
...It has taken me longer than I expected to be honest but
I'm getting there!
nice work
Interesting choice making them gender less.
nice
You characterization of Spike definitely improved from the first chapter. Another suggestion if I may; when writing AJ use ya' and instead of ah because that is actually how southerns talk.
nice
I definitely think you should continue this longer! It's a really fun story to read, and I'm all for shenanigans shenaniganing
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Well, I can't exactly say no to that. Alright, just for you, I shall lengthen the story by at least one in-story day.
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I'm deeply honored. Eager to see these shenanigans too
nice work
nice
The river in Tartarus is called the river Styx from what I know from mythology also known as the river of the dead
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There are five rivers in the greek underworld which each have different properties; Styx, which serves as the boundary to the underworld and also is the river of oaths (So gods swear by the styx). Lethe, which causes forgetfulness. Then theres Cocytus, Phlegethon, and Acheron respectively. (Rivers of Lamentation, Fire, and Woe respectively.)
Awww, that's adorable
Peak line
I'm sure it'll be fiiiiine
nice
Nice.
Good thing spike has the best magic teacher ever.
*breath
Breathe is a verb. Breath is a noun
The ol' case of warm fuzzies strikes again! These two just melt my heart every time!
This is fine.
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Aww. I'm glad you like them! Hopefully there will be more warm fuzzies to go around before the end.
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Alright, I have written the rest of the story and now its just waiting for edits
Just for you I wrote a total of five additional chapters from the place I was originally going to make the end.
So if anypony likes the last five chapters that will be going up over the next couple weeks... Thank Basketface for them!
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Let's goooo! I'm so excited, this is such a great story
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Hopefully the five chapters I wrote in a frenzy in a hotel room over the past couple days are still good. I wrote 10,000 words in two days... Thats so much more than I normally do... Hopefully the quality didn't suffer as a result.
I just found this story and I liked the beginning
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I'm glad you liked it! Theres four more chapters coming down the pipeline, then it'll be done. I'm just gonna post one every two days till then.
nice work
Rainbow, Rainbow! Don't you know it's rude to intrude?
This is aggressively cute