Fae set the hammer down beside him on a bench. He did it as though the metal and wood weighed almost nothing, yet the gesture made the floor shake with the force. He tilted his head to one side, wiping sweat away from his face with the other arm.
"I... don't believe we had many opportunities to speak," he said.
Julian had few examples to measure Unity—both his mother and father had quite a lot, with girls like Hayden as the rare exceptio...
2025-06-25 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Avery was small.
Of all the experiences in her life, this was new. In that regard, Quinn's tragic accident had given her an incredible gift. Humanity was so small a price to pay for everything she had gained.
Life in the city called Starfall varied little for her from day to day. Avery woke with the dawn, because that was what her body wanted.
She was never alone, but slept comfortabl...
2025-06-24 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Grey-17 did not find out where she could acquire bits that day, or indeed the next several. When Time Turner tried to explain the subject, she found it so incredibly complex as to very quickly lose track of what he was trying to explain. There were things called “jobs,” a little like the roles assigned according to rank and age in the hive. They rewarded little pieces of metal with different numbers on them, just as drones with more or less dangerous roles received more food as a ...
2025-06-20 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Julian left his tower not long after, before the warm jacket could make him start sweating. He walked, though floating would probably be faster. Maybe one day he would get around to learning.
The halls students used to navigate Unity were all indoors, made from fresh wood and glass his own family had funded. Despite their connection to the building, it never stayed warm enough for a mew to be comfortable. Aerie could only float out of his pocket for a minute or ...
2025-06-18 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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"I know what would do this," said a voice, from not far away. Quinn turned to look, staring through the broken trees and dead branches. A shadow lingered in the trees, floating at about his head level. Not alive, though not dead. Sable, eyes smoldering. "I remember the discussion, before my family and I became... what we are."
Quinn floated closer, approaching the ghost. There was something fitting about the shadowy Pokémon in this place of death. Yet despite t...
2025-06-17 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Lyra had already seen at least a little of what the strange creatures of "Rome" were capable of. But to hear it from a changeling, and a bug with no prior exposure to what they were like in their natural state—that was something else entirely.
Lyra had not seen them very closely either, of course. She had her brief encounter with the legion, as a slave meant to carry back spoils for the minotaurs. Instead, she'd been there to help them bring their small number...
2025-06-13 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Julian always got what he wanted.
It had always been this way, from his very earliest days. Back then, his world included only Aerie, his parents, and the house steward Ilene.
Every one of them wanted to give him whatever he desired, usually in exchange for petty promises that were easy to accomplish or later ignore. So long as he was moving towards the pokémon he was meant to be, everyone was helpful.
Then Aerie fi...
2025-06-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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It was a long way to the surface; a long way through twisting tunnels, confusing passages and abandoned buildings.
In another life, Quinn would've made that trip up slowly, exploring every inch of the strange facility and learning whatever could be discovered about the ones who lived there. Even if he wasn't an archeologist, he still wanted to know. Basically no one understood the ancient Pokémon, or imagined they had ever lived in civilizations. Here was a rel...
2025-06-10 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Thomas was in their makeshift library when the sound of many voices broke his fragile concentration. It wasn't a difficult task to get him to put the magic aside: Thomas hadn't ever been an academic—or able to concentrate on tasks requiring focus without his prescription.
That was one thing he didn't think he'd be asking for from Equestria, no matter how long they were trapped here.
It meant any interruption could distract him, including...
2025-06-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The strange ruin was unlike anything Coraline had ever imagined. Its many stone and metal walls each bore the marks of fine craftsmanship, beyond anything she had ever seen in her life.
Yet there were many signs of violence here—broken sculptures, shattered glass, and hackmarks on the wall near huge missing chunks. What had happened here?
Ilene took her to a huge bathroom of stone, somehow missing any modern appliances. It was all crysta...
2025-06-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Quinn shifted, groaning as pain racked through his body. His head pounded, and distant voices magnified until they were shrill screams. "Just a little quieter, please."
He tucked his knees up close, wrapping his arms around them. This was exactly why he didn't drink anymore. Because of mornings like this.
"Can you please..." But no one was listening to him. He massaged his temples, or tried. But this new body didn't have the same par...
2025-06-03 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey pones! Brief one this week, not a lot changing, so I'll be brief.
Last month I had hoped to post New Way Home to fimfiction, but decided to hold off a little longer so it could get more art. It's one of those stories that's probably going to have art in most chapters--but doing this requires lots of lead-in. Apologies for the wait, but it will come eventually. All those patreon stories will make it to fimfic eventually.
Other than that, the biggest change here is that book 2 ...
2025-06-01 21:28:07 +0000 UTC
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Kit was the last one left on the bridge. She stayed in her seat, helmet tethered to her by a short elastic cable. She was still there when they unclogged the coolant pump and air flowed back into the cockpit. She was still there after the multi-hour process to inflate the crew section, and everyone rushed down the ladder to unpack.
The operation protocol for the Ravana mission only required someone at the helm within a few hours of an anticipated maneuver, and t...
2025-06-01 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Coraline sat up in the dirt, holding Lamplight as close to her chest as she could. She spun in place, staring back at the person lingering in the doorway.
The lights were off behind her of course, and Coraline had lit no candles. Yet she was almost completely covered—there were only her eyes visible within, a shade of silver gray darker than Coraline had ever seen before. Her daemon was entirely hidden, tucked away in what she guessed was the bag over her shou...
2025-05-28 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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It didn't take long to gather everyone together. Sickly Astrid and young Manny were both asleep, so not hard to carry into a clearing surrounded by false trees.
Quinn floated in the center of their makeshift circle, above Mythical Pokémon with expressions ranging from hope to skepticism. Aster lay curled against her mother, her breathing shallow but steadier than before. Manny slept peacefully in Sable's arms, oblivious to the tension surrounding them....
