In wake of the Changeling invasion, the citizens of Equestria begin the question the rule of the Royal Alicorn Sisters. With fear and doubt spreading throughout the land, Princess Celestia struggles to keep her kingdom united. Will she and the Mane Six be able preserve harmony, or will Equestria be torn apart?

Twilight's gone. In her battle through time, she died, a victim of an alternate timeline. Starlight is defeated, but at what cost?

Spike's lost the pony that's always loved him, the one who acted as a mother, sister, teacher, and best friend. Now he's in pain... but he's not alone. Because Twilight's friends have vowed not to let him become an orphan. In place of one mother, five will now raise him.

AU in regards to The Cutie Re-Mark and Crusaders of the Lost Mark

Basic idea by Rated Ponystar

Twilight Sparkle knew she was a smart filly. She was in the School of Magic after all, Celestia’s personal student even. She had a great family and baby sitter too. So why did she have to be so stupid and end up throwing it to burn.

Now all she had was Spike, she was alone, and somewhere unfamiliar.
(Inspired by Leave it All Behind)

After spending a day with his own fan club in the Crystal Kingdom, an in-flight accident leads to Spike falling down a cliff and hitting his head and gaining amnesia. He'll soon soon run into a group of familiar faces; and Twilight will do anything she can to find her friend and bring him back home.

Takes place before Season 6

This story is a sequel to Post Nuptials

In the aftermath of the wedding, Spike is bitter and avoiding everyone. Twilight's determined to find out what's bothering her charge, but she walks a very fine line when dealing with an emotionally distraught child.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash suspects something's wrong with Scootaloo, so she starts spending more time with her in hopes of picking the secret from her brain. As she begins to truly mentor the young filly for the first time ever, she begins to see the advantages to having a little sister.

And while all this is going on, Pinkie is struggling with some old family issues that have been brought to the surface, meaning she might have to confront her past at last.

Art by Conicer

Garble and his cohorts kidnapped Rarity, and sent a ransom letter to Spike. Their only demands: Spike tells no one and gives Garble the Dragon Lord Staff. Spike must engage the trio in a deadly game of cat and mouse to keep Garble from getting his claws on the scepter. Failure could spell disaster for all of Equestria and a war between dragons and ponies.

Spike is separated from his friends when he falls through a hole created during an earthquake. Deep beneath the earth, he finds a forest teeming with life, both breathtakingly beautiful and breathtakingly lethal. Unfortunately, many of its inhabitants would like to make a meal of him. Now, Spike has to find a way to contact his friends while avoiding monster bugs. Somehow, he must survive and not succumb to his baser instincts.

Spike wins the Gauntlet of Fire but decides not to give the Bloodstone Scepter to Ember for he has other plans in mind. Twilight and her friends are not thrilled to lose Spike but the Dragons welcome him. Spike discovers what Dragons are missing will lead them to prosperity.

Takes place during season 6 episode 5.

This story got featured 4/20/23-4/21/23, 5/2/23, 5/3/23, 5/10/23, 5/14/23, 5/20/23, 6/6/23, 6/21/23, 6/24/23, 6/29/23, 7/14/23, 1/13/24, 3/1/24, 3/22/24 AWESOME!

Princess Twilight embraces the dark side... of currency! And assistant-to-the-crown Raven Inkwell gets Spiked.

- Content Notice: Ch1: An off-colour insult ; "buck" curse used once ; Ch3: possible death alluded to.

-Ch 1: Comedy/Drama; Ch2: Adventure/Mystery; Ch3; Adventure/Drama
- For the My Little Pony Renaissance Contest: "[it can be]... as dramatic as Princess Twilight Embracing the Dark Side."
- The dark side of what was not specified, be it the moon or otherwise. Several commentators assumed Princess Twilight would be embracing HER dark side (whichever side points away from the sun?), but why read a pronoun into the statement when we all know Princess Twilight has absolutely no dark side! She never bewitched a town into hatred over desiring her stuffed foaltoy--that was an alternative universe--YOUR Little Pony, not MY Little Pony. (j/k?).

The Contest Theme is Change.
- We've got ch-ch-ch--changes here. Turn the bit and face the strange changes in change (currency, rather). Changes in Rulership, Changes in seconds-in-command, changes in jobs, roles, maturity, relationship, story tones per chapter, and more! Contest Folder.

* Era: Post-Season 9. (See an index of my stories, sorted by My Little Pony Season).

* Made the "Popular Stories" list on 21, July, 21.

Image Rights Only: by Delapouite, the Image Only is CC BY 3.0.

When Princess Twilight Sparkle and early-teen Spike move back to Canterlot, she suggests he consider living with her parents again. His foster family is enthusiastic, but the visit to his old home rekindles long-buried emotions in the little dragon.

Ever since he was a hatchling, an important question has burned within his belly. Now he's finally brave enough to ask.

Written for the 2021 Jinglemas event as a gift for Jake The Army Guy.