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Today is the big one, the Super Tuesday of the primary season, with six states holding primaries across the country, including Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon,and Pennsylvania.
WHO'S ON THE BALLOT?Today's key race features the senate minority leader pummeling a tea party challenger in Kentucky, setting up perhaps the marquee matchup of 2014. A pediatric neurosurgeon is trying to get the GOP nomination in Oregon after a weekend of stories about her personal life. Children and grandchildren of politicians are trying to send another generation to elected office. And a Clinton in-law is eager to get her old House seat back. That's just a taste of the variety of choices voters have in the six states voting today.
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THE START OF A REAL BLUEGRASS BRAWL: The Kentucky GOP Senate primary is tonight's marquee race although polls show Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell beating his tea party challenger Matt Bevin by a wide margin. The most recent survey, an NBC News/Marist poll from earlier this month had McConnell leading by 32 points. And how big (or small) the margin is will be important to look at as well. WHY IT MATTERS: McConnell was the number one target for the tea party, but it looks like they have fell short–well short–in this fight. The race was supposed to be a closer battle coming into primary season with McConnell's unpopularity and Bevin's significant personal finances, but Bevin was a flawed candidate that made serious campaign trail errors and with no political experience was just not up to the challenge. Bevin did have money and national political groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Madison Project backing his candidacy, but it didn't matter as the campaign mistakes and other errors proved too much to topple a giant. This race is still important because as soon as it is over it marks the official start to the general election in the Bluegrass State. McConnell vs. his Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes will be the most closely watched race this cycle. In that same NBC News/Marist poll the McConnell vs. Grimes face off shows the 35-year-old ahead of the congressional leader by 9 points. The race could determine control of the Senate and will be a closely watched brawl to the very end.
A SEVEN-WAY BATTLE IN GEORGIA: Tonight, seven Republicans will vie to oppose Democrat Michelle Nunn, who could be a bright spot for Democrats this cycle. The top contenders are David Perdue, the cousin of former Gov. Sonny Perdue and the former CEO of Dollar General; Karen Handel, the former Georgia secretary of state who's backed by conservatives including Sarah Palin, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, and blogger/commentator Erick Erickson; and U.S. Reps. Jack Kingston, Phil Gingrey, and Paul Broun. With none of them likely to gather over 50 percent of the vote Tuesday night, the GOP primary will almost certainly head to a July 22 runoff. Polls have shown Perdue leading, with Kingston and Handel as the other top contenders. WHY IT MATTERS: Nunn, the former CEO of the George H.W. Bush-founded Points of Light Foundation and the daughter of former Georgia Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn, is a strong candidate for Democrats in an unexpected state, and Georgia could be an oasis for the party in an otherwise barren 2014 Senate landscape. Despite Georgia's deep red leanings in recent years, polls have shown her narrowly beating the Republicans in the field. Perdue brings the most significant outside money behind him, while Handel, with her endorsements, brings tea party bona fides. Whoever advances tonight, a competitive general-election lies ahead.
POLITICAL OFFSPRING TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE PEACHTREE STATE: For Democrats in Georgia, 2014 is all about turning back the clock. Former U.S. president and Georgia governor Jimmy Carter's grandson state Sen. Jason Carter is running to follow in his grandfather's footsteps, challenging sitting Republican Gov. Nathan Deal. Michelle Nunn is running to fill her father's shoes, hoping to replace retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Perhaps surprisingly given Georgia's strongly Republican voting patterns in recent years, both of them are competitive: Multiple polls show Nunn leading her GOP opponents, and two major surveys this month from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and NBC News/Marist have shown Carter trailing by four and 10 percentage points, respectively. Tonight, Nunn will almost certainly advance, and Carter certainly will: He's the only qualified Democratic candidate for governor. WHY THEY MATTER: Democrats have talked about a Southern resurgence in the Obama era, and while they've made gains in Virginia and North Carolina, Republicans have maintained a stronghold in the conservative Deep South. Georgia had a Democratic senator and a Democratic governor as recently as 2003, when Roy Barnes governed the state and Max Cleland represented it in the Senate. Nunn and Carter are running competitive campaigns now, but they'll have to navigate issues of health care, gun control, and President Obama's unpopularity if they're to pull off the unexpected and turn a Deep-South state blue in 2014.
RAGE AGAINST THE (CLINTON) MACHINE IN PENNSYLVANIA: What should have been a virtual lockdown in the thirteenth congressional district Democratic primary for former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies, who just happens to be Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law, has become a competitive four-way race as Rep. Allyson Schwartz leaves her seat to run for governor. Margolies, who has struggled to connect with voters, faces strong competition from opponent Brendan Boyle, a state legislator whose campaign focuses on the middle class. The brash yet highly popular State Senator Daylin Leach is also a force to contend with, and Valerie Arkoosh, a practicing obstetric anesthesiologist who spent time working on Obamacare policy, has built her campaign on the success of the healthcare bill. WHY IT MATTERS: This primary race has been called a "fight for the soul of the Democratic party." Why has the highly-connected Margolies, who has had both Bill and Hillary Clinton join the campaign trail–as well as a last minute robo-call from the former president–not been a consistent front-runner? It may come down to two ads in the district, which really show the differences between Margolies and Boyle. One, for Margolies, features Bill Clinton speaking about his longtime ally. Boyle's ad shows the image of a man — the candidate's Irish immigrant father — sweeping the platform at a Philadelphia train station, and tells his "American Dream" story. A win for Boyle, who has raised the least money of the four candidates but boasts a strong grassroots operation, could possibly set the tone for 2016. Boyle, 37, is the youngest candidate in the race by 15 years, and Margolies, at 71, is doing well with older voters who remember her time in the House in the early 1990s. Will the Clintons have coattails?
