History Literature / TheStormyRoadToCanterlot

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Tempest is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone overcome with remorse]] when she sees the destruction she and her soldiers have wrought on Hippogriffia while trying to steal the queen's magical pearl. But when the Storm King reminds her that feeling sorry for herself won't grow her horn back, she hardens her resolve by suggesting he steal Equestria's magic instead.

* AdaptationExpansion: WordOfGod confirms the book to be a fleshed out version of Tempest's story featured in Issue #4 of the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyTheMoviePrequel prequel comic]]. Besides covering Tempest's life before losing her horn and running away from home, it also includes new details such as Grubber introducing Tempest to the Storm King, and Tempest leading an attack on the hippogriffs' kingdom to test her mettle.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Tempest is overcome with remorse when she sees the destruction she and her soldiers have wrought on Hippogriffia while trying to steal the queen's magical pearl. But when the Storm King reminds her that feeling sorry for herself won't grow her horn back, she hardens her resolve by suggesting he steal Equestria's magic instead.

See also Creator/IDWPublishing's ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyTheMoviePrequel'', specifically Issue #4, which the novel [[AdaptationExpantion borrows heavily from and expands upon]].

''The Stormy Road to Canterlot'' is marketed as a {{Prequel}} story based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', written by Sadie Chesterfield as a part of the overall ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration''4 franchise. It focuses primarily on Tempest Shadow, showing how the loss of her horn sent her down a path from a sweet and kind young filly to a ruthless and cold-hearted servant of the Storm King.

''The Stormy Road to Canterlot'' is marketed as a {{Prequel}} story based on ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 My Little Pony: The Movie]]'', written by Sadie Chesterfield as a part of the overall Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4 franchise. It focuses primarily on Tempest Shadow, showing how the loss of her horn sent her down a path from a sweet and kind young filly to a ruthless and cold-hearted servant of the Storm King.

!!This book provides examples of:

* WretchedHive: Besides Klugetown from the movie, Tempest is forced to live for countless moons in a run-down and filthy town called Drungar after losing her money and having to WorkOffTheDebt at a restaurant.

* AdaptedOut: Rambler, the kind pony Tempest meets on her way out of Klugetown in the comic, does not appear in this version of the story.

''The Stormy Road to Canterlot'' is marketed as a {{Prequel}} story based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', written by Sadie Chesterfield as a part of the overall Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4 franchise. It focuses primarily on Tempest Shadow, showing how the loss of her horn sent her down a path from a sweet and kind young filly to a ruthless and cold-hearted servant of the Storm King.

* FreakinessShame: Tempest tries every method she and her friends can think of to hide her broken horn from other ponies, and flees in shame before anyone can even react when her horn is exposed.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The book reveals that Tempest went through this after losing her horn, though it's still greatly downplayed. While her friends remain patiently supportive of Tempest in the months following the incident, they still fear her unstable magic and spend less time around her, to the point where they take the entrance exams for Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and don't see fit to tell Tempest until afterward. This prompts Tempest to run away from Equestria and eventually abandon any notion of friendship, believing that if her most trusted friends have begun to shun her, then everypony else inevitably will.
* BearsAreBadNews: Tempest loses her horn when she ventures into the cave of an ursa minor, which violently knocks her into the wall.

** Before Tempest loses her horn as a young filly,[[note]]presumably the same age as Twilight and her old friends when they were admitted into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns[[/note]] Princess Luna is already back from her thousand-year exile, Princess Cadance is in charge of the Crystal Empire, and Twilight isn't a princess yet, which should place the book's events within Season 3. However, the events of the book are supposed to span several years, ending with Tempest as a grown mare. Further muddying the issue is the fact the characters shown in the movie, particularly fillies like Apple Bloom, look like they've hardly aged in that same timeframe.

** Tempest's real name ([[spoiler:Fizzlepop Berrytwist]]) is unmentioned in the book, which simply refers to her as "the Unicorn".

''The Stormy Road to Canterlot'' is marketed as a {{Prequel}} story based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie'', written by Sadie Chesterfield as a part of the overall Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4 franchise. It focuses primarily on Tempest Shadow, showing how the loss of her horn sent her down a path from a sweet and kind young filly to a ruthless and cold-hearted servant of the Storm King.

* AdaptationExpansion: WordOfGod confirms the book to be a fleshed out version of Tempest's story featured in Issue #4 of the [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyTheMoviePrequel prequel comic]].

* VillainousFriendship: Tempest and Grubber hit it off somewhat when they meet, in large part due to Grubber being the first one to react to Tempest's dangerous magic with wonder rather than fear.