The Successors is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic written by Portmeirion and based on a storyline and artwork by Valkyrie-Girl
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Set one thousand years after the conclusion of the series, the story deals with the adventures of two earth pony sisters, Blue Moon and Summer Sun, who are transformed into alicorns by the Elements of Harmony and appointed to rule Equestria after the deaths of the former princesses. Renamed Aurora and Corona, respectively, the sisters are forced to adapt to their new lives quickly in order to deal with a grave new threat.
The fic is now complete and can be read here.
This My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Fanfic contains examples of the following tropes:
- Big Fancy Castle: Canterlot Palace. Corona gets lost in it in Chapter 2.
- Big Sister Instinct: Aurora has this towards Corona, even though the two are twins.
- By "No", I Mean "Yes": Corona, when asked how her flying lessons went:Corona: Um... awesome! Yeah, they were great. I, uh... Well, I’m still having trouble taking off... and staying airborne... and, uh... landing... (Beat) Okay, so I’m not really doing all that great.
- The Chosen One: Aurora and Corona.
- Deer in the Headlights: Aurora initially has this reaction when confronted with what appears to be Nightmare Moon.
- Edible Theme Naming: Like her ancestors, Pink Pearl is named after a variety of apple.
- Exactly Exty Years Ago: Takes place one thousand years in Equestria's future.
- Family Business: Sweet Apple Acres, still owned and operated by the Apple family.
- Flashback: Every chapter begins with a scene from Blue Moon and Summer Sun's foalhood.
- Foregone Conclusion: Anyone who follows Valkyrie-Girl's art will know that "Nightmare Moon" is really a changeling and the sisters adopted her.
- Ghost Town: There are several such towns in the Everfree Forest, remnants of a past attempt by Ponyville to “tame” the woods.
- High-Class Glass: Glass Eye, the princesses’ chief advisor, wears a monocle.
- Medieval Stasis: Equestria has changed relatively little in the past thousand years.
- Mucking in the Mud: The muddy bog in Chapter 4 makes moving difficult, and eventually starts to suck down its victims like quicksand.
- Mysterious Mist: Both this and Ominous Fog occur in the swamp in Chapter 4. In addition to causing Aurora and Corona to get lost, they herald the arrival of the Will o' the Wisps.
- Mythology Gag: According to Lantern Jaw, members of the Apple family are renowned for their honesty.
- Not a Game: When the sisters are entering the Everfree Forest, Corona makes a joke to lighten the mood; Aurora tells her that their mission is nothing to joke about.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Aurora in Chapter 4:"Leave. Her. Alone!"
- Swamps Are Evil: The swamp in the Everfree Forest is quite sinister.
- This Was His True Form: After Aurora defeats her, “Nightmare Moon” is revealed to be a changeling.
- Tough Act to Follow: In-Universe, Aurora is afraid she’ll never match the legacy left behind by Celestia and Luna.
