Twilight was supposed to gather the Elements of Harmony the way Princess Celestia planned it: meet the embodiments of the Elements while running errands in Ponyville, team up with them, discover the meaning of friendship, and then defeat Nightmare Moon. It was all so simple.

Too bad she really underestimated Twilight's ability to screw things up.

Additional Character Tags: Octavia, Nightmare Moon, Princess Celestia, Shining Armor, Princess Cadance

Edited by WorkbenchManiac: chapter 7-25, 27 onwards
Edited by docontra: chapter 26 onwards

Random guy ends up in Equestria story, yet for reasons unbeknownst to him, he finds himself in an Equestria much like the one he barely remembers from a show he once watched, yet very different in all the wrong aspects.

It can't possibly be because he turned into a changeling right after their infamous invasion.

Right?

And now with an editor. A huge round of applause to Kablam Pony for helping me with editing this story.

A giant round of applause for mix-up for drawing such splendid cover art.

Tags:

AU: This is literally an alternate Equestria, where grim events happen as normal occurrences, also, the story starts from season 2 and moves up to season 4.

Comedy: who doesn't like to laugh at the misery of a fictional character?

Adventure: if that wasn't obvious I don't know what is.

Dark: Some of you pointed out that it has some dark elements, but don't worry, I will not write anything overboard.

Human: dare I need to state why.

Teen because of a couple of death scenes here and there, no gore, unless it's written in an extremely scientific language.

Oh, it's a shameless self insert by the way. I want to see how much I can write myself as a character in my own story and how much it relates to other characters I have written.

This story is a sequel to The Definitive Guide to Pony Anatomy - Starring Princess Celestia and Princess Luna

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'Do not trust an alicorn who weighs any less than her operating manual' - Author of this Guide

Sometimes your alicorn throws a temper tantrum and runs around the house turning off all the lights while declaring herself a new breed of adorable evilness. Sometimes sibling squabbles leave you with a tearful alicorn refusing to raise the moon and allow the day to end. Keep calm and read this guide. This guide will walk you through how to safely contain evil dark pony overlords using readily available household implements such as the humble cardboard box. And if all else fails, it will at least help you make effective use of the astrophysics of alicorn anatomy to manually override the raising, lowering and general joyriding of various celestial bodies.

Published by the Royal Canterlot Publishing House for the Royal Equestrian Diplomatic Mission to Earth. For human audiences only. No alicorns (or humans) were harmed in the making of this guide.

Contains: Princess Luna being generally mischievous and adorable for Hearthswarming Eve. Also contains cardboard. Surprisingly does not contain any bubblewrap for once.

This is a standalone story, but it does sort of have a 'previous episode' you can read here. Reading it is not required to enjoy this particular story, but it's a fun short read in its own right.

Sort of my Christmas fic. I decided to get it done early as I'll be working this Christmas. Again. Happy Hearthswarming, everyone!

Christmas is a special occasion that comes every year. For many, it is something that is experienced annually. For others however, not so much. The Dazzlings have not experienced such an occasion, perhaps this may be the first of many to come.

We all have dreams, goals, and ideas. We all want for something, want to ascribe to be something. But… what happens once you’ve achieved that goal? What do you do if you’ll never achieve that goal? If circumstances in life prevent you from ever being able to do the thing you love?

Two ponies, two friends, each have to deal with a different version of that question. But maybe they can find the answer together, and maybe, just maybe, they’ll find something else as well.

A cowrite with Moonlit Sparkle. Edited by DeputyDuck and RofLmao.

Apple Bloom was growing to hate school. Far from her fond memories of class with miss Cheerilee, high school was proving to be the most wearyingly senseless way to educate a youngster that she could possibly conceive of. But when peculiar dreams and even more peculiar phenomenon put Apple Bloom as far away from high school as she can be, it looks like the end of her life, not the beginning. With no hope for her future, she can only rely on the support of friends and loved ones to keep her spirits up. Then, things start to go ...awry...

[Wrote this before DS3, ending is probably not canon, but I had to modify the canon to integrate ponies into the storyline]
It is 2508. The USM Valor is armed and authorized to "rescue" USG Ishimura from the grasp of the Marker. Numerous cases of dementia start to appear in the crew members of the Valor along the journey to the Aegis system, especially in the Marine veterans onboard who have survived the horrors of the Resource Wars and colonial insurrections.

Meanwhile, across the universe, the Royal Sisters of Equestria funded a project to seek other sentient beings in the universe that have been directed along a path of havoc and destruction by Discord. Pinkie Pie, one of the "early-detection" staff, is accidentally transported onto the USM Valor around the time the destroyer's crew begins to experience its final moments, as they find something extremely foreign in one of Ishimura's escape pods....

One of the military personnel that had been deemed a Section 8 onboard the Valor soon narrowly escapes his demise, and, skating on the thin ice of his already broken sanity, meets the aformentioned pink pony in the blood-drenched decks of the crippled Valor.

To join is to survive, and in pieces we scatter.

BTW, it's a non-Isaac Clarke perspective

This story is a sequel to A Tad Screwy: Screwball in Canterlot High

Many months after her reforming, Screwball is living happily with her new friends. However, when The Dazzling's come into the picture, Screwball witnesses just what they're capable of, and threatens to expose them. But from the looks of it, The Dazzlings want her on their side, so she's given an offer she'd be crazy to refuse.

She knows they're up to something, and she wouldn't mess up her chances with her new friends just to get complete and total admiration from everybody else in the school...

...And a cool-looking amulet...

...And an even more-badass singing voice...

...And awesome hypnotism powers...

......Yeah, this might be a tougher choice than she thought.

Read the first story before this. You will understand NOTHING if you don't.

After several bloody years of war, we are about to defeat King Sombra. I almost wish we would have lost.

A thousand years is a long time to be cooped up in a city full of crystals.

Two years after the return of the Crystal Empire to the realm of Equestria, Flash Sentry was itching to board the next train to anywhere the first chance that he got. That chance came in the form of a reassignment when Equestria and the Empire merged their royal guard corps. He was shipped off to Canterlot to become one of Prince Blueblood's personal guard, a position of great honor and prestige. Flash was determined to perform his duties to the best of his abilities.

Of course, his best may not be enough seeing as how almost every mare on the planet wants to murder the good prince.

Editing by Sassy Ned and A Wild Hores