When the Crystal Empire returned, it did so without incident, bereft of its former ruler - the Mad King nowhere to be found across all the frozen wastes. Many believed he perished, lost to whatever magics he used to banish the Empire into the aether. And yet...

Within the confines of a quaint and curious club, nestled into the depths of Canterlot, a returned Sombra ekes out a comfortable existence. Unburdened by his prior madness, he has taken to the life of a humble bartender, offering advice and a listening ear to those who find themselves at his establishment - and soon comes to find himself intrigued by the plight of a moonlit mare. When all one has known are lies and deceptions, can the dancing embers of compassion thaw his stony heart?

Luna loves her daughter and will do anything to protect her filly.

She will fight every nightmare, destory every shadow that looms over her. Not matter the cost.

In a faraway land, much to the North of Equestria, the once was a King. A King who spent long nights gazing up at the stars, in awe of their beauty. A King who felt the ache of a Princesses wounded heart. A King who, with a thousand years under the ice, fell prey to madness, jealousy, and heartache.

A thousand years ago, Princess Luna broke under the strain of her loneliness. Embittered and emboldened, she traveled away from Canterlot to find the power she needed to challenge and defeat her sister in a battle for the throne.

This is a poetic retelling of the story of Nightmare Moon, heavily inspired by The Metamorphoses, "Horatius at the Bridge", and Paradise Lost. I hope you enjoy!

Luna seeks her own place in the world. Her sister is the sun in more ways than one and she's grown tired of always being eclipsed by that light, so she makes a decision. She will go on sabbatical, see the nation she was exiled from, participate in it, and what better place to start than an empire as timelost as herself. But stepping out of the light of the sun can lead to places full of shadows, and not even the Mare of the Moon commands all darkness.

Written for Ice Star
Cover Art by the Illustrious SilverWolf

Luna give birth to the first of the next generation of ponies. Her daughter, Moonbeam, is a very powerful Alicorn filly. However, she cannot harvest nor control her powers. Luna seeks help from one of the last ponies she ever wanted to talk to only to find out that her daughter is in danger. With Moonbeam being so young and so power, it will be really easy for anypony to use her powers to their advantage...Anypony.

Cover: Moon Solace or KuroMasaru on DA

Death, the eldest of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, has been given a new chance at life as a reward from the Creator Himself for all the good he's done in life, but the Pale Rider is in for quite a surprise as where, and what, he wakes up as.

Cover art done by Thresha8

Nopony knows King Sombra's past, the vows he made, the promises he broke. We know that he turned to dark magic, but not why.

This is my take on his story.

Long ago Princess Luna managed to contain King Sombra in the icy tundra of the north. But he is awake and seeking vengeance. Princess Celestia wants him destroyed, Twilight thinks he can be redeemed and Luna is torn between what used to be her lover now transformed into a corrupted Tyrant hell bent on dominating the land.

Princess Luna’s most treasured place is not what one might expect. She carries out her most important work in a small room on the outskirts of the dream realm. It’s time for her to beautify it for its next little occupant.