History Fanfic / HarmonyTheory

The tensions between the two sides of Equestria only increase with the arrival of a living superweapon and it looks like Nightmare Umbra, alicorn of war is set to return. And what does Rainbow's arrival have to do with the activities of the criminal Max Cash?

* ArrangedMarriage: The griffons and changelings have eugenics programs. The Solar King also hs the power to arrange this. [[spoiler: He uses this power to betroth Star Fall to his son]].

* ImpossibleTask: The Maul is an obstacle course designed to be impossible to complete which is used in training Solar Kingdom spies. [[spoiler: Rainbow complete it, but with a lot more difficulty than she expected as she didn't realise that she'd have to be dodging bullets, missiles and melee fighters at the time.]]

* WarGod: Nightmare Umbra is thought of this way. But she is feared rather thn worshipped.

* LightningBruiser: Rainbow is faster, stronger and tougher than pretty much every modern pony.

* HermeticMagic: As a pegasus, Star Fall has no horn and so casts spels by drawing magic circles on spell paper.

* VegetarianVampire: Changelings have restrictions on how they can feed. Typically feeding on the love of parents with dead children. Calumn actually considers it wrong to feed on Blaze despite Blaze giving him permission to.

* VegetrianVampire: Changelings have restrictions on how they can feed. Typically feeding on the love of parents with dead children. Calumn actually considers it wrong to feed on Blaze despite Blaze giving him permission to.

* FantasticSlur: "Insect" for changeling. Also [[NicknamingTheEnemy the two sides of Eqyestria call each other "lunatics" and "sun-heads".]]

* ImpossibleTask: The Maul is an obstcle course designed to be impossible to complete which is used in training Solar Kingdom spies. [[spoiler: Rainbow complete it, but with a lot more difficulty than she expected as she didn't realise that she'd have to be dodging bullets, missiles and melee fighters at the time.]]

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: After Charisma sees what Rainbow can do, she seems impressed and starts calling her "Hot Stuff". She is also pleased by Blaze's resistance to torture.

* TranslationConvention: There are at least three languages in the fic. All three are represented by English in the fic. A switch in languages is represented by writing the language which is spoken less in that scene italics.

* HermiticMagic: As a pegasus, Star Fall has no horn and so casts spels by drawing magic circles on spell paper.

* BadassBookworm: Star Fall.

* GeniusLoci: The Everstorm seems entient and malevolent.
* {{Gotterdammerung}}: Celestia and Luna are now [[spoiler: sealed in their respective celestil bodies]].

* RealityIsOutToLunch: The Everstorm.

* TranslationConvention: There are at least three languages in the fic. All three are represented in the fic. A switch in languages is represented by writing the language which is spoken less in that scene italics.

* DeadpanSnarker: Astrid telling Star that she [[SarcasmMode regrets becoming and "unstoppable badass" instead of learning "egghead language"]] shows her to be this.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Rainbow, Astrid and Star Fall acttually manage to [[spoiler: chase off Nightmre Umbra. However, Umbra is still regaining her strength.]]

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: After Charisma sees wht Rainbow cn do, she seems impressed and starts calling her "Hot Stuff". She is also pleased by Blaze's resistance to torture.

* IWantMyJetpack: Rainbow actually asks why they don't have jetpacks. Str Fall is actually a bit dissapointed at how unimpressed Rainbow seems with the future.

* ManipulativeBastard: Max Cash with alittle help from [[spoiler: a couple of Elements of Harmony]].

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Modern Equestria is both more scientificlly advanced ''and'' more religious than Rainbow is used to. She considersit strange to think of the alicorns as gods or to pray to them. Twinkle Shine lampshades how this is different from what her clss might expect.

* SlaveRace: Every griffon is pledged to serve the Solar King as his magic is keeping their species from extinction.
* SuperSoldier: How Rainbow is viewed.

* Deadpan Snarker: Astrid telling Star that she [[SarcasmMode regrets becoming and "unstoppable badass" instead of learning "egghead language"]] shows her to be this.

After the defeat of Chrysalis, Celestia assigns Twilight the task of studying The Elements of Harmony. Over a thousand years later, Rainbow Dash wakes up underground, next to a dead stallion, with no memory of anything that has happened since Ponyville was assigned tornado duty, in a world very different to the one she is used to. Equestria has split in two, the magic of the world has faded, the geography, cultures and languages are not what he is familiar with and the first thing she does gets her in trouble with the Lunar Republic's police force.

* TranslationConvention: There are at least three languages in the fic. All three are represented in the fic. A switch in languages is represented by making the language which is spoken less italics.
* WillingChannel: Nightmare Umbra is possessing the willing [[spoiler: Twinkle Shine]].

* MySpeciesDothProtestToMuch: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Calumn has an existential crisis about his identity as a changeling and what that means, but changelings do not seem to be AlwaysChaoticEvil in this fic. Just [[BlueAndOrangeMorality different]].

* TheInterplayOfSexAndViolence: Charisma is sometimes turned on by the idea of others being injured.

* MySpeciesProtestethToMuch: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Calumn has an existential crisis about his identity as a changeling and what that means, but changelings do not seem to be AlwaysChaoticEvil in this fic. Just [[BlueAndOrangeMorality different]].

* {{Gotterdammerag}}: Celestia and Luna are now [[spoiler: sealed in their respective celestil bodies]].

* WhenTheMagicWentAway: The Schism [[spoiler: as part of Celestia and Luna's plan.]]

After the defeat of Chrysalis, Celestia assigns Twilight the task of studying The Elements of Harmony. Over a thousand years later, Rainbow Dash wakes up underground next to a dead stallion with no memory of anything that has happened since Ponyville was assigned torndo duty in a world very different to the one she is used to. Equestria has split in two, the magic of the world has faded, the geography, cultures and languages are not what he is familiar with and the first thing she does gets her in trouble with the Lunar Republic's police force.

The tensions between the two sides of Equestria only increase with the arrival of a living superweapon. and it looks like Nightmare Umbra, alicorn of war is set to return. And what does Rainbow's arrival have to do with the activities of the criminal Max Cash?