RACE TO REPLACE THE COUNTRY'S MOST VULNERABLE GOV: The Democratic primary to try and replace the most vulnerable governor in the country, Pennsylvania's Tom Corbett has been a four-way fight, but now it looks like this is businessman Tom Wolf's to lose. Wolf is up against Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz who started this race with the momentum. Besides Wolf and Schwartz, State Treasurer Rob McCord and Katie McGinty, an environmental adviser during the Clinton administration are on the ballot. WHY IT MATTERS: Wolf is leading in state polls, although he was practically unknown when the race started. He heads one of the country's largest manufacturers of kitchen and bathroom cabinets and has poured most of the over $14 million he has raised into television advertising trying to introduce himself to Keystone state voters and bring up his name recognition. Corbett has already been focusing his fire on Wolf while Wolf's Democratic opponents have attacked him for how much money he has spent and Schwartz, who ran embracing Obamacare, has hit Wolf for lack of political experience.
WILL A STRANGE TALE IN OREGON CHANGE GOP FATE?: It has been quite a few days in the GOP primary race in Oregon. Revelations came to light over the weekend that an ex-boyfriend of Dr. Monica Wehby –a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon who was the first woman to graduate from UCLA's neurosurgery program–called the police last April and claimed she was "stalking him," although he helped fund a super PAC attacking her opponent, state representative Jason Conger. Andrew Miller, a lumber executive, says he still backs Wehby and he "regrets" ever getting the police involved. Before the news surfaced, first reported by Politico, Wehby seemed poised for victory. But, just the night before the primary The Oregonian reported on the existence of a 2007 police report, which details Wehby's ex-husband's allegations of harassment while they were going through a divorce. Wehby's now ex-husband, Jim Grant, also called 9-11 after this altercation with her. Also Monday night, KGW, the NBC affiliate in Portland, revealed another police report Grant filed in 2009. This time over a custody issue. WHY IT MATTERS: These are strange tales, but as Oregon is a vote by mail state it may not have any impact on the primary, although in the last election 55 percent of voters did drop off their ballot in person on election day. If Wehby wins tonight it's likely all three of these incidents will be used against her in the general election against incumbent Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley. In a Friday debate, Conger said the situation raised questions about her judgment that could be used against her in the general election match up. Wehby is considered a rising star in her party and said in a statement the initial police report and 911 call being released is the "cost of challenging the political status quo." Wehby blames the revelations on politics, noting in a statement she is "deeply saddened that such a personal matter, which bears no relevance to my Senate campaign, has been used as a political weapon to attack my character." Wehby's candidacy has buoyed Republicans who now see Oregon as a possible pick up in their race to gain control of the Senate. She's been backed by Republicans including Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Dr. Ben Carson, and has campaigned heavily against Obamacare. Conger is seen as the more socially conservative choice and has been backed by Oregon Right to Life and Rick Santorum. Oregon has not elected a Republican in a statewide election since 2002, but because of Merkley's support of the Affordable Care Act in a state that had an especially disastrous roll-out of its state health care exchange, which ultimately failed, he is seen as vulnerable.
AN ESTABLISHMENT VS. TEA PARTY BRAWL, THIS ONE FEATURING MITT ROMNEY: Attorney Bryan Smith, backed by the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks, is trying to topple incumbent Rep. Mike Simpson in the Idaho second congressional district GOP primary. Simpson is backed by the business community, including the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has run ads, over $2 million worth, on his behalf including one featuring Mitt Romney.WHY IT MATTERS: Looking into the camera Romney says Simpson deserves support because "the stakes are very high in this election because Washington spending is out of control," stressing he has "seen him in action." This was another tea party vs. establishment fight and although polling is scarce, Club for Growth stopped airing ads in this race last month signaling this may no longer be as competitive as it once looked.
THE ARKANSAS FACE-OFF IN A BATTLE FOR THE SENATE: Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are expected to secure their respective party's nominations in the Arkansas Senate primary Tuesday night. The Pryor family name runs deep in Arkansas as Pryor's father held the same Senate seat his son is fighting for and served as the state's governor. Pryor's father also forged a strong alliance with the Clinton family which could help boost Pryor in the general election. Cotton, a first-term Congressman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is a conservative rising star and is seen by Republicans as one of their top chances to topple Democrats this year. WHY IT MATTERS: There won't be any surprises when it comes to the Arkansas Senate primary. Pryor and Cotton have a distinct advantage compared to other midterm campaigns this year — neither candidate is facing a tough primary race. Pryor enjoys an unchallenged race as the Democratic incumbent while Cotton had establishment Republicans and tea partiers rally around him early on. This has allowed Pryor and Cotton to stay focused on the general election instead of worrying about contentious primary challenges. Republicans are hoping to pick up a Senate seat in this red state, but recent polls show Pryor ahead less than six months from election day. An NBC News/Marist poll released earlier this month had Pryor up eleven points over Cotton.
