History Fanfic / MyLittlePonyChronicles

''Book 1'' can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6857686/1/bMy_b_bLittle_b_bPony_b_bChronicles_b_Book_1 here]], [[http://mylittleponychronicles.blogspot.com/ here]], and [[http://elvenraptor.deviantart.com/gallery/35732972 here]]. The unfinished ''Book 2'' can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7357844/1/My_Little_Pony_Chronicles_Book_2 here]].

The story of ''Book 1'' follows the same basic outline as ''My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle'', but greatly expands the story and mythology of the setting. Like in the original, it starts with ponies coming out into a warm Spring day to play and enjoy the outdoors after Winter's end. Then [[AntiVillain Scorpan]] and his dragonriders invade them and kidnap two ponies to be taken by to their [[EvilOverlord master, Tirac]], to be used as [[BalefulPolymorph demons]] to pull his chariot and bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds. Firefly goes for help, and this is when the story starts to deviate away from the special.

* BalefulPolymorph: Scorpan and four ponies. [[spoiler:Scorpan has reverted to his original human form, whereas the ponies... have not.]]

** Also, [[spoiler:the ponies that were changed into [[BalefulPolymorph baleful polymorphs]] are still trapped in their altered states and currently experiencing AndIMustScream]].

** In this story, the fact that [[Creator/NancyCartwright Bart Simpson]] was the voice of Gusty is taken UpToEleven.

** Several references to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FIM]] have been peppered throughout the fic, even including {{Fanfic/Cupcakes}}.

''My Little Pony Chronicles'', by fanfic author [=WeirdRaptor=]. This is a Franchise/MyLittlePony fanfiction and an on-going retelling of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony TV Specials]], ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 My Little Pony: The Movie]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'' (though the author has intentions of going farther than that). The opus intends retell the stories of 80s cartoons in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and edgier]] manner while tying them all together into one coherent mythology and will retain the same cast of loads and loads of characters from start to finish. It greatly [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] on the established stories while filling in plot holes, giving the characters more development, and raising the stakes at every turn. For example, it takes the half-hour ''Rescue from Midnight Castle'' special and turns it into a 29 chapter fantasy epic.

As of the present, the work is still very much unfinished with only the {{story arc}} based around ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle]]'' completed. The work has been split into ''Books'', each of which will cover a different arc.

The author is also currently working on another project, [[Fanfic/CelestialWarriorMoon Celestial Warrior Moon]], based on ''Sailor Moon''.

* TheAce: Firefly is definitely this amongst the pony ranks. For the humans, there's Clyde.
* ActionGirl: Ashei, the swordswoman.

* BadBoss: Again, Tirac and Catrina.

* CastingAShadow: Tirac, Wielder of the Element of Darkness.
* CatsAreMean: Catrina, just like in the original.

* EvilCounterpart: A few.
** Tirac, to Megan.
** Beezen, to Christopher.

* FungusHumongous: The Mushromp, home of the Moochic.
* GiantEnemyCrab: The crabnasties, giant sentient crustaceans.

* KickTheDog: Tirac. ''Repeatedly.'' [[spoiler:Ends up backfiring on him though when his cruelty finally drives Scorpan to actively spooning the LaResistance information.]]

* MakingASplash: Christopher.

* TheNightThatNeverEnds: Tirac's ultimate goal, but not played as straightforward as it usually is. The purpose of the Darkness shrouding the land wasn't to block the sun, persay, but to spread Tirac's supreme dominance all over the globe, granting him power over everyone and everything. ''Even the sun would only shine where he saw fit.''
** So you could say his goal was borderline AGodAmI.

* PlayingWithFire: Beezen.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: To a point. The author definitely adds an Old English tint to the humans' dialogue in many cases, but it's mostly just excluding contractions and occasional using 'twis' and 'tis'.

