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''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/story-empty-room.html The Empty Room]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction by Wanderer D.

Originally, it's about the ramifications of Celestia discovering she had a child, and [[EasyAmnesia not remembering any of it]]. Unfortunately, things quickly get worse with the death of Twilight Sparkle, the release of Celestia's SuperpoweredEvilSide, and a shadowy figure known only as the Guardian seemingly running things from behind the scenes.

(currently undergoing a rewrite)

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!!This fanfic contains examples of:

%%* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: Jade/Rarity]] and [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]], most notably when [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon takes them both to Ponyville]].
%%* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon.]]
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: "Sister... did you ever have a filly?"
%%* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler: The medallions]], which also suffer from a severe case of ClingyMacGuffin.
%%* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]] ([[spoiler:twice]]) and [[spoiler:Trixie]].
%%* BatmanGambit: Several of them layered on top of each other, to the point where it pretty much reaches GambitPileup levels.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler: Trixie]]'s [[spoiler: death]] adventure and [[spoiler: revival]] turn out to be pre-destined; she had to [[spoiler: die to travel back in time and help create the Cambro]].
%%* BigDamnHeroes: Quite a few times.
* BlackCloak: Each member of [[spoiler: the Council of Nightmares]] wears one at some point or another.
%%* BlackComedyRape: Quick! To the mattress fort, [[spoiler:Applejack]]!
* CerebusSyndrome: WordOfGod says he intended more comedy (and a 6-chapter story).
%%* ChekhovsGun: ''Way'' too many to count.
%%* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon]] and, to some level, [[spoiler: the Guardian]].
%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Paper Craft.]]
%%* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Twilight Spark.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Arguably, [[spoiler: Trixie]] fits the letter of the trope better than the [[{{Pun}} spirit]]; [[spoiler: she begins the story dying as a potential antagonist, then becomes one of the lead protagonists]].
%%* DeathIsCheap: Unless you're a [[RedShirt background pony]]...
* TheDragon: Too many to count, though [[spoiler: Twilight Spark, Jade and Spitfire may be the most obvious. And in Spitfire's case, this became more or less ''literal'' as well]].
%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Bon-Bon.]]
%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
%%* EldritchAbomination: The Guardian.
%%* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: Twilight Spark.]]
%%* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Medallion on...]]
%%** Played straight with [[spoiler: Princess Celestia and Rainbow Dash]] and subverted with [[spoiler: Princess Luna and Twilight Sparkle]].
%%* GeometricMagic: In the same room where the [[spoiler: Cambro]] has been for so long.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Medallion off! Also Twilight Spark, who, when the dust has settled, gets to live as an earth pony named Dawn.]]
%%* HydePlaysJekyll: [[spoiler: Midnight.]]
* FunctionalMagic: Both the magic inherent to the universe as well as the [[spoiler:Cambro]] with which [[spoiler: Trixie and Twilight Sparkle are resurrected]].
%%* HermeticMagic
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Lyra.]]
%%** Let's not forget [[spoiler: Blast]]!
%%* MagicMusic: [[spoiler: Lyra]] performs one for [[spoiler: Nightmare Flare]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: Well, they did find a [[ChekhovsGun horn, but...]]
** Well, [[spoiler: there is a body, we just didn't know whose it was at first]].
%%* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]] at the end of Chapter 17.
%%* OnlySaneMan: Applejack.
%%* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Spitfire]] quite literally after [[spoiler: Nightmare Flare turns her into a Chimera]].
* PurpleProse: The man sure does love his descriptions. Doesn't really detract from the story, fortunately.
* RagsToRoyalty: [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]], "Literature/SleepingBeauty" Style.
%%* RedShirt: Guards through most of the chapters. A funny example is the transition between Chapters 6 and 7.
%%* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Pretty much [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan]] and all its [[spoiler: EliteMooks]].
%%* SealedEvilInACan: Among various other things...
* ShoutOut: ''[[Franchise/DotHack .Hack]]'', other ''MLP'' fanfics, and ''Film/TheSixthSense'', in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
** In Chapter 17, the Cutie Mark Crusaders get directions from a colt with a big backpack and a black and yellow bandana...and get lost. [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ryoga]] much? Then in chapter 21 the Guardian is hit with a Hiryu Shoten Ha.
* SpearCarrier: A few guards have done so, when they don't end up [[RedShirt burned to a crisp]].
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: A very important trope to this fic...which often ends up being subverted somehow.
** [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon]], oddly enough, turns out to be the BigGood of the story. [[spoiler: She even willingly disperses, leaving only Luna, at the end.]]
** The resurrected [[spoiler: Twilight Spark]] is another subversion. [[spoiler: [[EvilCounterpart She's a deranged clone]] made with the real Twilight's horn.]]
%%** The only one played absolutely straight is [[spoiler: Nightmare Flare]].
%%* TimeTravel: [[spoiler: Trixie via the Cambro.]]
%%* TakingYouWithMe: Performed by [[spoiler: Blast]] near the end of Chapter 19.
%%* TalkingIsAFreeAction: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie inside Luna's mind]] in Chapter 7.
%%* TheUndead: [[spoiler: Trixie]] and [[spoiler: Midnight]].
%%* UnstoppableMailman:
%%* TheVamp: [[spoiler: Twilight Spark... at least until she discovers her true nature.]]

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