A COWBOY, A CURMUDGEON, A BIKER, AND A NORMAL GUY WALK INTO AN IDAHO VOTING BOOTH: It wasn't just that brave cat who took on a dog to save a little boy that lit up the Internet last week. The strangest debate of all time also became a viral sensation. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has a real primary challenge from state. Sen. Russ Fulcher, but in order to debate Otter said all of his challengers must be on stage. So they were joined by Walt Bayes and perennial candidate Harley Brown. Brown, wearing biker gear including leather gloves, defended his tendency to offend with racist jokes saying he is waging war against political correctness: "I'm about as politically correct as your proverbial turd in a punchbowl and I'm proud of it," he said when asked about jokes on his campaign website targeted at African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, women, Jews, and almost every other possible religion or ethnicity. Bayes, sporting his long white beard, spent most of the debate railing against abortion. Brown may have put it best when he said, "Folks, you have a choice: A cowboy, a curmudgeon, a biker or a normal guy. Take your pick." Not to be lost in all this is a real race between Otter and Fulcher and another establishment vs. tea party primary. There's been scarce polling, but Fulcher has tried to paint Otter as not conservative enough. It's a race Otter told the Spokesman-Review he never saw coming: "Did I ever believe in my life somebody would run at me from the right? No, I didn't."


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In mere moments, I was no longer in the castle. I kept my eyes closed, listening carefully to the gentle hum that had replaced the buzzing of bugs and rustle of leaves. The old and damp smell of the castle's floors and wall, along with the refreshing scent of healthy leaves and flowers in the breeze, all vanished and were replaced by dense, odourless air. I took a gentle breath. It was still alien, like the rest of the world that had been manufactured around me in the span of a few seconds. I could feel my mane falling to my sides and spilling across the gelled floor pushing against me. I could feel the very mood of the space change from that of the wild and ultimately dangerous Everfree Forest to something that had been given physical form inside my own mind by magic.
"Fluttershy?" whispered a gentle voice. A saddened sigh escaped me in response. I didn't want to talk to her right now.
The humming echoed inside my chest, shaking the weight I had pushed into my gut. I tightened my eyelids shut. Nopony needed to see what was buried, nopony could be hurt if I kept it in control and found a better use for it. But there was nopony to hurt. The pressure rose. Tears started to build.
"I'm sorry, Fluttershy. I know you're angry," the mare's voice apologised. "But it was not without the best intentions."
You lied to me. I couldn't speak. If I opened my mouth there would be no stopping it, and I shuddered at the thought, and the temptation, to just let it out – to just scream and scream at the voice until the world around me shattered and swallowed me whole. You told me everypony was okay, but they're not. They're all gone.
"I cannot say anything more about it, little one. The risk of worsening your condition by speaking too freely is all but a guarantee now."
But you led me on. You made me want to remember because of what you assured me. The last two meetings came to mind. The soft words about how the mare was my friend, about how everypony wanted to know what had happened to me in the last few months – even the deliberate use of magic to soothe and calm me – had all been used to make me willing to go through whatever it was that I obviously didn't want to remember. I don't want to go through the heartache again. I don't want to remember any more.
"I know how it feels, Fluttershy-"
With a grunt I clenched my teeth, and tears started to slide down my cheeks. How can I believe you? I'm sorry, but I just can't do it anymore. My friends, the little fillies and colts, even little Spike… Oh Celestia, why did I have to remember any of that? Why do you want me to relive another second of it?
There was a pause in the space. The dense air somehow felt even heavier; the floor seeming like it was sagging under the stress.
"I can't answer that." the voice said.
My breaths became ragged and desperate; the floodgates were threatening to burst. I had never been this angry before. I had never felt this betrayed or used. Each breath I took I held onto for as long as possible. I had to keep my emotions under control.
Please. Leave me alone. I need to be alone.
I thought I heard the voice stumble on her words. "I wish I could, Fluttershy, but the spell allows me to see and hear everything, you know that already."
Then end the spell, I immediately thought.
"Fluttershy!" she gasped, "Doing that will wipe away not just the memories you've recovered, but even things from much further back! The damage it could cause-"
I couldn't control myself anymore. It was too much. In a split second I was off the floor and airborne – staring through glassy eyes into the vast collage of greys and splotches of colour. "Let me go!" I heard myself beg. "Just let me go!" My wings didn't wait for an answer. As fast as they could, they whisked me up through the shimmering planes and increasingly cluttered collections of shapes. Through misty eyes I saw blurs of colour and distortion whooshing past, but I tore through without paying any attention; I had to get out. There was nothing that I wanted more than being free.
