After the board rejects her research application, Doctor Luna tries something foolish; using herself as a test subject.

Surely diluting a pony's inner darkness is a worthy goal? Surely perfecting her elixir is worth the risk? Surely.

Thanks to Yami Vizzini for prereading and to Nonagon for prereading/editing.

One Cuil is one level of abstraction away from the reality of a situation.

For example: Twilight Sparkle looks for a book...

Murder has come to Canterlot.

When a body is discovered, mutilated beyond recognition, Princess Luna is tasked with finding the culprit and bringing them to justice.

As the Alicorn of Darkness, it is her duty to watch over the night, and protect the ponies of Equestria from that which lurks in shadow. But she won't be alone in this endeavor; a stallion from the Royal Investigative Service and the prince of chaos himself have been sent to aide her in this matter.

Together this strange trio will find that there is much more at play here than mere murder; a storm is gathering in the shadows of Canterlot, and even the powers of a god may not be enough overcome it.

Prereading credits go to the eminent Carabas.

This story is a sequel to Pray, Hope and Wander

Case Report: Update - May 2nd
Submitted by: Verdant Vines
Location: Ponyville
Date: May 2nd
Case: Ponyville Mass Disappearance (#3467)
Classification: Top Secret

White Clover,

Given the new writings included in the addendum to the provided journal transcription, I’ve elected to continue our investigation through conversing with whoever, or whatever, is on the other side of it. They claim to be Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's personal student. I’d like to request that Princess Celestia is not informed of this possibility until we can verify their identity.

As such, from this day forward I will be sending daily reports before sundown with transcription of our conversations, along with any thoughts I have. Included with these documents is a formal request of personnel transfer for Doctor Blue Sky to my team in order to assist with any psychological evaluations related to the writer of the journal. His team will continue to support evaluations of personnel working the case.

Special thanks to FloydienSlip, Petrichord, and KorenCZ11 for their help with feedback.

A print version of all the stories in this series can be found here.

This story is a sequel to An Oral History of the Rise of the New Lunar Republic

When history books chronicle wars, individual names and faces are often lost in the translation. This is especially true for the War of Solar Resurgence, that brief, brutal, and bitter struggle that claimed so many lives.

On this, the one hundredth anniversary of the war's end, it is our sincerest hope that this collection of letters helps readers to connect with those who were there for that awful conflict.

We must never forget; ponies lived, ponies died, and our land was never quite the same.

-Staff of the Canterlot Archives

Starbloom Sparkle expected to wake up like she had been since she arrived in THIS Equestria. Instead, she was caught off guard with an array of unfortunate events. Her mother, Twilight, isn't doing so well today either, what with her new "fruity" moniker making waves across Ponyville at a rapid pace, things just seem to be going downhill for the daughter and mother combination.

Everything comes to a stop, when Starbloom comes across the Sparkle Family History book that has been collecting dust in the library; the same book that had brought Twilight so much stress that same day....what does this mean for the tiny family? Will this drive a wedge in between their finely toned femurs? Who cares?! THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT!

The Cutie Mark Crusaders, combined with their newest pretentious preacher, Diamond Tiara, have found the greatest and most surefire way to gain their Cutie Marks! It involves Silver Spoon and.....a parrot with anal warts. This is sure to work.

Join all these lovable equines, as they venture through a normal day in Ponyville! Or hell, maybe they're in Detroit by this logic. Not sure...

*****This is a continuation of LisaWolf's story "Twilight's secret past", with my own unique twist added in. It is recommended that before reading this Pulitzer Prize nominated piece of literature, you read not only "Twilight's secret past", but also "Starbloom Chronicles", both by LisaWolf. This is to avoid confusion, as those two stories are quite different from eachother, but they do indeed coincide with THIS story. It also doesn't hurt that they're actually good stories, and won't take long to read at all; but hey, you can just go ahead and read this, but be warned.....ALL YOUR SWEDISH FISH WILL BE LOST IF YOU DO SO.*****

Characters Included (BECAUSE CURSE YOU MAXIMUM OF FIVE CHOICES!):

Twilight Sparkle
Starbloom Sparkle
Lyra
Featherweight
Owlowiscious
Princess Celestia
Princess Luna
Twist
Spike
Cutie Mark Crusaders
Diamond Tiara
Silver Spoon
Dat mule (You know who I'm talking about...)

Downvote is known for being a problem. A hilarious and cute problem, but a problem all the same. Well, a minor annoyance really. Okay, a major annoyance.

Okay, fine. A problem.

But she never thought anypony would try to kill her over it!

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Special thanks to Chicago Ted for the awesome editing work he did on this.

On their way to attend a perfectly ordinary, perfectly boring midnight flower show hosted by the Princess of the Night, the Flower Trio become unwitting pawns in a supernatural plot.

Please Note: This is a story in progress. The Nightmare Stigma was initially written as part of Calming Moon's National Pony Writing Month 2017. Final version may be very different.

Trixie Lulamoon wakes up in a strange place, her memories a jumble. Escaping is paramount. But is she really in danger? What about the other ponies in this place? Things aren't quite what they seem, and the truth may be the biggest trap of all.

Written for Tumbleweed's Springtime Switcheroo.

Through some fairly convoluted logic, inspired by this story: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/390405/selfless

The shadows. They speak to you, promising all you desire. You need only listen...

Reading by CreepyPastaSalad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYlr87eDZRI

Cover Art By InuHoshi-to-DarkPen: https://inuhoshi-to-darkpen.deviantart.com/art/Pony-of-Shadows-713963070