The Empty Room
is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfiction by Wanderer D.
Originally, it's about the ramifications of Celestia discovering she had a child, and not remembering any of it. Unfortunately, things quickly get worse with the death of Twilight Sparkle, the release of Celestia's Superpowered Evil Side, and a shadowy figure known only as the Guardian seemingly running things from behind the scenes.
(currently undergoing a rewrite)
This fanfic contains examples of:
- Armour-Piercing Question: "Sister... did you ever have a filly?"
- Because Destiny Says So: Trixie's death adventure and revival turn out to be pre-destined; she had to die to travel back in time and help create the Cambro.
- Black Cloak: Each member of the Council of Nightmares wears one at some point or another.
- Cerebus Syndrome:
Word of God says he intended more comedy (and a 6-chapter story).
- Death Equals Redemption: Arguably, Trixie fits the letter of the trope better than the spirit; she begins the story dying as a potential antagonist, then becomes one of the lead protagonists.
- The Dragon: Too many to count, though Twilight Spark, Jade and Spitfire may be the most obvious. And in Spitfire's case, this became more or less literal as well.
- Heel–Face Turn: Medallion off! Also Twilight Spark, who, when the dust has settled, gets to live as an earth pony named Dawn.
- Functional Magic: Both the magic inherent to the universe as well as the Cambro with which Trixie and Twilight Sparkle are resurrected.
- Never Found the Body: Well, they did find a horn, but...
- Well, there is a body, we just didn't know whose it was at first.
- Purple Prose: The man sure does love his descriptions. Doesn't really detract from the story, fortunately.
- Rags to Royalty: Twilight Sparkle, "Sleeping Beauty" Style.
- Shout-Out: .Hack, other MLP fanfics, and The Sixth Sense, 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. Ryoga much? Then in chapter 21 the Guardian is hit with a Hiryu Shoten Ha.
- Spear Carrier: A few guards have done so, when they don't end up burned to a crisp.
- Superpowered Evil Side: A very important trope to this fic...which often ends up being subverted somehow.
- Nightmare Moon, oddly enough, turns out to be the Big Good of the story. She even willingly disperses, leaving only Luna, at the end.
- The resurrected Twilight Spark is another subversion. She's a deranged clone made with the real Twilight's horn.