The voice's screams pierced through, trying to slow me down, "No, Fluttershy! You mustn't leave!" A blue strip formed out of the formless sky and lunged out for me. I dived down steeply, narrowly missing its touch. The mare yelled again, but this time she was angry, and more tendrils flew out of the abyss after me. "Do you not realise what you're doing? Stop this instant! Fluttershy!"
There was no turning back. I couldn't control myself, I couldn't do this anymore. I had to get out – I had to get out now. Forgetting everything would set me free; I wouldn't be a prisoner inside my own memories.
There was a spark off to my right, and from it came an inky darkness spreading through the air and fusing with everything it touched. I turned my head towards it, not slowing down for a heartbeat, and watched it mix into somepony's face. Wait, it was not a pony, it was a Diamond Dog. He was staring straight at me, his yellow teeth showing through a smug and menacing grin.
"Seize the pony!" he cried. "Take her away to the mines!"
The blood drained away from my face, and the pain spurring me on turned into pure terror. With a yelp I turned my head away, flapping my wings as fast they could move to escape. The world around me was no longer grey, it was dark and suffocating. Flame torches dotted the path I flew along, though the light fell on nothing but the forelegs in front of my face. With nowhere else to go, I followed them – they had to lead somewhere, right?
Behind me I could hear the bloodthirsty howls and barks of countless dogs in pursuit, almost drowning out the furious chants of the hunters, "Capture the pony! Tie her down!"
"Why are you doing this?" I screamed over the vicious howls. There were no explanations, only more dogs joining the chase. The chanting grew louder and louder:
"Capture the pony! Tie her down! Send her to work deep underground!"
An iron cage rushed out of the shadows, trapping me inside. The door slammed behind me, announcing what the Diamond Dogs wanted to hear. In seconds the cage was surrounded by dozens of pairs of eyes and sets of grinning teeth. The barks and cries of the hounds rang in my ears, their chant a victory song.
"Capture the pony! Tie her down! Send her work to deep underground!"
My eyes darted from side to side, my hooves hopelessly pushed against the bars. I was trapped. "No, No! Please let me go!" the words barely reached my ears, drowned out by my sobs and the roar of countless dogs peering inside the cage with satisfaction. I hid behind my mane and hooves. This was a nightmare, a horrible nightmare!
I slammed against the walls, again and again, each impact causing the vision to flicker and arc around me. I kicked harder and harder, knocking the breath out of my own lungs. The dogs' song tried to cut through me, but I wasn't going to give up. With one final buck, my hind legs broke through, shattering the vision into pieces. I glanced around, catching sight of the dogs fizzling out into nothingness. The sounds died with them, and in moments I was drifting in an endless expanse of bright light and silence, staring at the hole I had opened and been sucked through. Had I escaped? Had I broken free from the spell?
What spell?
My ears twitched, and I spun around to face the source. There were voices, panicked and frightened. I threw my wings down, twisting my body around in the space and propelling me forwards. Gradually the voices became clear enough to understand them.
"What's going on? Why is this happening?" said a young mare's voice – or maybe it was not a pony? I couldn't tell. "She's in pain. You've got to stop!"
Me? Is she talking about me? What was I listening to?
A cold, wet cloth strip was wiped across my forehead, and the shock stirred my senses. I may have been flying in… I don't know where, but I was aware of another place entirely. I could hear skittish steps scraping on a wooden floor, a number of metallic, shimmering rings in distinct tones, and someone to my far right grunting as if they were lifting something heavy.
"Fluttershy!" another voice rang out, much closer than the last and with a raspy tone fitting for a colt.
He knows my name. How do I know him?
Something gripped my left foreleg, holding on tight and refusing to let go. Four points dug into my leg, and though it hurt, it felt… Welcomed. Everything in my mind went blank, and I brought my gaze to my leg. There was nothing visibly there, but I could feel it. It was as if it were a ghost holding onto me. My wings fell out of sync and left me floating in the light, but I barely noticed. All I could concentrate on was the feeling of another being's warmth travel up my leg, and the chaos assaulting my ears growing into a crescendo.
"Who let the twerp in here?" A gruff voice called out.
"Let go of her!" another voice joined, falling in with a scuffle of hurried steps. "Waking her would hurt her even more! The spell must not be broken!"
"But she's struggling!" The boy's voice snapped back. "She's already being hurt! Something's wro-Hey! Let go of me!" There were sounds of struggling, and the grip around my leg tightened. "Just. Let. Me. Sit with her!" he growled. "No!" My leg felt like it burst into flames, the four points digging into my fur before vanishing entirely. I winced and shot a glance at my leg, revealing not a single scratch, but the pain was real. I heard a gasp, and in minutes I felt the wet cloth move from my head to my leg. The coolness of the water mixed with the heat, quickly putting it out.
"Take him outside and calm him down. Everyone else, give us some space." a mature voice ordered. Sounds of shuffling echoed in the room, all heading to a certain point in the room and fading away. There was a light thud as a door latch fell into place, muffling the voices outside. A steady beat on the floorboards came up to the left side of the bed I was resting on, adding a rhythm to the ringing still playing on the right. My ear twitched and swung around, being tickled by someone's breath. "Relax, Fluttershy," the mature, suddenly soft voice cooed. I felt a tiny shock pulse through my veins, occurring in time with a new harmonic tone joining the first. The symphony was not for me to hear though, and was quickly lost entirely under the sudden weight and drowsiness tugging on my muscles. "It'll be all over soon," she promised. "Stay where you are."
