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The sky shattered.Once, the magical energy required to bridge the worlds was a mere sip, possible even for a single unicorn to perform with the right spell and practice. But after years of drift, the distances were so vast that the greatest magical powers in all Equestria were required.Lightning tore at the sky, striking the snowpack in a dozen places and melting huge patches of blasted white permafrost. The wind roared, and for a second the aurora cut the sky even during the height of midday.Then a pony…-
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"So, you realize this is a bad idea," Alex said, her voice exasperated. "Like, maybe the dumbest idea ever."Richard had spent his whole life hearing ponies talk about how important Alex had been as mayor of Alexandria. He found it a little hard to believe now that she was working behind the desk at a pharmacy, shorter than he was, and probably younger too. But she also happened to be working the hospital pharmacy, and so there would be no way to buy what he wanted without getting her approval.Richard…
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Richard had not planned very far beyond her first sip of the potion. She knew the way she wanted this night to end, though she was a little fuzzy on some of the details. She'd known she wanted a new marefriend by morning, who she could show off to Cody. Nothing else really mattered, so long as Richard could accomplish that goal.And for a good several hours, it looked like that was exactly where the night would end up. Once they'd had their meal, Amy joined her for a few rounds of laser tag, and didn't even…
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Richard was moving out. He already hadn’t been living at home for some time, not for the weeks he had been living with Amy. But now, now that he was welcome to return if he wanted to, Richard intended to never see the house again.Moriah probably wanted to stop him. She’d been fuming up and down the mansion for the better part of a day, as soon as she realized what he was doing. But he was an adult now, a citizen of Alexandria as much as anyone else. Her power might be tremendous but trying to force him…
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Lonely day wanted to strangle somepony. She wasn’t sure who to target, wasn’t sure if she would even get the chance. But it was exactly what she wanted.It wasn’t all that unusual for her to receive anonymous gifts. Her work with the HPI created a fair number of refugees who would remember her face, even if at the time they would’ve been far more concerned with simple survival. But when years passed, once they secured themselves in what was left of the earth, many wanted to express their…
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Alex hopped along behind Cloudy, annoyance on her face. It wasn’t that she wanted to bounce along the floor like an animal. But Alexandria’s master wizard, the most skillful spellcaster in all the world, hadn’t made her cure.“I meant to get to it,” Joseph said as they walked, in a tone that suggested he hadn’t thought about it once until they showed up at the door. “I was working on something else. Didn’t… get a chance.”“We gave you a whole day!” Alex squeaked. She wasn’t sure her…
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“It’s been the same for the last three nights,” Alex said, staring down at the floor. Jackie’s little corner of their shared room had all the lights covered, and survived only on the glow that came in through the crack in the door.But the bat seemed true to her name—she hadn’t once bumped into anything or expressed regret about making it so dark. “It doesn’t get any better. I’m always in the same place, I’m always… well, you’d have to see it. But it’s bad, and it’s making it…
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Nicole could barely lift her hooves. The snow was so thick that some steps brought it cascading onto her back, or up through her cloak and down her hood. The sliced and re-glued waterproof fabric of her clothes protected her from the worst of the moisture and wind, but even so she felt like every step cost her a few minutes of life.It wasn't as though she was walking through a blizzard, either. The mere cold of winter was enough. The unicorn mare was almost as large and healthy as an earth pony, with…
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Nicole didn't sleep in the entryway that night, much as she was tempted. As she explored the room, she found what she might've expected at an expensive Tokyo hotel, not a primitive bomb shelter. The whole space was perhaps twenty feet long and eight tall, with every inch utilized to the fullest. There was a bed mounted above a little work desk, and a bathroom with a shower that could fill the whole space.It wasn't just looks, either. The amenities might be made of crystal and strange marks, but they…
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Saul pulled his car to a stop at the end of a long stretch of trail, leaning as close to the window as he could and searching for danger. Only when he couldn’t see any sign of motion, neither pony nor predator, did he pull out of the trees, easing the engine cautiously down the slope.Even after months of practice, Saul still found driving this way required extreme concentration on his part—between putting pressure on the jointed rod he used to apply the brakes or accelerator, turning the wheel without…
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