Thursday, May 31, 2012

Story: The Moonstone Cup (Update Complete!)


[Adventure] I love badass Twilight so much...

Author: Cyanide
Description: Twilight is invited to Canterlot to compete with some of the greatest magicians in the world for the Moonstone Cup, a prestigious award for the most powerful and skillful magicians, unicorn and otherwise. Can she win? What sort of competition will she face?
The Moonstone Cup (New Part 16+Side Story+Epilogue!)

Additional Tags: Magic, Tournament, Dragons, Rumors, I'm a hero?

46 comments:

OG Snivy said...

Sounds interesting!

Sir Le Flour said...

Twilight fics are always good, and that picture is badflank

Harwick said...

Oh, cool... this story made it to Equestria Daily. I've been digging it so far. I love seeing Twilight throw down against the major magic users of Equestria (and whatever the other nations of the world are called.) It's also fun seeing her as a reluctant celebrity.

And, of course, the inevitable match against the Great and Powerful one.

Looking forward to the next chapter.

Rafasde said...

@Sir Le Flour
And that's a totally not biased opinion, right?

Shadow Heart said...

The only reason I wasn't invited is because chaos conjuration and illusion is not 'real magic'.

That committee can kiss my flank. Chaos is real magic. I can create clouds from a boulder for Celestia's sake. I can make it hail sugar cubes and snow ice cream if I wanted.

Well they better expect it to rain frogs and slime on the day of the competition.

Nykkes64 said...

Twilight must win that competition. We're counting on you. Yours truly, ^_^
Johnny Nykkes
(Nykkes64)

mrsteroids said...

i'd read this, but i dislike Trixie...so... no

Acriaos said...

@mrsteroids
Trixie isn't that important to the story, I wouldn't immediately skip on this story just because of her.

The story is very interesting and well written. It takes a bit too much liberties with other equestrian races for my taste and a dragon / pony magic battle still seems a bit unfair to me, but those things don't distract from the story and a really tense tournament. It will be an interesting finale, that's for sure!

Mr. Unsmiley said...

I've been waiting for a good tournament fic. I hope this one lives up to my expectations.

James Rye said...

@Rafasde

How can it be a biased opinion, when it´s the truth? :P
XDDD

Anyway will give it a look, might interest me if the battles are good written and Twlight isn´t too OP and isn´t OOC.

Alondro said...

@Mr. Unsmiley Twilight's competition in the first round: Negi Springfield, Gildarts, Majin Buu, Clow Reed, and Harry Potter.

It's a multi-verse magical melt-down! This Saturday! Saturday!! SATURDAY!!!! BEEEEEYAAAAATCH!!

DPV111 said...

Looks good, will put in backlog.

blader4411 said...

Gah, how could you cut off the first submission at such a cliffhanger? D:

moocow1452 said...

Couldn't of waited until this one was complete?

Sir Le Flour said...

@Rafasde

Never
*liarjack*
Yep, nothing to do with twilight being second best pony.

FredFredNineNine said...

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

I just started reading it, and it was really good, AND NOW FIMFICTION IS DOWN

NoOne said...

Wow, I never thought I'd see my art on the front page of EqD! I'm elated!!!

Catharsis25 said...

Read all of it in one day. Damn. Next chapter better come soon.

Cyanide said...

@NoOne

Oh, hey! You were also featured in a drawfriend a few days ago. I hope you don't mind that I used your picture for my fic, but the CC license you're using looked like it was alright. It really is a great picture. :)

toboe-lonewolf said...

So much love for badass Twilight.

SO MUCH.

Eagerly waiting for the update and LE ULTIMATE BATTLE

Nova25 said...

An important magic competition, you say ?

Well then... I expect (especially from Twilight) some big and great magic displays... not like in 90% of the Harry Potter series...

honeybo said...

@Cyanide

Should I mind somebody's story getting my artwork featured on EqD? I'm honored that someone would choose it to represent their work!

I did set the CC license accordingly. Data wants to be free, don't-cha know.

NoOne said...

@honeybo

WOW! Someone else was logged into my account and I posted. WHOOPS!

That might have been really confusing...

Cedric Bale said...

The opening to chapter 12 reeaally threw me for loop, thought for a minute that some lost chapter from earlier in the story was getting posted out of order or something. That aside, I'm enjoying this story quite a bit, and I can't wait for the next chapter. I've just gotta' see how this duel plays out. :D

Luna said...

This is a great story for a first time fanfic reader like me

PS am i the only thinking twilight sparkle
Will be turned in to a alicorn

iisaw said...

Awesome story! Badass Twilight but true to her cannon personality! 5/5

Noteperson said...

I've only just found this story, but it sucked me in immediately. I just couldn't stop reading the story until I reached the end of chpt. 12, and now I'm on tenterhooks to find out what's going to happen next.

The storyline is compelling, the presentation of magic interesting, the world-building expansive yet still believable, and the characters true to their canon personalities.

Their are some minor typos and awkward phrasing here and there, but nothing sufficiently noticeable to detract from a 5 star story that I can hardly wait to continue.

Well done, Cyanide!

Sethisto said...

I was going to sleep tonight, but I ended up reading all of it. Moar zomg!

Noteperson said...

@Noteperson

Sigh. In a textbook example of Dean's Law in action, my sentence complaining of typographical errors had a typo in it: it's "there", not "their".

While I'm back here, I also want to mention one thing I left out yesterday - the references to "Friendship is Witchcraft" tickled me. I commend you for including them in an amusing and unobtrusive way.

@Sethisto

You, sir, are a pony of taste and discernment.

Noteperson said...

Ha ha, yes! A new update. Initiating read sequence...

Noteperson said...

... it was everything I hoped for. I won't say anything here to avoid spoiling it, except that the battle most thoroughly rocks.

RedSquirrel456 said...

Read the whole darn thing in one sitting! Holy cow, I love this. It's original, exciting, intriguing... everything a great story needs.

Melodia said...

So this story actually got rejected from here? I *really* hoep it was from former technical issues as this story is far better than most on here.

Happy it managed to catch my eye when it updated.

moocow1452 said...

*Vague Spoiler Alert*

You know, I can kinda see the point of the Dragon Queen's rationale, since that seemed to be localized Discord-tier magic that was going on in that last chapter.

Melodia said...

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metapsionic said...

That story was a ton of fun! I was cheering for Twilight all along. And that last chapter was pure gold, especially with that introspective little bit. I would love to see a wrap-up chapter though. Great writing, thanks for sharing!

EDIT (latest 2 chapters): There is more. Wrapping up is good, thanks for dragging it out, I don't want it to end ^_^

Luna said...

yey for a new chapter release Twi is getting bad ass

metapsionic said...

I don't know how you made me feel sorry for the dragon queen, but I do…just a bit. Fear and paranoia go a long way it seems. And what of Twilight? She's burning herself out. Even if she can handle that much power physically, her mind can't. I hope she finds something to keep herself grounded, besides the princesses, otherwise there'll be trouble. That's assuming she survives this encounter of course.

I want to read more of this so bad, it hurts. Thank you for sharing!

metapsionic said...

Whew. Glad all the fighting's over, I don't think Twilight could have taken much more!

iisaw said...

*tap,tap* Hello? It this thing on?

Update soon?

Please?

Mint Chip said...

"Twilight Sparkle
Will Return
In
Thunderball"

All my want.

iisaw said...

Yesyesyes! Great ending to a great story!

metapsionic said...

A nice, quiet ending, for an exciting, rollercoaster of a tournament. Thank you for sharing :-)

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