Where was I, anyway? Wait… How did I get here?
I turned around in the vast space, and saw a thin blue strip snaking over to me. It was emerging from a hole that had been made in the seemingly endless field of light. Did… Did I come through there? Did I make that hole? The strip reached for me and took a hold of my foreleg – in the exact same place as it was held before. It hooked itself around and tugged gently, pulling me back to the hole it had come from. I didn't know where I was going, but I didn't want to go yet, I wanted to know who the voices were.
"No, wait!" I called out, I tried to move my wings and resist, but they didn't move at all. I peered out into the distance - the awareness I once had already missing – and reached out for something to grab hold of. It was no use. I was going where the strange strip of colour wanted me.
I passed through the broken wall, straight into an unusual, but really familiar, collage of grey and splotches of colour. The hole closed up after me, and quickly disappeared among the clutter of shapes and glimmering strips and flat planes. I remembered this place, I had been here before; but when?
A sharp breath shot into my lungs and stayed there. I felt my head fill with a rush of memories. I nearly forgot everything! The memory spell, what had happened to Equestria, Canterlot, the dragons and dogs, Zecora – everything!
"And you are very, very lucky I managed to bring you back before it was lost for good, Fluttershy," the unseen mare's voice said breathlessly. "I hope you have changed your mind after all of that."
I nodded at the vast nothingness. I had.
"Did you find something enlightening?"
I gazed at my foreleg, at the blue strip that was still guiding me down to the platform below. Minutes ago I had felt someone hold onto me tighter than a newborn critter, but why couldn't I remember who it was? I swallowed a lump in my throat. What would've happened if I awoke as clueless as I am now –or much worse? I didn't want to begin to imagine.
"Hmph, I should've guessed," the voice said flatly as I touched down on the conforming, transparent floor. "After all, it's unlike you to be selfish."
Those words stung more than they should've, and in a second my heart felt heavy chains wrapping around it. The blue strip released me and drifted back in the mishmash of desaturated colours, vanishing from sight.
"Now," the unseen mare said. "Shall we go on? There is so much I want to ask you about."
I lay myself on the floor, sighing. I felt horrible for losing my temper, but at the same time, I was thankful I had. I had found a new reason to keep remembering what I had gone through, and this time it was something I knew that was real and true. What do you want to talk about? I asked silently.
There was no hesitation in the listener's voice. "What you discovered in the Freelands – hundreds of miles away from Equestria. Before you remembered everything from your first visit to Canterlot, you remembered being led into the Freelands region by your own Element; the Element of Kindness. You do remember that, correct?"
I did. I remembered the depression I felt, but only now did I understand why I felt that way; I remembered watching countless dragons fly over me, heading in the direction I came from; and I remembered being guided underneath an ancient ruin, deep underground into a dark and dank corridor. What about it in particular? I thought, knowing that the listener would hear me.
"What was behind that stone door? What did you find inside? What were you looking for?" The questions were coming too quickly for me to answer.
"I… I don't think I knew what I was looking for. I was just following where my Element wanted me to go."
The listening mare was not convinced. "Hmph, so you followed phenomena that nopony had ever seen before, crossed the border into The Fang, and travelled to the Freelands without ever knowing what it was you were being led to?"
I nodded. As far as I knew, that was the truth.
"Did you at least leave the ruin feeling like it was worth your time?" the listener quizzed.
I don't know. I shook my head, trying to find anything that would jog my memory. I can't remember right now.
"Well then…" the listener trailed off. I looked up into the grey sky above me, searching for an answer that she was looking for. Hues of pinks and deep blues gently bubbled to the surface, before mixing away and being lost in the grey fog.
"Perhaps there was something to read; a mural or a book," the mare's voice piped up. "Or maybe there was somepony there?"
My mouth opened to say 'no', but the words never made it to my throat. My hooves felt clammy in their soles, and my ears drooped down under the weight of the icy chill that shot up the back of my neck. My wings jittered, unsure of the swirling feeling in the pit of my stomach. Was I supposed to flee or rush forward? The vast space around me wasted no time in constructing itself into a dark, damp tunnel while I trembled in place.
"Ah, it seems I triggered something," the listening mare's voice echoed somewhere distant. I stared ahead, straining my eyes to see inside the dark space the memory had constructed around me. A stone door appeared at the end of the tunnel, and cautiously I walked up to it, certain that I had seen this door before. There were six depressions worn into the pale rock, each with a different symbol emerging from it. Together, they orbited around a carved spiral shape with two stars slightly off from its center. One of the orbiting markings glowed with an arc of magic jittering and jumping between it and me. I looked down, and as I did I felt the soft, long locks of my mane fall away and leave behind a shortened, dirty mop. Around my neck was the source of energy; the Element of Kindness.
