Love is the most sacred of magics, possessed by all but commanded by few. It is the driving force behind life in Equestria, the lifeblood of pony civilization.
But when a new kind of magic arrives in Equestria, it is up to its bearer, Twilight Sparkle, to decide its fate...
or perhaps it's up to the magic to decide hers.
Featured on Equestria Confidential: 8/30/2013
Special Thanks to iOctavia for being an awesome bro and prereading for me! He also does writing of his own, so go check him out!~
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Chapters (24)
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Omg, somebody delete this spammer.
On my "read later" list.
Looks good. Following this
1597397 If that is the only thing your Grammar Nazi cap detected, then HUZZAH!
Also, Fixed it. Thanks.
1598002 Very intriguing start. Favorited.
1598535 Huzzah!
good opening chapter.
one thing though: why is spike the only one still in canterlot being celebrated as a hero? yes, he did get the shiny history picture, but seriously, all he did was follow twi as she figured out and got past EVERY damn obstacle on her own (yes i know she said that spike wasn't allowed to help, but i doubt he would have been very helpful anyway). then when she's almost at the heart, she finds out the hard way that it's a kind of "dead-mans switch", meaning that someone has to stay there, and since she didn't know about that; she's the one trapped. now, spike takes the heart, and jump on to a ramp outside, begins to run down, only to TRIP like 1/10th down and fling the heart towards king sombra, and in the last second shining throws cadence to intercept. in my eyes, the only thing spike did was pick up the heart and fling it towards sombra...
1598952 Well.... at the end of the season 3 finale, we see the ponies on a train back to Ponyville. That's all I was going for; to meld it into the canon.
P.S. Wall of text is a wall
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well, yes, what i was going for was that it sounds like spike is the one that did everything, when he actually just barely did one important thing.
and about my wall, that issue has been boiling in my since yesterday, so i expressed myself a little more than necessary.
Alrighty then, you have my attention.
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Aaaand "Twilight using Dark Magic" fanfic. That didn't take very long. Now all we need is the "Celestia gets possessed by the Nightmare" and we'll be all set.
1599983 Yup, hehehe. I saw that in the 8-minute tease with Celestia and I was all like:
"I gotta make that fic as soon as the episode is done airing!" And thus, this was born approx. 50 minutes after the episode had ended on live TV.
1599854 Hopefully I'm able to hold that attention!
Hmmm... It wasn't really a new kind of magic, Celestia could used it and so could Sombra (duh), so it has been around for at least over 1000 years.
Nevertheless I'm putting this on my "To read" list.
PS: Is it bad that right after seeing the cover image and title I expected alternate version of the episode, where Twilight gets corrupted after encountering the enchanted door? I just sooo want someone to write that.
1600158 Well, it isn't a wide-spread sort of magic. Most of the ponies of Equestria have no idea what it is, hence why it is new.
1600163 Still, I think it's more like it returned rather than appeared, after all it's been around all the time.
But those are merely details, the fic looks interesting nevertheless.
Hhhmm, twilight corrupted by something other than the Nightmare....... go on.......
(liked & faved)
1601264 I plan to go on! Chapter 2 is at about the 1700 word mark and is about 2/3 of the way complete!
1601282 Good to hear, this story has great potential.
First?
1603836 Y'know... saying that on a fic is a bad idea.... you're probably gonna have a bad time.
This is good so far. Faved and I can't wait to see where this goes.
1604019 Thank you kindly, I hope to earn that fave!
Time for me to be the grammar nazi...hehe..."I hope Twilight isn't mad at me that I didn't go home without her." I think you meant 'with her.' But I definitely find this interesting.
Ooooh, this is ominous... there seems to be a lot of anger and resentment lying just beneath the surface of the Mane 6. Looking forward to seeing where this goes, and whether Spike manages to find out just how much hot chocolate he can take
1604053 Spike's a baby dragon, not meant to be the most grammatically correct.
1604113 I hope you like where I'm going to take it.
This seems intersting. And you got it out so fast, I am surprised. It feels a little rushed in places, but I am keen to see how it develops.
1604234 A bit rushed in some places, yeah, I can see that. Unfortunately I don't feel like fixing said rushed situations.
I hope I can keep your interest with the coming chapters!
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Oh its fine, don't feel obligated to work on it if you dont want to–it is a solid introduction either way. I was just pointing it out so you could try to avoid it in the future.
And I am sure I will remain intersted throughout.
Hmm interesting premise so far. Favorited to see where this leads.
1604324 Thank you kindly
I'm hoping I enjoy where this is going, but it did pick up my interest so that's a good sign. Faved it to keep track of it.
Good start!
Hmm, so far, very interesting. I'm intrigued to see where this will go next.
A King Sombra inspired fic.
You know I actually found him to be the worst villain yet, very one dimensional, can't even truly speak, and his intentions simply seem to be "do evil". That is far below the standard of the show
I must have missed something... This might sound like a stupid question, I did watch the new episodes, but what are we referring to when you say "Possessed by the Nightmare?"
I just know I'm going to: 
when I get the answer
1604684 By "Nightmare" they mean the door. Y'know, when Celestia was an evil pony and etc?
Somehow I get the feeling there's going to be a lot of these kinds of fics popping up. Also, two chapters in and my feels haven't even been threatened yet?
What are you up to Chaotic.... 
1604733 Of course there's going to be tons of these fics. Luckily mine was one of the first
Also, this isn't going to be focused on sad like I usually am
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Just don't give it too depressing of an ending if you try.
I figured. You've built quite the reputation as feel sniper my friend, but you haven't gotten my tears yet! (The only fic to have that honor is My Little Dashie) But I have the feeling if you really wanted to invest the time, that could make one of the saddest fics ever written. EVER.
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These bouts of hatred will only get worse from here, I fear.
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(the joke was old before I started. I'll stop now.
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1604964 Let me guess..... it was a gak image? (It doesn't work because image is broken.)
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broken? well, for the best i believe. It was the "go on" image from family guy.
1604157 even if he is a baby dragon i think he is smart enough to see the diference between "with" and "without", after all he was raised by Twilight
Whoa!! This is really good- I love the dress ups you gave the story, with all the p's in the first chapter. I wanted to read it out loud!
1598952 actually, Spike helped Twilight many times. If he wasn't there, who knows how long she would have been in that trance. And the stairs upwards, he was wondering if it went up forever, which gave Twilight the idea of switching gravity.
Most of all, he really wanted to follow Twilight. He was loyal, he wanted to help (though he tried not to, b/c he knew of Twilight's test). If Spike wasn't there, like Twilight planned (she was going to go alone), she would have trapped herself (if she could have even got there in time herself), and no one would have been able to bring the crystal heart to Cadence. Spike was brave enough to do that. Yes, he did trip, but heroes aren't perfect!
but, yeah, point is, Spike did play a vital role I retrieving the heart.
Though I do agree with you in a sense that Spike and Twilight worked together to get the heart, so she should have been mentioned in the stained glass.
but Twi has been depicted in so much stained glass, to me, it's nice to see Spike get his own. ^-^
Pretty decent so far. The characters felt a bit... off... but it wasn't too bad, and that might be in-story a more subtle reaction to the crystal.
Anyway, looking good; I shall follow this eagerly!
1604520 One-dimensional?! You think Sombra was ONE-DIMENSIONAL?!!!!
You're giving him WAY too much credit!
He was, maybe half a dimension.
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I see my assertion was shared by others, however you must know that dimensions can only exist in natural numbers.
However it is normally accepted that a dimension can also be zero, which is a point, a singularity with no extent, a black hole where neither light nor fun can escape.
This was perhaps what you meant.