A man named Jason wakes up in Equestria as a changeling, and must quickly adapt to blend in and survive. Making use of unlikely allies, can he forge a usable existence into this strange and surprisingly hostile new world?
Based on a true story. Kinda. Not really. A man named Jason previously led a rather melancholy life before he died violently. No surprise there. But as he wakes up in Equestria and is thrown into a foreign body, he is forced to survive with the guise of a changeling. Taking place shortly after the failed changeling invasion of Canterlot, how can he keep from being revealed by new security measures, and blend into this new world, while making use of the most unlikely of allies? But of course, avoiding ponies only turns out to be the easy part when trouble has a habit of reading its ugly head. Really though, what could go wrong?
Working for the Popsicle company as a taste tester, you have gained some skills in the art of using your tongue to expertly lick phallic objects. A unicorn like Twilight might find your skills to be somewhat arousing...
A human takes a path that many in his situation have never taken before.
Featured on 13/09/2013 THANK YOU ALL!!!
"You either die a Hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the Villain."
Jasper William Montgomery, he just turned twenty and is absolutely bored with life. He's not suicidal, depressed, or a drug user with a penchant for drinking, he's just bored. Everything one can do in life, parties, going clubbing, video games, even computers don't really appeal to him. One thing that keeps him sane is watching shows from his youth and the occasional entertaining film. Due to a friends attempt to make him feel better he ends up watching all three seasons of My Little Pony and pretty much laughs at the fictional world. Being labeled a cynic and pretty much given up on by his friends, Jasper is alone. Until he's teleported away to Equestria by an observing Celestia.
Waking up in Equestria is a common plot for Brony fanfiction, but what if you woke up with practically nothing but what you knew and a set of pyjamas? Oh, and while the time skips around in the show, you have to live every day that you don't see?
Better hope somepony has a job for a human. Or it's going to be a long stay.
After the arrival of humanity, and the capture of the changeling queen, a startling breakthrough is made along with an even more horrifying realization.
Special thanks to Craine for help with suggestions and pre-reading. Title shamelessly stolen from this awesome song. Thanks to Sandara for the epic art.
A massive contraption obscures the Equestrian sky. "USS Vector" is engraved on its sides.
"A massive, artificial behemoth made of metal tore through our skies. It loomed over our world, blotting out Celestia's sun and shrouding Luna's moon, leaving those below in the shadows. It sowed chaos and conflict on our nation, something that had not happened in more than a millennium."
"It sits high above us, watching and waiting. What is this monster, and what is to be the fate of Equestria?"
While studying an alien spellform, Twilight makes the most important discovery of all time... The one which could doom her planet. | Horror Rationalfic with Lovecraftian & World of Darkness elements. Deconstruction / Subversion of Displaced.
[Rationalfic Deconstruction / Subversion of Displaced] You’ve read the stories of people from Earth being “Displaced”: Their bodies are changed, their minds are warped, and they’re thrown across the multiverse, to whatever world and timeline their supernal "Displacers" decide upon. Well, this story isn’t one of them...
...because when they tried to remake me, I didn’t let them.
A Rationalist Horror story, in which an Occultist from some version of Earth (implied to be the World of Darkness) undermines her own Displacement and ends up as a Self-Modifying Construct. Scientific Inquiry, Philosophical Debate, Rational Discussion, Body Horror, and Existential Hijinks ensue. Themes, Concepts, and Style inspired by HP Lovecraft, Elizer Yudkowsky, Gordon R Dickson, Edgar Allen Poe, Modern Prometheus (Frankenstein), Dresden Codak, World of Darkness, and Friendship is Optimal. Front page on JUL 28th, AUG 12th, OCT 30, and every update after that.
Your story breaks the shitty norm that most displaced stories have in common by being an 'actually interesting story' instead of a powertrip for a horny teen.
This is like brain porn. My head hurts but in a good way.
Author’s Notes
I often find Displaced fics to be more often Miss than Hit with me. Often, they're generic, poorly written, or just do not do anything worth reading with the concept. This is an experiment to trt out a few other concepts which aren’t used often, even by me, including some which directly subvert Displaced as a genre, and maybe even come up with some advice for those authors. This is also a crossover with the upcoming Dragon: The Oroboroi Chronicles, a World of Darkness rulebook which I lead the development team for.
