• Story: The Silent Shore

    [Dark/Creepy] Ghost story time!

    Author: The Descendant
    Description: In the midst of autumn's splendor Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Applejack and Rainbow Dash head north to participate in the Hoftston Mare-athon segment of the annual Running of the Leaves.

    Yet, as they meet the sea something seems to draw Rainbow Dash down, down into the fog and uncertainty that rolls in from beyond the Everfree Forest.

    What secrets of old Equestria hide in the deep woods and upon the silent shore?
    The Silent Shore Part 1 - The Lantern Bearer
    The Silent Shore Part 2 - The Unfortunates
    The Silent Shore Part 3 - The Elder Lord


    Additional Tags: An old Equestrian ghost story...

    22 comments:

    1. Sounds interesting enough. I may sit and read this one

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    2. Oh I love ghosty stories!

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    3. I read this a while back on dA. Highly recommended.

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    4. Alright another Descendant story! Definitely reading this!

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    5. Is this a Silent Hill/Pony story? Just curious.

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    6. Well it's not Grimdark so I'll probably read.

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    7. It's horrible, and beautiful... I was crying at the end and I don't know why. I love it. It's wonderfully well-written, and very deep. Thanks descendant, for depriving me of my sleep tonight

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    8. I love how the three main ponies in this story are AJ, Dash, and Twi /)^3^(\

      I've always thought that if the Mane 6 ever broke up into two groups of three with 1 Unicorn, 1 Earth pony, and 1 pegasus, it'd be this and Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity.

      I like to think that because AJ/RD/Twi have that gung-ho attitude and overall awesomeness. (RD's flight skillz, AJ's power, and Twi's magic affinity)

      While Pinkie, Shy, and Rarity are the more gentle and feminine types who aren't as adept in adventuring. Anyway, I'll give it a read just b/c it's that particular group of three :D

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    9. That was pretty good, a really good Halloween story.

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    10. Wow...just...wow.

      I don't think I've ever read such an atmospheric story here on Equestria Daily. This was so creepy (perfect for Halloween, really) and full of such vivid descriptions that I could really envision everything that was going on very clearly. I was hooked every second of reading this.

      I love how you bookended the story with the crow, by the way. Just adds to the whole atmosphere. Really wonderful story.

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    11. Hee hee, it's lonely here.

      Perfect hiding spot to avoid Celestia.
      And a good story to read to pass time as well.

      Also, tell me if Celestia comes around looking for me, she's probably mad startinnnggg . . . Now

      P.S. guess who (It's me, Shadow Heart)

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    12. This sounds interesting, i love those ghost story stuff.

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    13. Wow, I give this 5 stars. It was scary and creepy, but very heartbreaking. Finding out about that bit of tragic history about Equestria after living some part of it almost brought tears to my eyes for them. Great job!

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    14. The Descendant delivers once again. Bravo, lad.

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    15. Definitely worth the read. The imagery was great and learning the history and meaning for everything brought tears.

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    16. Well finally read it and it was really freakin amazing.
      EVERYONE should read this. THIS is how you do scary with Ponies.
      Now I know why so many creepypasta stories resort to grimdark death and torture of main characters for impact. It's because the authors lack the ability to write this well.

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    17. Great story, Loved the creepy atmosphere in the fog and how all the characters reacted too it =)

      2 thumbs up

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    18. Fantastic. Amazingly well done.

      I liked how the opening was done. The description was clear and vivid, setting the story into a slightly gloomy tone. Dash had pretty good characterization. There was a nice contrasting description between Whitetail woods and the Everfree forest somewhere along chapter 1.


      I got sucked into the story at the ship part. There was some general creepy feel along this stretch, matched nicely with plenty of description. There was some nice buildup of creepiness after the ship incident. I'm surprised how you managed to make the beach feel scary. Usually its much easier to write about a haunted house or something like that, but here you chose a beach and did it well.

      I wasn't very sure about where Twilight was near the beginning of Chapter 2. I guess the forest simply connects to the beach or something.. Some stretches were a little draggy.

      The roundup of the story was downright amazing. you managed to tie up all loose ends of the story in that Tale of the Perytons. The events all fitted well and the story now makes sense. It's really good that you did this instead of leaving the loose ends hanging and the story vague. You even linked it back to your opening description of the crow, giving it a sense of completeness.


      Very nicely written.

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