In the original, Firefly just grabbed the first human she could find (Megan) and took her back to Dream Castle with her to fight against Tirac and rescue her friends. In ''Chronicles'', Firefly's plan has a bit more thought put into it, and while Megan is the first helpful human she encounters, she holds out for more. This pays off when she gains an audience with the acting lord of the lordship of Dongard, Bernard. He agrees to help in the ponies' plight and heads to Dream Castle with Firefly, his younger brother Frederick, his assistant Megan, the Water Magi Christopher, and a BadassCrew of four elite soldiers: Clyde, a soft spoken Huntsman with [[DualWielding a pair of twin]] [[KnifeNut daggers]]; Blake, a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] Ranger with a [[HeroesPreferSwords long sword]]; Ashei, a [[TheStoic stoic]] [[ActionGirl shieldmaiden]]; and Mark, [[ColdSniper an expert ancher]].

''My Little Pony Chronicles'', by fanfic author [=WeirdRaptor=]. This is a Franchise/MyLittlePony fanfiction and an on-going retelling of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony TV Specials]], ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 My Little Pony: The Movie]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'' (though the author has intentions of going farther than that). The opus intends retell the stories of 80s cartoons in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and edgier]] manner while tying them all together into one coherent mythology and will retain the same cast of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters loads and loads of characters]] from start to finish. It greatly [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] on the established stories while filling in plot holes, giving the characters more development, and raising the stakes at every turn. For example, it takes the half-hour ''Rescue from Midnight Castle'' special and turns it into a 29 chapter fantasy epic.

''My Little Pony Chronicles'', by fanfic author [=WeirdRaptor=]. This is a MyLittlePony fanfiction and an on-going retelling of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony TV Specials]], ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 My Little Pony: The Movie]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'' (though the author has intentions of going farther than that). The opus intends retell the stories of 80s cartoons in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and edgier]] manner while tying them all together into one coherent mythology and will retain the same cast of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters loads and loads of characters]] from start to finish. It greatly [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] on the established stories while filling in plot holes, giving the characters more development, and raising the stakes at every turn. For example, it takes the half-hour ''Rescue from Midnight Castle'' special and turns it into a 29 chapter fantasy epic.

** This story takes characters from MyLittlePony and develops the heck out of them. For example, Megan has gone from the TagalongKid to TheHero [[spoiler:to a nervous wreck of a [[ShellShockedVeteran shell-shocked veteran]]]].

* TheEighties: Zebb ''[[TropeOverdosed is]]'' this trope embodied right down to how he dresses and talks.

** Clyde has gone from the standard [[TheLancer Lancer]] to the CoolOldGuy BadassGrandpa TeamDad.
** Blake starts off as a sarcastic SourSupporter but eventually warms up to the others. He's still a DeadpanSnarker, though.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Subverted. Blake is the complainer (surprised?). He's right just as often as he's wrong.
* CoolOldGuy: Clyde, who doubles as TeamDad.
* CrazyPrepared: Clyde. Period.
** In elaborate, he carries a satchel of things that he thinks they'll need on their journey, which includes: Wyrm's Bait, which causes to go into a violent and uncontrollable frenzy. This thwarts an army of dragonriders they run afoil of. Later, uses an item that's never named, but it blinds a mob of orcs that were attacking them. He also carries rare and valuable items with him just in case they ever need to barter a trade.

''My Little Pony Chronicles'', by fanfic author [=WeirdRaptor=]. This is a MyLittlePony fanfiction and an on-going retelling of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony TV Specials]], ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie My Little Pony: The Movie]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'' (though the author has intentions of going farther than that). The opus intends retell the stories of 80s cartoons in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and edgier]] manner while tying them all together into one coherent mythology and will retain the same cast of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters loads and loads of characters]] from start to finish. It greatly [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] on the established stories while filling in plot holes, giving the characters more development, and raising the stakes at every turn. For example, it takes the half-hour ''Rescue from Midnight Castle'' special and turns it into a 29 chapter fantasy epic.

''My Little Pony Chronicles'', by fanfic author WeirdRaptor. This is a MyLittlePony fanfiction and an on-going retelling of the [[MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony TV Specials]], ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie My Little Pony: The Movie]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends My Little Pony 'n Friends]]'' (though the author has intentions of going farther than that). The opus intends retell the stories of 80s cartoons in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and edgier]] manner while tying them all together into one coherent mythology and will retain the same cast of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters loads and loads of characters]] from start to finish. It greatly [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] on the established stories while filling in plot holes, giving the characters more development, and raising the stakes at every turn. For example, it takes the half-hour ''Rescue from Midnight Castle'' special and turns it into a 29 chapter fantasy epic.

