In a separate universe, Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle were born into the world as alicorn princesses, twin daughters of Empress Celestia. One day, they were sent away to Ponyville, where they were destined to meet 5 special ponies. The story is as we know it; with loyalty, kindness, honesty, generosity, laughter, magic... betrayal, distrust, danger... and so much more.

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.

New cover art a birthday gift from my friend Heavy Mole

This story is a sequel to What Nightmares Fear

Twilight and her Advanced Projects team are asked to put on the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant. So they decide to modernize it a bit. And discover there's a lot more to the simple play than they expected...

For more of this series, start with: A Canterlot Engagement.

Also, check out the entire series, beginning with Not Exactly Friends.

This story is a sequel to Forgotten: Sunrise

A new student has come to Sunset Shimmer's fledgling magic school in Bridlewood, and she immediately begins to arouse the headmare's suspicions...

Cover art by: Little Tigress

"You can be a hero!"

Twilight Sparkle wants to be a hero. She didn't expect the most powerful hero in Equestria to lend her a hoof. She's now set on the path of legends, but it's not going to be an easy one.

An MLP x My Hero Academia Crossover.

Edited by Emtu

Gore tag because If you know the source material, you know what's in store for Twilight

After Princess Twilight Sparkle was assassinated yet was revived by Princess Celestia's healing spell 15 years later, she gets caught up in a world where Unicornia's Tyranny became their law. To make matters worse, she learns that all of her friends, her family, and her fellow princesses are either hiding, enslaved, or imprisoned.

Unable to take anymore chances with her political enemies, Twilight Sparkle joins the rebellious Lunar Republic to save her loved ones and fight against the armies of Unicornia for the freedom of Equestria. The battle to win back Equestria and to reclaim the throne has just begun.

(This story is inspired by MachineGames' and Bethesda Softworks' 2014 video game: Wolfenstein The New Order)

*Warning: May contain foul language, strong bloody violence, and gore. Readers' discretion is advised.*

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Twilight is still getting used to her new roll as Princess. But Sunset Shimmer steals her crown for herself into a world without magic. It is up to Ash and Twilight to get it back. But the world Sunset ran off to is in fact Ash' home-world. Now Ash has his chance to start over and live life as a human and restore his kingdom but at what cost. Will Twilight and Ash get the crown or will Sunset Shimmer rule the day? But the better question is Will this adventure end a beautiful romance?

Now with an audio drama produced by truesailorcomet, as well as TVTropes page!

Princess Luna takes on a Night Apprentice, her counterpart to Princess Celestia's Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle. Nova Shine, a wandering unicorn from Canterlot, is given the position for the first time in a thousand years. What neither of them know is that there exists a long and secret history between the positions of the Faithful Student, the Night Apprentice, and a mysterious shadow that seems to keep popping up in Nova's and Twilight's dreams. This shadow, whatever it is, and the dreams it appears in do not bode well, but the Princesses remain tight-lipped about these nightmares.

Nova and Twilight agree to investigate the nightmares themselves, and this mission occupies them for some time. But as they continue their search, their relationship starts to develop into something more than just fellow students. As if to make matters any more chaotic, Trixie Lulamoon arrives on Twilight's doorstep announcing that she, too, has been dealing with nightmare problems.

Finally, there's also the shadow itself. An ancient and dangerous enemy, it has lain dormant for the last thousand or so years. Why it chooses to reveal itself now is anyone's best guess, but unless Twilight and Nova can stop it, there's no telling what will happen to Equestria...

First featured under the old system on 25 November 2013, with occasional reappearances in the new system.
Featured again on 19 November 2022, on its 10th anniversary, and again on 19 November 2023 when the final chapter of the rewrite was published. Many thanks, everyone.

All was rather well in the young Princess Stella Nova's life. She was happy with her mother, Princess Twilight Sparkle and her father, Prince Flash Sentry. The day continued as usual until her mother received a heartbreaking message, and thus started the chain of events that would change Stella's life forever. Are these good events? Bad?

Or is there more on the young filly's mind that she's not speaking aloud?

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Special thanks to my wonderful bf Tarbtano for helping me with this! QWQ

This story is a sequel to Shadows of the Past

Following her talk with Forestsong, Twilight is left conflicted and with a choice. She has the chance to make her friends as eternal as she is.

But she is no longer the mare who would have done so without question, and damn what anypony said about it. And so now she has to choose. And what do the girls themselves want?