I hope you all enjoy this, and I implore you to leave some feedback in the comments section: I'll experimenting with a few uncommon concepts here, and I'd like to know how people feel about how they're coming across. :3
FAQ
Because people keep bringing these things up...
Horror/Dark Tags
I've had multiple people ask "how bad does it get?" Note the lack of the "gore", "sad", or "mature" tags or anything like that. Yes, there is blood and death at some point in this story, but the real horror of this story comes from the philosophical and scientific quandaries the characters go through: this is "intellectual horror", not "visceral horror".
Length
In the interest of this NOT becoming one of those long, sprawling fics, I plan to keep this limited to a manageable 10 chapter limit, not counting Prologue and Epilogue. No one wants to read something that long, and I'd rather not be stressing over this 6 months from now.
Sequel
The Sequel is already in the works, with scenes already written. It will be a more episodic story revolving around world optimization and interplanar hijinks.
Crossovers
To be clear, I do plan on having the main character make one of those "Token" things, but as they often get in the way of actual stories, that won't happen until the end of the story. The Sequel will be crossover-heavy.
What should have been a routine track inspection run turns into something that one engineer will remember for the rest of his life.
After a massive storm runs across the state of California, the famous Cajon Pass requires inspection before allowing freight to pass through once again. This is where rookie engineer Nathan Bridgeport wants to prove that he has what it takes to make this job a career.
Little does he know what lies in wait for him and his locomotive on the other side of the San Gabriel Mountains.
(Takes place after Season 3 but before Equestria Girls.)
A seemingly invincible pony falls in love with a displaced, unstable, solider who is far from receptive to her advances. Oh, and she's red and black, too.
Nightblade Bloodmoon:
Half-alicorn, half-zebra, half-changeling. One-hundred percent awesome and irresistible.
Nigel M Chalmers:
Does not want anything to do with her.
Follow Nigel on his quest as he attempts to shake off Nightblade, while also navigating around a foreign world.
Join Nightblade as she attempts to woo him, aided by her mysterious powers of infallibility.
Wonder just how Twilight Sparkle will deal with not one, but two unknown creatures as they cause unintentional havoc upon a peaceful Equestria.
Laugh on as I sink to a brand new low as an author.
What more could you want?
(Twilight appears in the second chapter, as I saw the word count and just had to keep it.)
[All characters are humanized] Have you ever woken up somewhere you didn't recognized or even know how you got there in the first place? Would you even believe me if I told you that I'm in a world which is based on a TV show about
[All characters are humanized]
Have you ever woken up somewhere you didn't recognized or even know how you got there in the first place? Would you even believe me if I told you that I'm in a world which is based on a TV show about colorful ponies with magic and or wings, but instead they are human beings based on those same characters from that same show? I thought that my knowledge of this place would help me out here and maybe help me get back home. But I was wrong.
Featured on 14/03/2014 Story Cover by Mr.Scribe Chapters will be posted, updated and re-edited later. Pre-readers : Katherine Kerensky & Way2dawn: chapter 1 to 3 [All parts]. Way2dawn: Intermission 1 and chapters 4 to 5.
Twilight is teleported to Blood Gulch Canyon after meddling with a ship that crash landed in Equestria. She must enlist the help of the local red and blue soldiers to get home while unraveling a dark conspiracy linking her world to a shadowy agency.
Everything changes for Twilight Sparkle and her friends when a mysterious extraterrestrial ship crash lands in Equestria. When Twilight messes around in the ship's systems with her magic, she ends up transported to an alien world unlike anything she imagined: a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.
To get home, Twilight must enlist the help of the eccentric Red and Blue soldiers that live there... if she can get them to stop bickering first! Additionally, she finds herself being pursued by the enigmatic military agency known only as Project Freelancer. Back in Equestria, all is not well for Twilight's friends as forces involved with the crashed ship make themselves known. Reds, Blues and ponies will all have to work together to discover the mysterious connection between Equestria and Project Freelancer.
A crossover with Red vs Blue. Written with the intention for the story to be followable without having watched the series. (just don't expect to get all the references).
The official second act of Never Judge A Bug By Her Cover
Chrissy and Richard face new hurdles as their new relationship is put at odds with a Princess who pines from afar, and her student who is determined to get them together, no matter who stands in her way.
Will Chrissy and Richard run, will they stay? Or is there another solution?
Come and find out, enjoy the sequel!
19/02/2020. Tidied up the description a bit, it was messy
I was playing Terraria when I found a magic mirror that went somewhere...new.
