It has taken time for this to happen, for the Dark Lord to gather it all, his influence of that which is not Arda but close enough to it, that which he hates about all else for the light of it remains a beacon ( Read more... )

Nightmare Night nearly turned into a disaster, with Luna offended, mistaking the comical fear of the ponies for real distrust, but friendship had worked its magic and the night was saved. Another lesson learned, and she had a letter to write to Princess Celestia about her discoveries. In her haste to get started, she'd left her Star Swirl the ( Read more... )

It's Halloween, the darkest night of all dark nights, a night when the veil between the spirit world and the physical world lifts, the night when it's best to wear one's disguises, to hide from whatever might be creeping through that open portal. Outside, the full moon rides over the skeletal tree tops, vanishing at times when small clouds scud ( Read more... )

Lystra's been feeling good ( Read more... )

Late at night, Dancy is on watch, as she'd promised Hisoka: she's not accustomed to working with anything like a team, but this makes up for the fact that her angel seems to have forsaken her in this strange place. It keeps her busy: idle hands were the devil's best tools, her grandmother always said ( Read more... )

Gingalain's feeling pretty good about himself.

It's not that long ago that he got married, and the novelty of it hasn't worn off yet. He still hardly knows his wife, but she is pretty. And she gave him fifteen castles. He tugs his horse's reins to direct it down a fork in the track, and thinks vaguely about how he should visit all of them, when he ( Read more... )