Twilight asks Celestia for romantic advice.

You know, for a friend.

Long ago, Commander Hurricane set an example that still resonates with all pegasi who fall in love with their ground bound kin. Every pegasus knows the story, the tradition is deeply engrained and held dear to their hearts.

Now, if only Twilight could curb her curiosity long enough to enjoy and appreciate just how important she is to Rainbow.

Pre-reading and editing assistance by Melon Hunter and Timaeus.

Art originally by ELZZombie

Twilight Sparkle isn't feeling too well, and it is up to Princess Celestia to nurse her back to health. It would be a simple task, if not for the fact that her student was thirteen years old with an uncontrollable amount of magic.

To make matters worse, six years ago Celestia was forced to shrink Twilight to 1/100th of her size so that her untamed magic wouldn't be a threat to Equestria. She would have to remain tiny until she would learn how to control her enormous power.

But surely a two millenia old alicorn with enough magic to raze a small mountain can handle her littlest, fragile and most magical subject... right... right?

This sidestory takes place between chapters 4 and 5 in Celestia's Tiny Student.

Special thanks for pre-reading to ambion, I took some inspiration from his story called melt, worth checking it out for additional dose of cuteness.

List of editors, thanks for fixing grammar guys, you did a great job:

Solstice+Shimmer and Word Worthy

The Great Freeze.  Was it our hubris in controlling the sun, or was it that others started to covet that control?  At this point, the whos and the whys don’t change anything.  Our star is dying, and those responsible for it are long dead.  Their causes and motives, lost to all but a few.  

For the past four hundred years, our sun has been growing dimmer, kept alive only by Celestia’s constant efforts.  But not even she nor the legion of magi and scientists can stop the inevitable.

Our only choice is to flee to a new world, one that could give our doomed species a second chance.  The Seeding colony ship is that chance.  There are so many worth saving, and yet so very few seats.

May our children never forget the sacrifice of those we leave behind.

~Excerpt from Princess Twilight Sparkle’s journal three days before Seeding.

While this fic will borrow heavily from Beyond Earth, it will be written so that you do not have to know anything about BE to enjoy the story.

Starlight Glimmer has the forgiveness, love, support and friendship of Twilight Sparkle and her friends. The townsponies of Our Town had welcomed her back and helped her rebuild her life anew, just as she had endeavored to return the favor and make up for past mistakes.

But in all the happiness that surrounds her, Starlight still sees a shadow of what could have been, and more importantly, what she caused to happen in other versions of her world.

Now she has to decide: should she stay home—safe—or face her legacy?

When Equestria's most famous detective, Basil Bones, comes to Ponyville, it seems like everypony has a case for him to solve. His results are impressive, but his methods are questionable. It's up to the brilliant mind of Twilight Sparkle to get to the bottom of this, accompanied as always by her loyal—and bored—assistant and girlfriend Rainbow Dash.

The fourth story in the Twilight Holmes continuity, following It's Elementary, My Dear Rainbow, TH: Sabotage After Sunset, and Salting Snails. Reading the previous stories is not required to enjoy The Mystery of Basil Bones.

Editing by Formerly Committed and JetstreamGW.

A griffon interviews a grown Spike on the last days of the Kingdom of Equestria, and his personal relationship with the nation’s greatest villain.  For history is written by the winners, and Spike and his mentor were on the losing side.

A possible future, set years after the show.

All characters copyright Hasbro.

Jak never found it unusual that he had a unicorn brother.  Shining Armor had been there his entire life, as far as he could remember.  Sure, Daxter often made a point of just how strange it was relative to everyone else in the village, but then again Jak himself was different from the rest of the villagers.

He never questioned that he looked somewhat different from everyone else.  Never questioned that he was raised by Samos the Sage, alongside Samos' daughter Keira, whom he kinda-sorta liked and who kinda-sorta liked him, even if Samos himself didn't like that.  Jak, by nature, wasn't the sort to question things.

Shining Armor, on the other hand - or hoof - had lots of questions, but no answers.

...yet.

Crossover idea suggested by Keyblade Hero.

Cover art by Sanyo21

General Iroh.  Fire Nation hero.  First born son of Fire Lord Azulan.  The Dragon of the West.  It was thought he would be the greatest warrior in the history of the Fire Nation.

But all that changed when the war claimed his son's life.  This changed him, and he turned his back on the war.

This was a necessary event.  Iroh had a role to play in bringing balance back to the world...but to play that role, he first had to be broken down, so that he could be rebuilt.  This truth was self evident in the spirit realm.

But one particular spirit felt this was unfair to Iroh.  The wheels of fate are cruel to those caught in the gears, but this particular spirit felt that Iroh deserved kindness.  And so this spirit sent Iroh one who would help him to rebuild himself.

And so, shortly after his son's funeral, Iroh would find a creature sent by the spirits, the likes of which he never would have imagined...a pretty pink pony princess.

Somepony to love...and be loved by.

Edit: Now with Fan Art by Mewappony.

Edit 2: New Cover Art by Sanyo21!

Cover art from HERE

I was enjoying a quiet day at work, when I suddenly find myself in what I can only describe as what a person high on drugs would see, before a blinding rainbow light slams into me and  knocks me unconscious.

Upon awakening, I find something very off, not only about my surroundings, but myself. For one, I seem to have become a small horse and a female one at that.

I also seem to be in a forest of some kind. Hang on. Is this the Everfree?

Oh, great. What do i do now?

Well, having powers on par with a Chaos Lord certainly might come in handing. Let's see what i can do with them, shall we?

Sex tag for sexual references and teen for seen reasons, plus a lot crass swearing.

And, just be warned, that random tag is serious. Random shit will happen in this fic, so be wary of that when entering and DO NOT expect anything to just be normal at any point.

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