History Fanfic / TheLastHumanATaleOfThePreClassicalEra

* FloralThemeNaming: The members of the Hartfelt Company are named after types of trees. When the human is turned into an earth pony, Starswirl gives him the alias "Cinquefoil", a common name for many flowers of the genus ''Potentilla'', some of which are known as "''five-finger'' blossoms".

* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Played with. The humans eyes are noticeably smaller and beadier then pony eyes, but its clearly indicated the human communicates quite alot with his eyes, so much so it actually scares and unnerves most ponies, especially how they can be full of predatory malice one moment and gentle warmth the next. Or attracts them in the case of Yarack's daughter, [[spoiler: but the human was a pony by then. ]]

** Shmendrick the Magician is played by a young Star Swirl the Bearded.

* FloralThemeNaming: The members of the Hartfelt Company are named after types of trees. When the human is turned into an earth pony, Starswirl gives him the alias "Cinquefoil", a common name for many flowers of the genus ''Potentilla''.

Many centuries before the foundation of Equestria, a nameless young man lives his days in relative peace in a ruined city, his only companions following the death of his mother a flock of pigeons. When he hears a rumor from two passing unicorns that he may be the last of his kind, he sets out on a quest to find out what happened to the others. Along the way, he encounters two unlikely allies: Star Swirl, a young unicorn magician with great untapped potential but no ability to reliably tap into it; and Heartstrings, a unicorn spinster who has longed since filly-hood to see a human for herself.

* FloralThemeNaming: The members of the Hartfelt Company are named after types of trees.

** Molly Grue is played by Hearstrings, an IdenticalAncestor of the G4 pony Lyra Heartstrings.

** King Haggard and the Red Bull are played by General Yarak (a rogue pegasus leader) and his White Roc.

* ShroudedInMyth: Humans have been gone so long in the world, all that remains are stories of their great cities and their great civilization. The deer-folk legends of the "wood wraiths" are clearly half-remembered memories of human deer hunters.

* FusionFic: The story blends the mythos of ''Friendship is Magic'' and ''The Last Unicorn'' quite well:

* IntriguedByHumanity: Starswirl was very interested about humanity and their time when he asked the human about them.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with; humans are mostly remembered as aggressive and vicious predators who made war amongst themselves for seemingly no reason. At the same time, they are acknowledged as being highly advanced and creative, and capable of great deeds, hence their reputation as "the creature of contradictions".

Many centuries before the foundation of Equestria, a nameless young man lives his days in relative peace in a ruined city, his only companions following the death of his mother a flock of pigeons. When he hears a rumor from two passing unicorns that he may be the last of his kind, he sets out on a quest to find out what happened to the others. Along the way, he encounters two unlikely allies: Star Swirl, a young unicorn magician with great untapped potential but no ability to reliably tap into it; and Heartstrings, a unicorn spinster who has longed to see a human for herself.

* AntiMagic: It appears that humans are almost completely immune to magic, and to those sensitive to such things they stand out like sore thumbs.

* ShroudedInMyth: Humans have been gone so long in the world, all that remains are stories of their great cities and their great civilization. The deerfolk's legends of the "wood wraiths" are clearly half-remembered memories of human deer hunters.