I found another magic mirror in the dungeons...only this time it didn't go home. It went to an even more magical land. I thought it must have been an update of some kind. Oh how wrong I was.
(I made this because of the lack of Terraria stories.)
Sorry if it's a bit fast paced and unedited. (Scratch that got an editor! ultra1437. He's editing the most recent and will get to the first chapters eventually)
When a magical portal spits out a enraged being, Twilight Sparkle and her friends discover a world being attacked by... them? Now Equestria must go to war and save humanity and its allies before it's too late.
A wondrous portal of light and colors open in Ponyville, one would think it brought good tidings.
They were wrong.
A human, pushed to the brink of madness and misery, attacks the Elements of Harmony. A war, unknown and uncomprehending, being waged for the survival of one species. A power hungry Alicorn setting her sights on new lands.
Now all of Equestria and her people find themselves teetering on the edge of war, war so uncompromising and ruthless against an enemy they all know.
Themselves.
Darkness begins to settle across the entire world, old enemies setting aside their differences for mutual survival.
Now is the time to fight... Now is the time to show the mad so called goddess that they will not bow to her... Now is the time to show Harmony as it is meant to be seen...
The Tyrant has no idea what she has unleashed... But then again... Neither do they.
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Hello, all who see this, it is my displeasure to inform you that RedSkin has resigned from Spectrum and, as a part of an agreement, the original version is here for everyone to see unaltered. We, the remaining members of the Spectrum crew, are going to continue things in a new version that will be coming soon.
Please be patient with us as we try to adjust to this period.
Update all, here is the link to the new version SPECTRUM.
Days prior to the planned march on Rome, an anxious Benito Mussolini decides to take a walk in Naples to clear his mind. However what happens next will change history forever.
Days prior to the planned march on Rome, Benito Mussolini is anxious.
Oh yes, he has been given the go-ahead from the American ambassador and has thousands of blackshirts and some of the most avant-garde fascists behind him. However, this strength is deceptive, just like the confidence he made sure to wear in front of his fellow fascists; his own blackshirt commander told Il Duce that he would not act against the king if he resisted, and there is still the army loyal to the crown that is ready to fight on his word.
Doubt plaguing him, Benito is now at a crossroad: should he continue as planned or perhaps flee Italy altogether? He decides to take a night stroll to iron out his thoughts.
That is, until a freak earthquake hits Naples and changes history forever.
First Lieutenant Jake Carson is aboard the Starstreaker, the most intelligently designed space craft ever conceived by humanity. During his time on board they are ambushed by a Verix fleet and forced to take drastic measures
It's the year 2853 and the human race is more threatened than ever. The cybernetic species known as the "Verix" had been eliminating any and all life they could find. The war began many years ago, when human kind had been branching itself out to new planets, in hope to control it's growing population. After the discovery of the hostile lifeforms, planets have been under constant war. Human kind is slowly losing the fight, and realized they needed to think of a new strategy, or they'll be eradicated. And so began the age of genetic modifications.
Second Lieutenant Jake Carson, a man fighting in the war for humanities survival, returns from his latest mission. Upon returning he is granted the promotion of First Lieutenant, and is scheduled to begin genetic modifications the next day. Then all hell breaks loose.
Arcs are written below (Spoilers for future chapters, separated and blacked out)
Arc One: Contact- Jake finds himself stranded on a planet he's never seen before with other intelligent life. He's on a strict schedule and must make it back to home base before his enemy does, to prepare for the massive battle ahead. Chapters 1-18
Arc Two: Crossfire- The battle is on as Jake (And a certain friend) say their goodbyes for now and make it back to Earth. All of humanity, and more, is at risk of collapse. Not only that, but Jake discovers a small spark in a certain pony... Chapters 19-32
Arc Three: Momentum- With the immediate threat taken care of, Jake and his allies attempt to fortify atop their newfound ally planet. However, before any real progress can be made they are hit with a surprise attack, pushing Luna to make a dire decision. Chapters 33-43
Arc Four: Visions- Jake recovers from his near-death experience with a newfound perspective on the past. While attempting to supress his memories, he was also suppressing his feelings of attachment. Now breaking through these barriers, he will begin to care more for those around him. Chapters 44-54
Arc Five: Relations- Being on temporary leave, Jake uses this chance to get closer to someone he has begun having feelings towards. Hoping to have it flourish into something more. Meanwhile the Verix lurks in the background, learning what they can about this new species. Chapters 55-??
