As the eternal regent of Equestria, Princess Celestia's knowledge of magic is without equal. Over her long life, only a few gifted ponies who had a great destiny before them have had the honor of learning at her side. Sunset Shimmer was one such pony: one of Celestia’s best and most promising students. As she learned at Celestia’s hooves, their bond strengthened until they became far more than student and teacher to one another.

Sometimes those closest to us are the ones who can hurt us the most.

[Note: This story does not directly tie into Equestria Girls]

This story is a sequel to Petriculture

It's been several months since Pinkie Pie made a stunning admission about her past that permanently changed her relationship with her friends, particularly Twilight Sparkle, but life seems to have settled back to normal (well, normal by Pinkie Pie's standards, at least). However, when an old nemesis returns and ensnares Twilight in her influence, it's up to Pinkie to make things right.

This is the second story in The Petriculture Cycle. There is a TV Tropes Page for the entire Cycle here.

Cover image by Page Turner; "Princess Twilight" vector by Nianara.

Twilight unwinds after a stressful day of reshelving books with a new kind of tea, brewed from special herbs Zecora bought her. It's a philosophical journey she wasn't prepared for.

With a reading by AShadowOfCygnus

Desperate to be free from Diamond Tiara's bullying, Apple Bloom wishes on a star and escapes to a new Ponyville, filled with strangely familiar colts and stallions. As a filly in a school full of colts, she comes to see a new side to both her friends and her enemies.

Inspired by Conner Cogwork's "On a Cross and Arrow", but not intended to be part of the same world or follow the same story.

A strange mare arrives in Twilight’s library, claiming to be her future self—here to stop a terrible plague. But Twilight worries that this stranger’s bold claims may hide something more sinister.

Cover art by Cold in Gardez.

Princess Twilight intentionally goes to another world to meet one of her alternates!
...It doesn’t go well…
Inspired by a small skit written by Frission. Thanks for permission to expand this!
Thank you so much for editing Adren!

After two years of chaotic love, Princess Twilight Sparkle and Discord thinks their ready to tell the world about their secret relationship. With Shining Armor disapproving of this relationship, often trying to talk his sister out of the relationship with Discord, with his wife Princess Cadence telling him to give them an chance. When Shining Armor goes and confront his sister in front of the other Princesses, Twilight decides she had enough of her brother's over protective instincts. She and Discord decides to get marry, with the Twilight's friends being her bride maids and Spike being the best stallion or best dragon in this case.

Later that night, after the big wedding. Twilight and her lucky chaotic husband Discord have some bit of fun in there crystal castle. After their little fun, Twilight feels a bit of pain in her stomach, fearing of the worst. She takes a test to find out if she carrying the Lord Of Chaos' offspring, to her surprise, she is.

Does the Lord Of Chaos and the Princess of harmony has want it takes to raise a family? And how will there friends react when they hear the news, will they react badly or with disgust? Or just support the alicorn in raising one of the chaotic families known to Equestria.
And can these two newly weds, face the challenges that comes in store for them of starting a family on their own?

Some types of magic carry with them a heavy price. Celestia is faced with the grim task of teaching this to her growing student.

Thoughtful little snippet inspired by the prompt 'Breaking the Rules'.

Collaboration with TaviPlaysTheBass. This story wouldn't have gone anywhere without him. Go show him some love.

Applejack finally decides to confess her feelings for Rainbow Dash. She heads to the library, knowing that today is one of Twilight and Rainbow’s reading days. She heads in to steal Rainbow away so she can confess to her in private, only to walk in on Twilight and Rainbow in the middle of a make out session.

Contains: Shipping, Polyamory, Lesbian Ponies, and the concept of herds. Don't like it? Don't read it.
Also: Fluff and light humor because there isn't enough in the world.

“I lose myself in the music and tug cold, dead notes on a page into sonorous, transcendent life. And momentarily they fall back into oblivion, these notes. It's an immediacy and tragedy no writer or painter or sculptor could know; it's a magic of a kind no unicorn horn could ever come close to, and I am privileged and humbled to be a part of it.”

“I can see the smile on her face, all genuine, and I can see the concentration on her brow. She's into this performance. She's really into it. You can feel, FEEL the passion wellin up inside of her. In her every motion there's nothin but pure, unapologetic life. She's doin what she loves, she's good at it, and there's nothin sexier than that.”

Stress. Self-betrayal. Worries about where you're going in life. And a chance encounter with a fellow performer to show you that maybe it's not all not all that bad.

Pre-read by the inimitable Blue_Paladin42 & jlm123hi. I arrogantly spurned their advice on literary conventions, so if your eyes start to bleed, blame me.

Warning: Contains feels, cuddling without sex, naughty words, and more than one endash.