This story is a sequel to Atonement for a Wayward Dragoon

After facing the greatest trial of his life, Kain Highwind finds himself as a defender in Equestria.

He's forged bonds with those who helped pull him from the darkness and is coming to terms with the magic of friendship.

However, a new threat looms over the horizon.

After the events on the second moon, Kain Highwind secluded himself on Mt. Ordeals to follow in the path of his paladin friend, Cecil Harvey. He cannot face his friends, not after the betrayals he inflicted. His only choice is to separate himself from his dark past and become a paladin.

But the forces at work have different plans for the dragoon.

What will become of him with this change in fate?

This story takes place after the events of the original Final Fantasy IV and Season 3 of FiM

Special thanks to ArceusFan493 for chapter edits and Sedentary Vagabond as my writing consultant.
Comments are welcome. I could always use the feedback.
Featured 5/26/16!

Hello Equestrian;

Applejack, Spike, and Pinkie Pie. When the Ninth Fantasy began, they were lost to Equestria, when it needed them most, blessing Gaia with their aid. This is their story. The friends they made, the enemies they fought, the trials they endured, the tears they shed. A story, beginning with a humble journey to return home, escalating into an epic struggle to save two worlds from an ancient ritual. A story about, naturally, friendship, and the strength born of it that they all relied on, in their harrowing adventure to save all that they could from Unity, and the Chaos born within.

A Final Fantasy IX crossover, Gaia Side.

Cover Art done by Cloureed. Thanks! You're Awesome!!
Final Fantasy IX belongs to Sony and Square Enix, you should totally buy the game.

Cloud Strife finds himself face-to-face with the truth about his past - both the lies and his own failures. In what can only be a surreal dream fueled by the Lifestream and his Mako Poisoning, he allows himself to be pulled away deep into the Lifestream's green glow. What he isn't counting on, though, is being dropped into a world of odd, pastel quadrupeds the likes of which he's never seen before, his memories shattered and missing.

(Final Fantasy VII x My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.)

NOTES:
*Takes place between Seasons 2 and 3, as that's when I initially began writing this piece.
*Alternate Universe tag is present because this story invalidates all Trixie-related episodes except Boast Busters.
*Gore tag is present mainly for one scene with minimal description that may still push a boundary or two. This is not a Gore-centric story.

Greetings weary traveler/bored reader. Let me regale you with my tale. The tale of a mere mortal, with nothing particularly special to his name, brought to a magical land of dragons, minotaurs, griffins, and of course ponies. But he came as no mere human. He came as the epic warrior, the manliest of swordsmen, that most dashing of multiverse travelers, the mighty Gilgamesh! What adventures will this powerful and magnificent warrior find in his travels? HELL IF I KNOW! LET'S STRAP IN AND SEE WHERE THIS GOES!

Looking for cover art if anyone's interested.

Crossovers with:
The life and times of Xante, Baron of the Frozen Wastelands, First among Liches, Lord of the Dead, and Fabulous Rainbow Magic User

Golden Graces, Headless Headaches

I Will Hunt You Down

A Thousand Tortured Souls Scream My Name

Gravity of the Situation

Land of Friendship and Magic

And Then There Were 10… Er… 67

Son of Invention

Ten Against One

Time Ticks On

Let's Just Say That Umbra Really Needs to Put a Lock On His Diary

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May 25, 2014: I GOT FEATURED! HOLY CRAP THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Twilight Sparkle. Librarian of Ponyville, Element of Magic and personal student of Princess Celestia.
Midnight Aurora. Lunar pegasus, defender of the Lunar Republic and Guardian of Equestria.
Blobking. A regular, uninteresting unicorn.
Sakura Petal. Unicorn programer, master of the legendary Buster Sword and resident of the nation of Japony.
Sonic Stryker. Paranormal investigator, agent of Princess Luna and the only pony (other than Twilight) to have met the Slendermane and survived.
Flamdren D'Auteriche Lucifenia. The only pony survivor of the Equestrian Keyblade War.

What do these six ponies have in common? Why they've been chosen by the Keyblade of course! Now they must begin their journey to not only save Equestria, but all the worlds themselves.

((Shout out to Ramisha on Legends of Equestria for making the awesome cover art!))

1/12/13: Editing of older chapters underway, so content flow between older and newer chapters may temporarily be in conflict.

(Final FantasyxMLP) After giving his life to save Cloud, Zack Fair awakes to find himself not lost in the currents of the Lifestream, but rather lying on a cloud in a strange new world.

A world full of colourful creatures called ponies, who have never heard of humans, much less Shinra or SOLDIER.

His appearance, however, marks only the beginning of something none in Equestria could have foreseen. In the shadow of an ongoing war with the changelings, strange, sudden, and cataclysmic events begin to occur throughout Equestria, events that no normal creature could've caused. The nature and ferocity of these events soon comes to suggest only one plausible explanation, that another former SOLDIER may have somehow found their way to the land of ponies.

Zack's former friend, turned powerful god-like enemy, Sephiroth.

During a meteor shower, Cloud Strife crashes down into Equestria, with no memories of how or why he was there. However, he wasn't the only being from his world that was in the strange new land. A familiar evil begins to rise once again, and Cloud once again finds himself companions to stop it. But will it be enough this time? And can he find his way back home?

Both of them searched for purpose during their lives. Both of them were puppets designed to kill and manipulate. Both of them encountered a single individual that taught them the meaning of life. And then they passed away. One was a villain determined to destroy everything. The other was a child looking for security in his limited life. They found themselves blessed to have a second chance in a new world.
They were blessed to be able to live again…