The listener's voice tickled my ears, and I tried to listen out for her, foolishly hoping I could escape this fragment I didn't feel ready to re-live. My saddlebags swung down over my sides, tucking my wings underneath them, and the coarse, dirty bandage I had around my leg rubbed into my skin. In moments I was completely absorbed in the vision, and planted firmly inside my memories.
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NOOOOO!! Fluttershy! *pulls her to safety and gets taken instead*
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May 26, 2013
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Me: *tosses a Thermal Detonator and grabs Fluttershy as it explodes, sealing the tear*
Fluttershy: Thanks..I was scared...
Me: *hods her close* Don't worry, Fluttershy. You're safe..
FS: *smiles and nuzzles into my neck*
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May 23, 2013
Hey you, leave Fluttershy alone !
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May 8, 2013
this reminds me of momma fluttershy... fluttershy don't go into the light!
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Apr 21, 2013
You know, ever since you mentioned that the story doesn't happen in "real time" but is merely a recollection, the tale lost (at least for me) some of its suspense. Because you see, if the story is merely a recollection, then the reader has a good reason to assume that Fluttershy succeeded in her quest.
Obviously, there are still so many questions left: who holds Fluttershy captive in her spell (of course we all know it's Evil Alicorn Twilight Sparkle anyways
), why do they do it, or how did she manage to restore Equestria, and so on and so forth. But the fact that she already has saved ponies seems to be - at least for now - undeniable.
I have yet to see reasons behind handling the story this way (and I'm sure have a set of good ones that will blow the readers' minds when they are finally revealed), but before I do I'm afraid I'm going to question whether or not the choice was a fortunate one.
Regardless, I'm always looking forward to a new chapter.
Below are some examples of me being uncouthly picky.
"The voice shouted after me, her voice filled with worry." <- Not only is a voice female, but it also has a voice (!) of its own.
"After all, it's not like an Element of Kindness to be selfish." <- It would make much more sense if the story was about the Element of Generosity.
I understand what you meant (and I'm sure other reader do too), but the choice of words is rather peculiar here. After all, the opposite of kindness is cruelty, and selfishness goes in par with generosity.
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It's essentially a first draft, so I will take what you've said into consideration and work on improving it.
I don't want to imply that there are ponies alive, because it does ruin the story. However, it strikes me as rather ignorant to assume that ponies are the only creatures that can wield magic. Then again, I haven't really gone to much effort to suggest who else it could be besides ponies. Hmm... I'll need to give it some thought. It all ties in to the multiple possible endings obviously, so I have to make sure these episodes outside of Fluttershy's memories reveal certain clues that don't really say much at all, but definitely muddy the waters enough to keep the possible endings as vague as possible.
It's established from the very beginning of the fic (the official beginning on FimFiction, aka the
) that something pretty big happened to Fluttershy towards the end of her journey. There is a party deeply interested in what she went through, and they are using a very complex and dangerous spell to bring about a very rapid recollection of Fluttershy's lost memories. This alone should establish from the very outset what you feel this later excerpt detracted from the story.
The later excerpt above simply expands upon things, and renews Fluttershy's motivation to carry on doing what the voice wants. Before, Fluttershy was motivated because she believed her friends were waiting for her, and that her memories were key to helping everypony. But after learning in her memories that her friends and the rest of ponykind are gone, Fluttershy lost that motivator, and tried to break herself out of the spell - even if it meant worsening her amnesia. However, she learnt that doing that won't only hurt herself, but she will hurt someone "on the outside" that seems to care about her. Now Fluttershy is motivated to keep recovering her memories, because there is clearly a tangible reward for doing so.
I should work that into the actual chapter... Need to explain this better to readers.
Another thing I should do in my revised draft is suggest less-than-noble intentions of the voice. The voice is supposed to have started subtly going against her word to not influence Fluttershy, pushing her to remember specific things. She's already showing a willingness to restrain Fluttershy, but it needs to be a lot more questionable I reckon. That would go a long way to muddying up the possible ending of the story, and finally make these particular scenes worthwhile.
Honestly, I hate these scenes. But it's the only in-universe way to tell this story and have the freedom to leap forwards and backwards in time. Ironically, there has only been one instance of this happening (excluding the diamond dog fragments from this excerpt), and frankly it needs to happen again, and more often. This chapter would be a better time than any to do this.
This chapter is going to be a difficult one to write...
I'll start rewording those phrases you pointed out, they are pretty bad as they are. I reckon the issue with the selfish comment is because I was thinking more about Fluttershy's personality than her Element when I wrote it. Fluttershy is very selfless, but her brand of selflessness isn't what the Element of Generosity stands for. At the same time, the concept of Fluttershy being selfish has nothing to do with whether she is a paragon of Kindness or not. It's another fail on my part, because I've basically torn down that separation in that badly phrased sentence. For the selfish comment to work, it has to be directed to Fluttershy
as a pony
and not as a living embodiment of an Element. So it would have to read something like: "After all, from what I've been told, it's unlike you to be selfish."
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Apr 21, 2013
"I don't want to imply that there are ponies alive, because it does ruin the story."
So you're right, I did assume they were ponies, but they could have been anything - from Zebras, to deer, to seaponies, to griffins, to dragons, to phoenixes, to Saddle Claus' reindeer.
