Long ago, it would take several unicorns to raise and lower the sun each day. Many burned out their magic in doing so - sacrificing it for the good of all ponies. To honor that, Starswirl the Bearded founded a small monastery to care for those who had given up so much.

Though the Princesses mean that unicorns no longer need to sacrifice so much, the monastery still remains centuries later as a place for unicorns with magical ailments to come for support, care and sometimes even healing.

Now freed from the Storm King, Tempest Shadow journeys with Starswirl to find both their aid and perhaps her own peace.

Original concept by PingZing.

Cover art by Rayne The Skunk.

Featured 01/14/2021-01/17/2021 and then basically every update day after that.

Life is like a tree: constantly growing, stretching many directions.

But the trunk remains the solid center it builds from. A branch may reach the sky, but stays anchored to and part of the tree.

Twilight Sparkle isn't the only one to grow into a new role.

[Death] tag is only for discussions and mentions thereof, nobody dies on-screen.

Featured 7/6/2021 - 7/7/2021!

Rarity sews Gabby's wedding dress.

Featured 7/13/2021!

Fluttershy would like to be a tree. She said so once, long long ago.

On her last night, a tree answers.

Written for the Arboreal Yearnings Contest, which it won!

Featured 2/28/2023 - 3/3/2023!

Featured in Equestria Daily's 28 More of the Best Fluttershy Fanfics to Read for Fluttershy Day! on 4/28/2023!

Reviewed by Loganberry in the blog Louder Yay!, earning a four out of five stars rating!

And now with a reading by The Mystery Fluttershy Fan!

Fluttershy gets bored of being naked every day, so she reaches into the depths of her wardrobe and finds the outfit to suit her mood.

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I like Fluttershy, I like suits and I like combining things.

This is written just for practice.

Telling Discord to 'find more friends' is asking for trouble.

A Most Delightful Ponidox short.

Featured 10/9/2020 - 10/12/2020!

Now with a live reading by StraightToThePointStudio!

And another by Pony & Wolf Productions!

And listed in Equestria Daily's 23 of the Best Fanfics to Read for Fluttershy Day on 4/28/2021!

Reviewed by PresentPerfect to earn a rating of Recommended as Light Reading!

Rumors of a dark cult on the rise are circulating around Equestria. As Princess, Twilight Sparkle has no choice but to investigate this potentially dangerous development.

When she finds that the cult is worshiping her as a divine figure, things become more uncomfortable.

So Twilight falls back to her safe answer: consulting with Celestia for advice.

Unfortunately, Celestia's answers are not what Twilight expected.

Written for Fan of Most Everything's Imposing Sovereigns II contest with the combined prompt of Twilight Sparkle and The New.

Featured 10/24/19-10/30/19!

And with a reading by The Mystery Fluttershy Fan!

Featured in Equestria Daily's 44 Awesome Fanfics to Read for Twilight Day! on 8/6/2020!

Now with a Spanish translation by Spaniard Kiwi!

And reviewed by HapHazred! And also by Loganberry!

And by PresentPerfect with a rating of Recommended!

And with a Chinese translation by jazspid available here!

Discord embracing friendship was critically important for Equestria, bringing it a powerful ally and taking away one of its greatest threats.

Twilight just wishes that he would stop trying to give Fluttershy presents.

This was written as a Breezie story for Ninjadeadbeard as a part of Jinglemas 2020! For more information about Jinglemas, checkout our group!

Special thanks to Flutterpriest for pre-reading.

Featured 12/29 - 12/30/2020!

Reviewed in Ghost Mike's Monday Musings with a rating of Decent!

An object of unknown origins crash lands in the no-pony's land between Equestria and Gryphon territory. Princess Luna and Twilight Sparkle race to beat the Gryphons to the crash site, but discover more to the crash than they originally thought.

The Canterlot Caverns are a strange and enigmatic place, untouched and forgotten by pony-kind for centuries. So when a strange metal object is unearthed in their depths, it's up to Twilight Sparkle and Lyra Heartstrings to discover the many secrets it holds.

Together, the two of them will have to do their best to understand the remnants of an ancient civilization, and decipher what remains of Those Who Came Before.

The cover-image is a cleverly edited stock image, which was modified by the stupendous Corvo.
Proofreading was performed by the equally fantastical writers:
Timetraveling Pony (Who started as a proofreader when Cloud was writing this. Hats off to him for being dedicated and staying on as a proofreader for me.)
DustyPwny
Tidal
Superluminous
Night Spark
PhiliChez

And a special Thank You goes to The Sentient Cloud for allowing me the honor of continuing this great story after he retired from writing fimfictions.

As it turns out, this story is eerily similar to Lyra Heartstrings and the Hand of Man. Due to their similarity, I feel that it would be appropriate to give said story a mention.