Morningrise
The sun rose slowly over the horizon, bringing the warming presence of daylight to Breezehome. Beams of orange light struck the small buildings. The guards who patrolled the wooden walls of the town raised their heads, smiling at the warmth. However,...
Under the Heartless Sun
Dulled footsteps thundered through the snow, piercing the otherwise complete silence. The footsteps in the slush were momentarily present, before being covered over by a fresh layer of white powder. Clumps hung from the thick branches of the...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 10: Backbone
Honestly, she was surprised she could even stand. More than that, she was still a bit surprised that death hadn't come, prepared to take her to whatever hell awaited her. It seemed that she had cheated the system a bit too much by this point....
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 9: Suffer in Truth
"Tell me again what you hope to gain from this?" Twilight sighed. The past three weeks had been busy, more so than nearly any she had ever had in her relatively short life. Didn't really help that the progress they had made was largely...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 8: Do Not Look Down
The break from dream to life was strikingly sudden. Cynder's world was a void, her mind gone in a black pit where no life existed. Suffocating and lifeless, the black dragoness learned something during her time in desolation and darkness; the art of...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 7: Oroborus
Up close like this, Twilight got a true sense of just how different Spyro was from the dragons she was familiar with. Other than not being bipedal like the majority of the dragons found on Equis, his scales looked smoother, his body less bulky and more...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 6: Soul Burn
Everything seemed normal at the time. For once his dreams were peaceful, filled with happy surroundings. The evening in his thoughts was nice and quiet, with crickets chirping and peaceful streams of moonlight coursing down against his face. Nearby,...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 5: ...Our Fire will Consume the Earth.
The courtyard outside of the Castle was strangely devoid of company. The busy streets of Canterlot weren't affected by this, however the lack of ponies outside of the grand castle was rather strange, even for a Saturday evening. The polished white tile...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 4: ...And our Hearts Shattered...
Drip... Drip... Drip... The sound echoed dryly down the tunnel, bouncing off the walls. Heavy breathing mixed with the odd echo, giving a haunting note down the brightly lit tunnel. Tapping of claws followed the noise, slowly and unsteadily moving...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 3: When Our Chains are Broken...
She was alive. The nearly fatally fast pounding in her chest told her that much. Blood as hot as an open flame coursed through her veins at unhealthy speeds. Her ears picked up a thudding, she didn't know nor care if it was simply the pounding of her...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 2: The Long Way Down
The day passed rather slowly to her. Nothing to do, besides wait. Cynder had always considered herself patient, but even that had it's limits. She was on edge, needed something to do, something that would stop the insistent itch across her scales. She...
The Anvil of Dawn, Chapter 1: Brutalized
The night sky was a daunting thing. So silent and massive, gazing back with an image of the entire universe. Waiting within, a nest of bright lights and images of the galaxy they found themselves in. Such an image in reality was so much more...