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• The Cost of Catching Up by VakTheWhat

  Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime), ウマ娘 | Uma Musume - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/F
  • Work in Progress

  26 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Marvelous Sunday (Uma Musume)
  • Lucky Lilac (Uma Musume)
  • Gran Alegria (Uma Musume)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Vivlos (Uma Musume)
  • Curren Bouquet'dor (Uma Musume)
  • Daring Tact (Uma Musume)
  • Chrono Genesis (Uma Musume)
  • Trans Female Character
  • Horsefem
  • Character Development
  • Relationships and tags added as it goes
  • Protagonist is mean
  • HRT (Horse Replacement Therapy)
  • Angst
  • Ensemble Cast
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

  Summary

  Everything went wrong. Living as a hateful husk was all that you deserved, and its all you got. Everything will be tainted by what you are and what happened.

  But after been given a second chance, in spite of it all, will you be the same? Will you be true to yourself? Will you repeat the same mistakes? Will you squander this opportunity like the others?

  No matter what path you take, you'll always pay the cost. Might as well choose the better path this time, right? How hard can it be, to be the best version of yourself?

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