A man had all but written off humanity after retiring from military service. Precepts like Faith, Hope and Love had always been a part of his life but had fallen into shadow due to dark times. In their place, the motto from the U.S. Coast Guard "Semper Paratus" or "Always Prepared" had gotten him through difficulties many times before.

But what happens when the rough time isn't even on the same planet, let alone with other people. Will the training and constant "prepper" attitude be enough to get him through? Fighting despair, resentment, selfish ambitions and now sorcery- a man born out of chaos discovers a powerful talent where human precepts clash with Magic!

King Sombra’s dark influence was obliterated by the Crystal Heart, and the villain is well and truly dead. But when he attempts to steal the afterlife of an innocent victim, a human spirit is left hurtling towards Equestria, where this unfortunate soul is revived into the only vessel available: the reconstituted body of King Sombra himself.

Thus, a cheerfully oblivious alien is crammed into the form of the most evil and malicious being Equestria has ever known. Not that Shining Armor and Cadence know this, of course. As far as they are concerned, the King is back and he’s lost his fricking mind.

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The Nightmare has always been a fundamental part of Equestria; as long as there is fear and darkness in the hearts of mortal creatures, the Nightmare will endure. For a thousand years it resided in the body of Princess Luna, but has since been defeated and reduced to a whisper, barely capable of conscious thought. Her Brotherhood has been working hard to find a way to restore The Nightmare to it's full power, and has located the Sanctuary, an artifact that will provide a safe haven for the Nightmare to recover. The only problem is that the Sanctuary is currently in the hands of a Human boy, and it will not allow them to take him away from it.

This is a crossover, only I am intentionally keeping it hidden until the end of the story. There are hints however, and extreme fans of the, um, thing that I'm crossing over with may be able to figure it out. For the most part however, this will just be an adventure story, and I have made it accessible to anyone, even if they hate what I'm crossing over with.

It's been mere months since Marc made his choice to stay in Equestria. He has a home, good friends, good food...But above all, he has Ditzy. But the situation is far more complicated than that. Forces are in play that they must confront. But before all this, one question needs to be answered. If only things could be simpler...

A sequel to Change in Perspective

Discord has been meddling in other dimensions and to the horror of the Princess has brought a creature back from one of them to prove it. The main six must now help to return this tragic wayfarer to his home, but not before he leaves an impression that will be hard to forget.

Since before he could remember Sebastian always had some drastic tragedy following him around, there was always something somewhere going wrong for him. Whether it was an illness, an injury or a personal problem was down to chance, but each time, whatever it was would always be colossal. He never had small, simple problems. It almost felt like someone way up there in the clouds was fucking with him… Almost…

Little did he know... He was right.

Sleep...something that has been lost Jason and Sarah. Ever since the birth of their first-born, sleep has been scarce and nights have been long and never ending. Their sanity is near-broken.

Maybe some help from their other-worldly friends is needed...

The fourth story in the 'Jason & Celestia' storyline. This story follows Welcome To The World.

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Does NOT Contain:
- An overpowered protagonist
- A human-on-pony romance
- Unbelievable characterization
- A contrived plot where everything happens the hero's way

As a brony who prides himself on always knowing where the fine line between fantasy and reality lies, Joseph Ryan Ang was more than skeptical about where exactly he thinks he has landed himself up in when he stumbles and falls through a large hole in the forest while out on a solo hiking trip in the forests of Tennessee. But when he begins to encounter, and subsequently escape from several familiar creatures, each one harassing him and then moving on to nearly killing him on his harrowing journey back to civilisation, the realization that he just might have stumbled into another world altogether begins to take hold.

The realization then batters relentlessly against walls of skepticism, but even as the evidence begins to mount before his eyes, he continues to hold on to the incontrovertible facts that there are no such things as portals, and manticores and wolves made out of wood and bark do not exist.

At least, that's what he thinks until he bursts out of the Everfree, and discovers that he's landed up in Equestria.

All in all, it's just the kind of day that would have had him swearing loudly and at length.

But Joseph's arrival in Equestria isn't just due to fickle chance, or to the myriad ways of destiny. Dark forces of the world stir, their eyes intent upon him. Sinister motives plot and scheme, and upon his arrival in Canterlot he soon finds himself embroiled in a shadowy plot more dire than anything he could possibly imagine, with far-reaching portents beyond his wildest dreams. As he races against time to unravel a conspiracy against the crown despite being surrounded by mistrust and prejudice, Joseph will discover what it means to be a protector and a guardian of what he loves... and more importantly, what it means to be human in a world of ponies.

This isn't just about the machinations of fate, the paths of destiny, or the fickle whimsies of chance. It is about the way a man is capable of forging his own paths by the choices he makes, despite the circumstances foisted upon him. It is about the power of the freedom of choice, to defy what destiny had planned for you and to create your own fate. It is about how even the unlikeliest of individuals can turn out to become even the most unexpected of heroes, and how one man's desire to make a difference can change an entire world.

He came to their world as a man who barely even knew his purpose in life, much less how or why he had arrived there.

He is about to become a man who will forge his own path to the very heights of their nation.

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Shoutouts to HeirApparent and DigitalCore for helping me proofread, edit, and generate ideas for this baby!

Valera lives a fairly ordinary life... If you can call one that in the Zone. He has been there for four months now, and knows many of the ins and outs of life in the harsh environment. When he gets a call from the Barkeep to investigate a strange Anomaly, he figures that, aside from the fact that he has an entire Duty squad escorting him, it will be routine.

Until it expands.

Swallowed by the creation of the Zone, he must find a way to survive in what seems to be an endless desert. At first.

A S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Shadow of Chernobyl crossover.

Note: I have included links for those who do not play STALKER, or want a refresher, whenever something I have not mentioned before comes up.

Cancelled, for now.

Tinker was always the black sheep of her family. Though she is as greedy as the rest, while they preferred to play the goblin nation's stock-market, Tinker enjoyed creating various gizmos and gadgets for honest selling. Unfortunately, her own inventions always seemed to be quickly outclassed by those coming from leading companies (and sometimes tended to blow up).

This was until one day, Tinker had an idea. An idea that would send her half-way across the world. If her own people didn't want her inventions, perhaps she could make it big in a much more primitive nation...

Will Tinker find that money doesn't make the girl, and learn that the magic of friendship conquers all ambition? Well, probably not. She is a goblin after all. However, with a bit of effort, perhaps the socially awkward goblin will learn that friendship may be worth something after all...