[The the first 12 or so chapters are mostly the events leading up to where Jake is now, and are in 3rd person. The story switches to 1st person after that]
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FEATURED 6/28/2015
THANK YOU ALL!
Edit: For the many more times this has appeared in the feature box again... thank you so much for this great honor! I never thought I would make a story that could constantly make the featured box. And to any new readers here, I hope you have a great time reading
This is my LATEST story I have created. I am working on this in hopes that I can finally make the kind of story I always wanted to. This story will be VERY long, so be ready to grab some popcorn and stay a while if you are late to the party!
I hope you all enjoy the story as much as I enjoy writing it!
LABELED MATURE FOR.... reasons.... (Luna x Human eventually...)
Story starts in third person and transitions into first person. Third person is used in early chapters to catch up the story.
Follow Benkei as he tutors Twilight and her friends as their mentor, delves deeper into the true meaning of friendship, and displays his loyalty to his friends by fulfilling his true purpose for being sent to Equestria.
A Japanese warrior monk, known as Saito Musashibo Benkei, finds himself still alive and kicking, despite having died only days earlier. He finds himself in a strange, confusing, yet wondrous land, full of magical talking ponies who speak an equally bizzare language.
Follow Benkei as he copes with his new world, discovers new allies and friends, and comes to appreciate his new life. But Benkei was not sent to Equestria by chance to enjoy himself and live the rest of his days happily and care free. He was sent for a reason.
He was sent to help.
He was sent to enlighten others.
But most importantly, he was sent, to save Equestria.
Meanwhile, an oddly intelligent bunny by the name of Akeeta befriends Benkei, discovers the truth behind her consciousness, all while dealing with mixed feelings about a certain white bunny.
Note: Character tags will be added as they appear in the story. The mane 6, Spike, and Princess Celestia are the main cast from the show appearing in this story, but appear later on.
This will be my first shot at a historical fiction (sort've, since it's a legend crossed with MLP) , which means I actually had to do a fair bit of research on Japanese warrior monks and folklore to accomplish accurately and smoothly. That said, this is fiction, this is the MLP Universe, and Benkei himself is from a legend, so its still gonna be pretty unrealistic in that sense. I decided against using the japanese names for armor as it just serves to confuse people. However, if you prefer the japanese names, here is a helpful diagram. Also, the weapon Benkei is holding in the cover art is a naginata, in case that wasn't clear.
Also, for those wondering, no, Benkei will not be speaking Japanese for the whole story as I don't actually speak Japanese and have been relying on painstaking crosschecking with google translate to get the simple Japanese phrases that have been included to make sense when translated back to English. Don't worry, he'll be speaking English soon enough.
Lastly, this story will be updated every month . Its sortve a background project I want to continue to write to see how far I can take it while I write other things.
Side Note: Sex Tag is for references to sex, talk about sex, and some heated situations. This is a teen story, and there will be no directly written clop. Sorry!
Comments are very much welcome, even if you just want to say you hate it, so long as a valid reason is provided to enable me to grow as a writer. Thanks for reading!
Below is a simple summary of Benkei's REAL legend that happened preceeding chapter 1, and partially during the prologue.
Japanese legend tells of a man named Saito Musashibo Benkei. The origins of his birth are unknown, and the first time Benkei was seen, he was a fully grown man. After joining a monastery of monks, and then being exiled from it Benkei built a shrine next to a bridge and stood guard. He defeated 999 swordsmen before being bested, and in a display of honor, he became his adversary's retainer. Benkei fought during the Genpei wars, the giant of a man bringing death on the swift wings of his naginata, a bladed pole sword. He lived a long and exciting life, but all good things come to an end, and Benkei died defending the bridge to his master's castle. He defeated 300 samurai before finally dying of mortal wounds, but Benkei did not fall. He died standing up, at least that's how the legend goes.
A friendly stranger delivers some unsettling knowledge about Life, the Universe, and Everything.
A visitor arrives in Equestria, bearing a wealth of knowledge and a troubled past. The Mane 6 are quick to befriend the stranger, who helps them to discover what they truly value in life, and how to achieve it.
But learning to overcome their fears and achieve their desires comes at a steep price, paid by their innocence.
Mostly Drawdex and Beyond the Horizon
