• Story: The Somewhere Cycle; Volume 1: "Wander and Green Brier"


    [Normal][Crossover][War]

    Author: The Descendant
    Description: Wander is a city colt who has fought his way up through the ranks.

    Green Brier is born to gentry and fights to maintain his ideals.

    No two ponies in Equestria are probably more different, but both keep inside themselves a powerful secret. Both of them have memories of a time of horrific war fought by baffling creatures on a distant world. Of those creatures two showed them what it means to be an officer, what sacrifices a good soldier must make, and how friendship can surpass even the borders of time and space.

    In this story, the first of The Somewhere Cycle, Wander and Green Brier share with you, the reader, these memories. See if you can figure out who their beloved masters were and what famed horses they were in our reality before the story ends!

    The Somewhere Cycle; Volume 1: "Wander and Green Brier"
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    17 comments:

    1. Looks interesting may have to check it out

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    2. :O I love you. I've always wanted one like this!

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    3. *Stares at tags*

      Me: IS WAR A NEW TAG?!!?

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    4. wait, what is this a crossover with?

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    5. Here's my before-reading prediction: One of the ponies is Shadowfax.

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    6. @banjo2E

      Nope, good guess though! Both of these horses were real...and perhaps just as noble as Tolkein's imagined steed, maybe moreso.

      I'm going to be in the area where one of them is buried. This story has got me thinking I should stop and pay my respects.

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    7. Does this relate to the battle of Stalingrad?

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    8. American Civil War, I think. One of them belonged to general Robert E. Lee (I think). The battle in the second chapter sounds like the Seven Days Battles.

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    9. Yup, American Civil War (that's my guess). One belonged to general Robert E. Lee, the other to general Ulysses S. Grant.

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    10. Just finished the last chapter, and I must say, Well done! (and I was right!)

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    11. It would be really nice if [Crossover] fics were tagged with what they were a crossover WITH.

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    12. This is one of the most amazing pieces of fiction -- not just fanfiction -- that I have ever read. Writing like this will bring us into a new era of fanfic.

      I'm just afraid because there's humans in this, and because the format is different, that no one's gonna read this. D: If you read this comment and you're unsure of whether you want to tackle this story: please do! It's worth it.

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    13. This was the best fanfic I've read. The man's a superb author.

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    14. This is very good, and not quite like anything I've ever seen before. It takes a while before the pony side of the crossover becomes familiar, but it's worth the wait. The relationship between Wander and Luna was unexpected, but in hindsight, inevitable.

      I'm pretty sure the battles we see here are Seven Days, Wilderness/Spotsylvania Courthouse, Gettysburg, and Petersburg. The bit with Grant's presidency was a lot of fun as well.

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    15. Quite good. The classicist in me wonders if future installments in this series will involve Black Hat.

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    16. So.. before I read this.. what IS this a Crossover WITH?

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    17. @Scarlet Index

      Kinda a major spoiler, but it's a "crossover" with our reality about 150 years ago. I also think the author was trying to be cute and use the "crossover" tag to describe what happens to the characters.

      Seriously though, this is definitely worth a read.

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