Sombra's takeover took everyone in the Crystal Empire by surprise. No one saw it coming, none were prepared for it, and almost no one got away. Almost.

A few hooffuls of daring souls managed to break out of the city and flee southwards, towards Equestria. Some ran to beg the Princesses for aid, others - just to save themselves and their families from the mad tyrant.

But as the refugees are about to learn, it's the dead of winter outside the Empire's shield, and the crystal ponies are far too used to their warm life in the city. One filly that gets separated from her parents while trying to get away learns that fact all too painfully...

Cover art by Marbo, Allfather of the Snowponies.

Additional tag:snowpony

(republished) Finding an ancient map left by the left behind by the legendary pirate, Captain Celaeno, the pony Pirate Crew of the Saucy Mare set out to find a treasure lost since the age of Equestria a thousand years ago. But with a deadly journey on the high seas in the islands beyond the pony lands, does a grand adventure await Captain Barnacle and his shipmates, or will they all be walking the plank?

(Cover art by Little Tigress)

A young maid named Clementine works her way up from the scullery. Set in Equestria's pre-industrial past, she experiences mystery, mayhem and magic, and a touch of romance.

Cozy Glow won. She conquered Equestria with Chrysalis and Tirek, the only question being… What comes next?

Perhaps she should start with those dreadful windigoes… If only she could stop hearing strange voices.

Written for the Cozy Glow Short Story Contest
Prompt: Cozy Glow vs. Winning

This story is a sequel to On Second Thought...

After becoming the new rulers of Equestria, Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends found themselves trapped in Tartarus easily, thanks to a plan from Empress Cozy Glow.

Why? Because the Mane 6 and Royal Adviser Spike gained the "uselessness" of ex-Princess Celestia and ex-Princess Luna.

Now, the only ponies that can save Equestria from Lord Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, Grogar, and Empress Cozy Glow, or the "Legion of Cozy" are Starlight Glimmer and Trixie Lulamoon. Really, it's all up to Starlight.

Will Starlight be able to find the power inside herself to defeat the Legion of Cozy? Or will the LoC be victorious? Starlight may be very surprised about what will eventually happen to her...

Enough will be explained to not require reading the prequel to understand this story (and laugh) but it would answer why Twilight and the others took over for Celestia and Luna, and it took place right after the season 9 premiere.

At the time this story was written, I didn't know what will happen in the season 9 finale of MLP:FIM, so there will be no actual spoilers for it. Any similarities between this AU story and the series finale is 100% coincidental.

In an Equestria where Princess Luna was never possessed by the Nightmare the world thrived under both Celestia and Luna's rule. As such, the timeline diverted. After rigorous evaluations, Sunset Shimmer was chosen by Princess Celestia to be her student. Twilight Sparkle, having been glossed over by the Sun Princess, was selected by Princess Luna to be her pupil. One day, the Immortal Sisters send their protégés on a mission to a small town. When the villain named Starlight Glimmer appears all of their lives will be changed forever.

Thrackerzod (also known as Sweetie Belle) is a member of a pan-dimensional, highly magical, occultic, and secretive organization. The Elders have been gaining power for many eons, and now turn their eyes towards Equestria, where they sense a magical awakening from a pony known as Twilight Sparkle. Thrackerzod must enter Equestria as a perfectly normal filly, and advance their power.

Twilight Sparkle rules Equestria as the new sole monarch.
Three years have passed since her coronation and the kingdom had enjoyed a time of relative peace under her watchful eye, while she and the rest of her friends went on to live their own separate lives without losing contact or forgetting their friendship.

But even with everything running smoothly, in the world of light there will always be a shadow that lurks beneath. The ancient darkness of Equestria, which was believed to be a little more than a fairy tale and known only by those whose lifetime transcends the Two Sisters, is about to re-emerge and has found itself agents through whom to execute its will.

Will the power of friendship be enough to stop the darkness, when there is no light to take its place?

Art cover done by Sky.

This story is a sequel to The Taking of Tartarus

With the Lord of Chaos trying to get all the Tailed Beasts to bring an ancient force that almost destroyed the Enchanted Forest, the Lord of Order is forced to make a decision that will have consequences to Twilight and Blue Sword's son, Prince Star Knight. In order to protect the balance and the security of the Pony Reality, he orders that Kitsune, one of the Tailed Beast, is sealed inside of the young prince. With a great power inside of him, Star will have to master it unless he wants that power destroys everything he loves. While he does that, Star will also try to connect with Kitsune while he tries to deal with the troubles that having a monster inside brings.

Note: This story is based on the series Naruto, having terminology that belongs to that series, like "Tailed Beasts" and "Jinchuriki".

First story: The Life of a Young Colt
Second story: Twilight and Blue Sword
Third story: The Light Kingdom
Fourth story: The Taking of Tartarus
Sixth story: The Island of Tambelon
Seventh story: Light and Darkness - The Shadow of Midnight
Eighth story: The Hidden Prince
Nineth story: Aventures in the Bermikun Triangle
Tenth story: The Elements of Virtue
Eleventh story: The Prince of the Cursed Kingdom