However, I wonder if such assumption isn't the first one that comes to mind, even if you did not specifically mentioned it. I wonder what you could do about it, though. Doesn't Fluttershy herself think of them as ponies? They are only voices, after all. Would she not familiarize them with her own species?
Regardless of this, I remember the first chapters of Survivor Shy (not chronologically first, but rather first published). Fluttershy was so alone, quite literally the last sentient being alive in whole Equestria. Or at least, so it seemed.
Do you remember those times?
Then, of course, came animals, diamond dogs with their societies, dragons and even Spike. Who knows, perhaps I'm just missing those times that Fluttershy was completely alone. But now I know it was never the case (story-wise, because if those are her memories, it means that she had to live through those situations, after all) - there was always that pesky voice in her head, quite literary her un-riddable companion.
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The problem I had with the very early entries in the series was that there was ultimately nothing to build off of. Fluttershy was stuck in post-apocalyptia and NOBODY was there to even consider caring. The conflict was there, but so was the resolution; Fluttershy would just live out the rest of her days in solitude, waiting to die.
That's not a very good story in my opinion. However, Razed Rainbow did a story like that and it was really good. But in that story, Fluttershy wasn't truly alone until she destroyed the creature hunting her - and THEN she was truly alone, and THEN the story ended. The initial entries for Survivor Shy were basically arse-about-face.
So in came antagonistic Diamond Dogs, in came Dragons flying overhead, and in came jacked up weather patterns. It was a start, it gave Fluttershy's world an ambient danger to constantly face and overcome, but it did not give any of it a reason for being or a higher purpose to serve. Why did her life become this? What was she doing about it? What
she done about it? Was there a specific goal in this story, an objective that would at least offer Fluttershy some closure? I had the peanut butter, but I didn't have the bread.
So in came the events that caused this transformation to the land, and in came the initial ending for the whole story. There! A sandwich! A complete sketch for the whole story. But it still wasn't good enough for me. My standards grew, and so did the detail and scale of the story.
Now, the story has grown and grown from its initial roots. It's not a hollow existence Fluttershy lives, it's now a difficult and dangerous (and infinitely more interesting) life. Debateable if it was a good direction, yeah, but I've gone too far to turn back now, sadly. There are a lot of characters now, but Fluttershy will still find herself on her own. After all, she could meet Buffalo, Griffins, Dragons, Diamond Dogs, and patchwork Elephants, but it still wouldn't erase the fact that Fluttershy is a lone pony, and possibly the last of her kind. I reckon that'll be a recurring thing in the fic should Shy make friends. No matter who she is with, she will still feel alone. Fluttershy's home will always be the old Equestria.
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Apr 24, 2013
"I've gone too far to turn back now, sadly."
Why so sad and who the heck said you should back down?
Do press on and steer that boat in which you carry your readers. Poor, unsuspecting chaps, though.
That said, the completely wiped-out post-apocalyptic Equestria, where Fluttershy has no one but animals to talk to, has its unique charm and appeal. Would you mind sharing that RR's story title? I would like to give it a peek.
Sounds up my alley.
Words of the wise: one needs representatives of the same species only when he/she plans to raise a family. Friendship laughs at species boundaries which it can easily traverse.
^ Yeah, I just made that up, so you could hardly call them words of the wise.
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The story is called "And The Wind Blows", here's the
I reckon you're just catching me at a tough time. Survivor Shy has been going for a year now, and I'm no closer to finishing it. Plus the current chapter progress is going painfully slowly (but I've just about got through the hard parts, and because of the recent struggling with the writing I've been feeling unwilling to draw until I've sorted out said writing.
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Shepherdstown donor makes second $100,000 gift to Hospice campaign
April 18, 2014 Shepherdstown resident Henry Willard, a longtime supporter of Hospice of the Panhandle made his second $100,000 gift to the agency's "Building the Dream" campaign at a special 'sneak peak' receptio... more »»
FOSL and Rotary make substantial donations
April 18, 2014 The Friends of the Shepherdstown Library (FOSL) and the Rotary Club have each donated $500 to help expand the Shepherdstown Day Care Center's (SDCC's) "Book in a Bag" progra. more »»
Community Club aims to save trees
April 18, 2014 Morgan's Grove Park is the home to 85 ash trees now facing the danger of damage from the Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle that threatens the lives of the trees. more »»
Bikes teach lessons
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Earth Day comes back to Morgan's Grove
April 18, 2014 Morgan's Grove Park will once again serve as the site of the annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, Apr. 26. Gates open at 11 a.m. more »»
Relay For Life 2014
April 13, 2014 Last weekend's Relay for Life event at Shepherd University raised almost $60,000 for the American Cancer Society. more »»
Three exceptional bands at the Shepherdstown Opera House
April 11, 2014 Shepherdstown Opera House has three exceptional bands making appearances. Fishtank Ensemble with The Woodshedders will appear Apr. 11 at 9 p.m. doors open at 8 p.m. more »»
Essentrics exercise class comes to Harmony
April 11, 2014 A multi-disciplinary exercise program originating in Canada is coming to Harmony Healing Arts Center, 211 E. New St. Shepherdstown, beginning May 3 on Saturdays from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. more »»
Gardenfest Weekend set for May 17-18
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April 4, 2014 The Shepherdstown Rotary Club has awarded its annual "Rotary Reads" grant jointly to the town's Public Library and Day Care Center. The grant is for $500. more »»
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Album Summary
- Brad Hubbard (Baritone Saxophone)
- Stephen Pollock (Tenor Saxophone)
- Christopher Hemingway (Alto Saxophone)
- Michael Stephenson (Soprano Saxophone)
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"The New Century performers adopt a lyrical approach that makes the music sound very lovely, as in Contrapunctus 1 and 19." - American Record Guide
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Works DetailsBach, Johann Sebastian : Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
- Performers: Brad Hubbard (Baritone Saxophone); Stephen Pollock (Tenor Saxophone); Christopher Hemingway (Alto Saxophone); Michael Stephenson (Soprano Saxophone)
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i remember my first day in STO.
