• Member Since 14th Oct, 2015
  • offline last seen Last Thursday

Unwhole Hole


Digging it deeper. Always deeper.

T

This story is a sequel to Daring Do and the Hand of Doom


A story of the first seven months of the life of Penumbra Heartbreak, the alicorn daughter of King Sombra.

Chapters (84)
Comments ( 164 )

Ooh, looking forward to reading this tomorrow.

EDIT: After I read the original story. :twilightblush:

SQA

I'm very excited to see where this goes.

SQA

I love the way this chapter was written. Very unique.

...

...a simple pair of horizontal, parallel lines.

...chronoplexer...

...
*looks back at Hand of Doom*

And according to my calculations, we have recently intersected Thirteen’s original timeline. She has been born relatively recently.

...
Glimmy wat u doin'? :trixieshiftleft:

Huh...

“Know that if the goddesses come and you allow your father to be defeated, your fate will be the same as mine. Except that the goddesses will not be so kind. Not to you. Not to any of us.”

If they had any inkling that this sort of propaganda had been spread, it perfectly explains why Tia and Lulu didn't go to the Empire themselves when it reappeared. They would have feared sending the populace into a blind panic.

smol robutt frend? :unsuresweetie:

I believe this is the first interpretation I've seen where Nightmare Moon remained an ally to Celestia for a time. It's an interesting idea. Wonder how long it's been and how long it lasts.

The crystal pony within cried out and fled. “You’ll never take me back! Teehee, I’M NEVER GOING BACK!”

dis guy. da real MVP. :pinkiecrazy:

Scarlet Mist paused, and removed her hoof. “Because I don’t think alicorns are like unicorns. We...they...govern their magic with logic, training and intelligence. But for you, it is driven by emotion.”

Iiiiinteresting. I need to ponder that for a while.

It WAS. I confirmed it. My other half was with Starswirl the Bearded when he self-annihilated and took six other ponies down with him.

Aha, so it was Mistmane. Aaand she exists again, in the 'present'...good times, good times.

Now stop making my floor ugly and GO.

:rainbowlaugh:

Is it wrong that I really love Gxurab/Flock and want to give him all the headpats? Like having a really angry, angsty weasel for a pet. :trollestia:

Huh...I wonder if Penumbra smelled the poisons when she was revolted by the juice, or really doesn't know what's good. Alicorn snoot > crystal poner snoot?

Wait, wait, wait, so 'Holder', as in Holder's Boulder...yeah, clearly now. WTF tho.

Man, Holder was spot-on calling her a teenager.

Rebellious phase, GO!

GO TO HELL, DAD! I HATE YOU, MOM!

derpicdn.net/img/view/2019/4/11/2009190.png

Oh boy, friends! She can have her own little rebellious teenage goth posse!

This is amazing and I love them all.

derpicdn.net/img/view/2016/3/26/1117421.gif
(possibly literally, depending on how much attention 'Thirteen' is paying to all this)

This is my favourite chapter so far. I know you wrote in your blog not much people read your stories, but I thought this and the prequel was really engaging. Not much stories manage to hook me for 141k words so far, so hope you don't get demotivated despite the low views.

Facet looked over her shoulder. Hope waved, and Facet shivered.

I image Hope being probably the "cutest" zombie Necrophilo has ever created, happily waving back and smiling.

9786053
It was really hard to find a goth Cadance, so here's an edit of https://derpibooru.org/856765
i.imgur.com/fagcSVY.png
In case it doesn't work: https://i.imgur.com/fagcSVY.png

Don't recall if the horn was ever dyed in the fic however.

SQA

Now that's unexpected.

If the main OCs in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?

The yellow growth across his neck and face had increased, and was increasing slowly.

Due to this, and his name being Twilight, I guess you can say he's going Twilynanas. 🍌

Nerd Celestia and her adorable guards. :heart:

You may call me Pi.

:pinkiehappy:

I'm curious how many Questlords has gone rogue/quit over the years by the time of "Hand of Doom".

The others nodded, and were gone. The time had come. Sombra would rise.

derpicdn.net/img/view/2018/4/8/1702697.png

SQA

I am on the edge of my seat.

1. I'm curious if Necrophilo 's gem can transfer hosts over and over like Scarlet Mist's mask now.
2. Can't wait for Luciferian to embrace the demon. Maybe.

The demon shrugged. “They predate my attachment to your world, before souls. As for how to defeat her? You can’t. No chance. No one can. Except me.”

Well that's...interesting. The history of this world grows ever more baffling. :applejackconfused:

“I am a princess. I expect the ponies I trust most to betray me. You, Burnt, Chrysalis...you’ll all turn against me one day. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love you, and it doesn’t mean we can’t still be friends.”

Facet began to cry. “Why?” she asked. “Why do you have to be like this?”

Penumbra hugged her. “Because I’m the princess. And that’s the way I want to be.”

That's beautiful. I have no idea how to express myself, so I'll instead post a picture of Penumbra (probably got it wrong, sorry) edited from here:
i.imgur.com/L0W0F3s.png

saccharine af and I love it

“The Nameless One exists to serve the ruler of the Crystal Empire. It does not actually care who that ruler is. It existed here before Sombra, and, if given the chance, would do so after. In a dispute like this, it will not manifest. Not until it knows the outcome.”

Now I'm picturing Flurry Heart as a child in the far future playing toys with the Nameless One, much to the horror of the other staff.

“If you don’t like it put leafs on your head and buck yourself.”

derpicdn.net/img/view/2016/1/11/1064359.png

New golem who dis? :trixieshiftright:

I suppose we know which side ultimately wins, but this could easily be a complete trainwreck for both.

Does the steward look something like this by any chance?
derpicdn.net/img/download/2017/7/22/1492601.png

Let me say that before I read this story ,that because I know Celestia's back story in this universe, that I hope that she dies and gets what's coming to her. I know that this is set in the past but I can always hope.

So hard to find good help these days. :duck:

9814626
What. I don't remember reading about Celestia much in "Hand of Doom". What chapter was that?

With regard to the war chapters, I'm curious how it'll go given I'm pretty sure they used nukes a while back + Holder. I eagerly await what happens.

The evilest of bromances. :moustache:

She stopped walking. “Because I will fight for them regardless. To protect them. Necrophilo was wrong. It is not a matter of precision, of science.” Her eyes widened suddenly to an extent not achievable by the living. “Necromancy is a matter of LOVE.”

And that's when she decided to start the branch of Precision Necromancy using Love.

the glue factories of Canterlot

:facehoof:

“Slaves have no souls,” mused the field marshal. “All aspects of us are owned by another. There is nothing to save. Hail the Witchking. FIRE.”

She's such a charmer.

This was an amazing chapter, this and the previous. Incredibly disturbing, but really excellent.

Celestia turned to her sister. “It means that if we harmonize the frequency of their engines, we can break their connection to this world and send them back to whatever dimension they’re drawing energy from!”

Teleporting dangerous things away is actually quite clever. Despite being an "obvious" use case of it, I did not expect that. Good job.

What in the name of Celestia’s fat and exceedingly soft rump was THAT?!

[intensity intensifies]

9822934

Teleporting dangerous things away

Ehh...not so much teleporting as stamping "Return to Sender"...

“This I give, on my word as a knight.” He bowed deeply. “I shall return, and I shall never leave your side, my queen.”

o he ded :raritydespair:

I like that Sombra and the Field Marshall's complete disregard for their own infrastructure and people (other than the crystal ponies required for their fear) explains why the Crystal "Empire" that returns in canon is nothing but a modest city. Everything else is long-buried debris, reclaimed by Hyperborea.

Login or register to comment