2025-05-27 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The acceleration hit Kit far sharper than any blow she'd ever felt. She could still move—but every subtle twitch of her limbs felt like lifting a planet. Been on Mara too long. Got used to the low gravity.
But they had drilled for this, spent their hours in the simulator. More importantly, she had a steady flow of drugs into her air supply, keeping her strong and alert. No member of her crew would be blacking out.
Kit stared forward...
2025-05-25 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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What was Coraline supposed to do when her whole world ended? There were never any instructions for something so horrible—nothing her father ever told her could prepare her for it, and she had no other family members to do that important work.
There was only her, a terrified Lamplight, and the overwhelmingly empty house.
So instead of doing anything sensible, Coraline went to the workshop. She brought clay and crafted a masterpiece as nev...
2025-05-21 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Quinn was back in his apartment.
"His" and "apartment" were both exaggerations in this case. An impossible Silurian civilization of cat Pokémon had given him the space to live during his time at the "hospital" for treatment. It had some of the same amenities he might be used to, but other unplaceable choices.
Importantly, there was no food stored inside, or any means to keep it fresh. But that might mean less about the sophistication of t...
2025-05-20 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Kit was the last one to reach the launch elevator.
Maddie was waiting near the bottom, dressed in the full protection of her EVA gear. She waved as Kit approached, grinning wide. Despite the spotlights shining on the Neophyte from all sides, the faceplate remained transparent. "Director! Or should I say Captain?" She held her arms open, expectant.
Maybe not the standard professional decorum she would've expected from her old life—but so ...
2025-05-18 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The secret of reading was, it turned out, very hard indeed.
There was so much more to be learned than one bug could puzzle out in a few hours, even with the help of a friendly pony who believed she was actually someone she used to know.
There were dozens of different symbols to learn, each one with a different sound. Grey-17 learned about the various noises they each made, and how those sounds could somehow be combined together into ...
2025-05-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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If she could have, Coraline would've granted all her father's wishes.
She tried every day—rising with the sun each morning, before he was awake. She flipped through her mother's recipe cards, searching for something their kitchen could provide. Inevitably that meant making a few alterations, or substituting what they could still afford for what her mom once used.
She cooked and cleaned and prepared, so that by the time he woke, she was t...
2025-05-14 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Quinn took a few minutes to catch his breath, there atop the upper balcony. There were no chairs or cushions here, just the rails and the security hardware facilitating the way back inside. He sat on the edge, not caring about the dirty looks the guard inside occasionally shot his way.
The mew don't like the Pokémon who came from them. They're trying to cure us so desperately they don't care if anyone gets hurt in the process.
The why was...
2025-05-13 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The Institute was no stranger to parties. Even before Kit took the Director's office, she attended her fair share. On a planet with no other civilization, where nothing had happened for over ten thousand years, it was up to them to create their own events worth commemorating.
There was nothing artificial about the Neophyte's launch party. Today the Institute's public areas overflowed with citizens—only the truly reclusive kids hadn't taken time ...
2025-05-11 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Lyra was no expert in war. There was little she could offer to the discussion of their siege, no secret historical mysteries she could solve or questions for her to answer. Mostly, she was there to watch and listen, and only occasionally offer Stalwart information about the limits of pony ability.
Eventually, the conversation was complete, and they had many pages of notes about the strategy. It would involve the train, explosives, and a little good luck. Any pla...
2025-05-09 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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For the second time since arriving in Alto Mare, Hayden crossed it in a canal boat. This one was even larger than the one Lord Moonstone used, with considerable space in the back for passengers.
There were four of them in total, though room for another during the return. First was Hayden, with her much smaller daemon now riding in her lap. Lucia and her father sat across from her, along with a single member of the Luster Pratoreans, albeit wearing lighter armor so he could fit easily in...
2025-05-07 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Quinn found a fully automatic door waiting at the upper balcony, made of a sturdy-looking metal. Lights came on as he approached, and a camera followed his movements, pivoting as his antennae twitched.
A second later there was a click, and a tiny metal compartment opened beside the door. A voice echoed through speakers there, slightly distorted by the volume and their low quality. "Place the inhibitor around your neck. It will make a sound when it is working cor...
2025-05-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Kit was on her back in the hospital bed, wearing only her underclothes. Even the suit’s inner layers would interfere with the procedure. Despite its name, the scan was far more than putting her through a machine to get a few readings.
She shifted nervously back and forth as Emma and Jay stood over her, removing a pair of sharp metal probes from their plastic wrap. Jay waved something over her torso, before stopping right over her chest. He made two marks on he...
2025-05-04 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Lin didn't mention the date to Thomas that night—or to anypony else, for that matter. Not because she feared him telling Winston anything about her past—if he'd honored her wishes this long, she had no reason to think he would change his mind now.
Besides: it wasn't as though she intended to keep any secrets from anyone about herself. While in Equestria, that would've been impossible anyway. Going everywhere nude meant that nothing about her biology was private.
Lin kept her s...
2025-05-02 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
Today’s a huge day for me, one I’ve been waiting on for way too long. I finally published a book!
Realistically, I should’ve done something like this way sooner. I’ve had a dozen novels that are entirely my own content, ready to post whenever. But I’ve never been willing to pull the tr...
2025-05-01 16:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Hayden and Liz couldn't hide their nature during the trip through Alto Mare to meet with its ruling family. But even if Liz had somehow managed to master the illusions that quickly, she wouldn't want to. The entire point of this transformation was to attract attention, not hide from it.
Besides, she wasn't trying to rush. Drake would need time to get his mother to safety, and make whatever other arrangements he thought would be required for the Misties.
She needed no direction to ...
2025-04-30 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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