i'd downloaded the client a few days before, once my email came through letting me know i could. I waited for the time when the servers would open up for play.. and what did i spend most of my first playsession doing?
staring at a loading screen of a one-eyed klingon....
Closed beta's epic klingon load-screen-of-death, which would eat up at least 1/4th of the 2 hour playslots every time.
The game has come a HELL of a long way in terms of cosmetic features and touches, I also remember there being animated load screens (quite different to the ones we have now) for a while, and voice options for Boffs too.. (i wonder if those files are still in the client?)
Everyone wants that little something which to them is "trek", the team can only do so much at a time.. the whole "ESD loading=docking sequence" thing has been requested repeatedly since they put in the classic ESD last year.. i'm sure once they work out how to do it without screwing everything else up, and have time to work on it they'll get round to putting it in game.


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Teen admits killing 2 at Oregon hunting cabin
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A 15-year-old who shot and killed his foster father and another man at a remote Oregon cabin in 2012 never meant to kill anyone and never should have been around loaded guns due to his lack of maturity after years of abuse and other problems, a defense lawyer says.Associated Press
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Just for fun… In my last post I showed my Hollywood portrait lighting style using just hard light from fresnel spotlights. The post before that featured two point lighting on the street using Speedlights. Now I've combined two point lighting with fresnel spotlights and styled the shoot with a Film Noir theme. Film Noir calls for some dramatic acting and there is no better actress for this role than Chloe-Jasmine. Let the drama begin.1. Chloe-Jasmine Whichello on the cellar stairs at Pipwell Hall in the UK. I used a Lupolux LED 650 light as a back light by resting on the top step and I used an LED 1000 on a stand to my right. I fitted the key light with a Scattergel to give the wonderful dappled look. There was no other light in the cellar so I could add as much as I wanted without having to…
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The Philippines, with USAID support, is aggressively pursuing the sustainable delivery of quality family planning and maternal child health care (FP-MCH) services and products to meet the needs of its burgeoning population. Given its limited government resources and pressing family health needs, the country has been piloting different initiatives to mobilize public and private sector resources to meet family health needs, particularly for younger women and families living in remote, underserved area.
The Private Sector Mobilization for Family Health Project – Phase 2 (PRISM2) is part of USAID's continuing initiative to build enduring public-private partnerships that would assure Filipinos the availability of and access to quality FP-MCH products and services. Specifically, PRISM2 provides support to the Department of Health, Department of Labor and Employment, local government units (LGUs) and other national and local partners in their provision of technical assistance to the private sector to strengthen its role in the delivery of FP-MCH products and services. It is implemented in 36 provinces/independent cities nationwide from 2009 to 2014.
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To help improve access of low-income families to quality family planning and maternal and child health services and products, USAID has been training private midwives as providers of quality family health services. One of these midwives is Gertrudis "Nanay Teody" Calzada who has been training her fellow private midwives in basic family planning. She has also been supporting these midwives in their application for accreditation to the national health insurance, PhilHealth.
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USAID trains partner hospital health service providers in the Philippines in Bilateral Tubal Ligation using Minilaparotomy under Local Anesthesia (BTL-MLLA), a safer technique in ligation, making quality BTL service accessible to women with expressed need of ligation. Through its PRISM2 project (Private Sector Mobilization Project -_Phase 2), USAID trained health providers in hospitals in Legaspi City, Albay Province, Bicol Region.
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By Jason Grishkoff | Feb 09, 2011 | Total plays: 35,720
Understandably, The Strokes have a very well-established sound aligned with their name. Often, the challenge for successful artists releasing new work is to produce something that will excite fans and keep them on the edge of their seats, all-the-while not straying too far from their roots. With "Under the Cover of Darkness," The Strokes manage that: they've dusted off and freshened up their old sound, prepping it for a new era. Sorta. Given the "modern" sound evident in Julian Casablanca's solo LP, there aren't many surprises here.
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Casey Alvis, also known as "Altima" or "Altima Mantoid," is a Doom speedrunner in the United States. He holds a few Doom Compet-n records. Currently, he has a collection of Doom and Doom II playthroughs on YouTube.


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