Spike is Back and came back to ponyville but with a different apperance. over five years his back with in ponyville and wondering if anything had change while he was gone.

Pinkie Pie has been lonely lately, and a chance encounter with Rainbow Dash gives hope that she might find some cheer.

Because cheer has been in short supply, lately.

Thanks to my pre-readers: Level Dasher, iakovl, Forgoten Null and Phycokrusk, who always seem to help me when ever I put the call out.

The doctors diagnosed it long ago. Pinkie has a problem. A big problem. And its not a party problem. Shes kept it a secret all these years to avoid hurting her friends with the bitter truth. But keeping the secret may hurt them more.

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My interpretation of pinkie's depressive side, no gore but ranked teen for some more mature concepts.

War is dead, destroyed by the ponies when the created the greatest weapon of all time, the M.A.G.E.'s. When they were released upon the battle fields against Equestria's enemies, they lost all will to fight, ending all war, and leaving the ponies with a weapon that was no longer needed.

But, thanks to a pair of pioneering individuals as well as the creator of the M.A.G.E. units, Equestira was soon able to partake in a new kind of entertainment, in the form of the Tower of Tartarus. In the tower, The M.A.G.E.'s were pitted against each other for the enjoyment of their pony creators, all of them trying to reach the top and win "The Prize."

However, one M.A.G.E. is different from the rest, for it remembers what others cannot, as well as things it should not. It has been to the top before, only to fall, but it shall rise again, and discover the truth about its existence.

A crossover between My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Rengoku 2: Stairway To H.E.A.V.E.N.

Tag Warnings: The romance tag is in regards to one of the underlying plot mechanisms driving the stories main plot, however there will be no romances developing between characters in the story.

This story is a sequel to Yaerfaerda

A newly transformed Rainbow Dash continues her flight east.