As of the present, the work is still very much unfinished with only the {{story arc}} based around ''[[MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle]]'' completed. The work has been split into ''Books'', each of which will cover a different arc.

The story of ''Book 1'' follows the same basic outline as ''My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle'', but greatly expands the story and mythology of the setting. Like in the original, it starts with ponies coming out into a warm Spring day to play and enjoy the outdoors after Winter's end. Then [[AntiVillain Scorpan]] and his dragonriders invade them and kidnap two ponies to be taken by to their [[EvilOverlord master, Tirac]] to be used as [[BalefulPolymorph demons]] to pull his chariot and bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds. Firefly goes for help, and this is when the story starts to deviate away special.

In the original, Firefly just grabbed the first human she could find (Megan) and took her back to Dream Castle with her to fight against Tirac and rescue her friends. In ''Chronicles'', Firefly's plan has a bit more thought put into it, and while Megan is the first helpful human she encounters, she holds out for more. This pays off when she gains an audience with the acting lord of the lordship Dongard, Bernard. He agrees to help in the ponies' plight and sends back to Dream Castle with Firefly, his younger brother Frederick, his assistant Megan, a Water Magi Christopher, and a BadassCrew of four elite soldiers, Clyde a soft spoken Huntsman with [[DualWielding a pair of twin]] [[KnifeNut daggers]], Blake a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] Ranger with a [[HeroesPreferSwords long sword]], Ashei, a [[TheStoic stoic]] [[ActionGirl shieldmaiden]], and Mark, [[ColdSniper an expert ancher]].

Meanwhile, a group of ponies set out for the [[AbsentMindedProfessor Moochic's]] home, called the [[FungusHumongous Mushromp]] to ask for help. He gives them [[LightEmUp The Vessel of Light]] to oppose Tirac's [[CastingAShadow Vessel of Darkness]]. Then he tells them how to arm the weapon and where to find the ammo before sending them on their way. The two parties meet back at Dream Castle and thus, a fellowship of seven humans and seven ponies sets out to arm the only weapon that can stop Tirac, and then travel to his stronghold to kick his butt. The only catch is, the weapon is a piece of LostTechnology of a long lost civilization that just so happened to be an AncestralWeapon coded only to be used by a descendent of its people. Luckily enough, [[PluckyGirl Megan]] is of the line and so the weight of defeating Tirac falls on her shoulders.

** Beezen, a one shot villain from the episode ''Revolt at Paradise Estate''.

** Tirac, of Megan.
** Beezen, of Christopher.

* [[GiantEnemyCrab Giant Friendly Crabs]]: The crabnasties, giant sentient crustaceans.

* HeroicWillpower: Firefly ''is'' this trope.

* [[spoiler:NearVillainVictory]]: [[spoiler:The finale of the first arc was this. Tirac came within an inch of covering the land in TheNightThatNeverEnds.]]

* ShoutOut: In this story, the fact that [[Creator/NancyCartwright Bart Simpson]] was the voice of Gusty is taken UpToEleven.

** ''Dream Castle'' or ''Paradise Estate''. In this retelling, there are enough ponies to live in both, as well as a third location called ''The Clearing''.

** For starters, Nightshade the MichaelJackson {{Expy}} and Zebb from ''Bright Lights''.

* AdaptationDistillation: while also expanding on the original 80s cartoons, the fic has taken ''insane'' steps to distill the entire disjointed and messy animated Ponyland continuity into something that doesn't make [[YourHeadAsplode heads explode]] when attempted to explain.

* AdultsAreUseless: Completely and ''utterly'' averted. Until she got her hands on the [[LightEmUp Light]], Megn was just the TagalongKid. Frederick at age 22 is a decent fighter, but he is ''far'' outclassed by the seasoned BadassCrew accompanying them.

* AnachronismStew: A mild example. The Blank Lands, a closed off section of the land that's just one big blank spot on the map to everyone living outside it is notably much more modern than the lands from outside.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The four ponies that were transformed into dark beasts by Tirac to pull his chariot havebeen trapped that way a whole year, and have been robbed of their ability to speak]].

* BalefulPolymorph: Scorpan and four ponies. [[spoiler:Scorpan has reverted to his original human form, whereas...the ponies have not.]]
* BlackMagic: pretty much how the Arcane Arts are treated in this setting. Though they are more versatile then Elemental Magic, they require their users to rip open tears in the space-time continuum in order for the arcane energies to be filtered into our reality and used. The risks one takes when misusing it are: accidental [[SummoningRitual summoning rituals]] which might call up a demon or [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abomination]], being sucked into [[TrappedInAnotherWorld another dimension]], or [[EarthShatteringKaboom blasting oneself into nothingness]].

** This story takes characters from MyLittlePony and develops the heck out of them. For example, Megan has gone from the TagalongKid to TheHero [[spoiler: to a nervous wreck of [[ShellShockedVeteran shell shocked veteran]]]].

* ShoutOut: In this story, the fact that [[NancyCartwright Bart Simpson]] was the voice of Gusty is taken UpToEleven.

''My Little Pony Chronicles'', by fanfic author WeirdRaptor. This is a MyLittlePony fanfiction and an on-going retelling of the [[MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony TV Specials]], [[MyLittlePonyTheMovie My Little Pony The Movie]], and [[MyLittlePonyAndFriends My Little Pony And Friends]] (though the author has intentions of going farther than that). The opus intends retell the stories of 80s cartoons in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and edgier]] manner while tying them all together into one coherent mythology and will retain the same cast of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters loads and loads of characters]] from start to finish. It greatly [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] on the established stories while filling in plot holes, giving the characters more development, and raising the stakes at every turn. For example, it takes the half-hour ''Rescue from Midnight Castle'' special and turns it into a 29 chapter fantasy epic.

As of the present, the work is still very much unfinished with only the [[StoryArc story arc]] based around [[MyLittlePonyTVSpecials My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle]] completed. The work has been split into ''Books'', each of which will cover a different arc.

In the original, Firefly just grabbed the first human she could find (Megan) and took her back to Dream Castle with her to fight against Tirac and rescue her friends. In ''Chronicles'', Firefly's plan has a bit more thought put into it, and while Megan is the first helpful human she encounters, she holds out for more. This pays off when she gains an audience with the acting lord of the lordship Dongard, Bernard. He agrees to help in the ponies' plight and sends back to Dream Castle with Firefly, his younger brother Frederick, his assistant Megan, a Water Magi Christopher, and a BadassCrew of four elite soldiers, Clyde a soft spoken Huntsman with [[DualWielding a pair of twin]] [[KnifeNut daggers]], Blake a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] Ranger with a [[HeroesPreferSwords long sword]], Ashei, a [[TheStoic stoic]] [[ActionGirl shieldmaiden]], and Mark, [[ColdSniper an expert ancher]].

** several references to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FIM]] have been peppered throughout the fic, even including {{Fanfic/Cupcakes}}.
* The Stoic: Ashei.

* ItGotWorse: Yes. Yes, it did.

* AbusivePrecursors: In the setting's history, you have Surt, King of the Fire Giants, and Neptune, King of the Merefolk. Though they did save mankind from going extinct at the hands of orcs, goblins, and harpies and taught them out to use magic, they still ruled with an iron fist long after they were needed. So, mankind discovered a bigger, better kind of magic and sent both tyrants back to their depths from whence they came.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: The Moochic, just like in the original cartoons. He's played exactly as he was back then. A friendly, but forgetful, yet ultimately helpful ally of the ponies that they can always turn yes.
* AbusivePrecursors: Surt, King of the Fire Giants, and Neptune, King of the Merefolk, are pretty much set-up as this. Though they did save mankind from going extinct at the hands of orcs, goblins, and harpies and taught them out to use magic, they still ruled with an iron fist long after they were needed. So, mankind discovered a bigger, better kind of magic and sent both tyrants back to their depths from whence they came.

''Book 1'' can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6857686/1/bMy_b_bLittle_b_bPony_b_bChronicles_b_Book_1 here]]. The unfinished ''Book 2'' can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7357844/1/My_Little_Pony_Chronicles_Book_2 here]].