Created by Nicole Evermore
Fluttershy has always had difficulty with love. She gets into her own head, worries that she isn't doing enough for her partner, and ends up getting too stressed out to enjoy it. She would rather just avoid romance.
Rainbow Dash thinks she just needs to find a pony she doesn't feel that way about, so she sets her up with Pinkie Pie to try again.
Why do ponies dream? Why do we all seem to dream the same dreams?
What if we started to dream new things?
Discord said he wanted to make our dreams more interesting. Add some spice to our boring nocturnal lives. Nothing dangerous – just a bit of excitement to talk about in the mornings.
"Stop worrying so much, Twilight Sparkle," he said. "After all, dreams never hurt anypony."
How I wish he’d been right.
Gold Medalist in the Under the Sun Writeoff Event.
Now with Russian translation, courtesy of Cloud Ring! https://darkpony.space/the-archetypist-1/
"How could somepony as amazing as you not have a Special Somepony on Hearts and Hooves Day?"
With that single sentence, a thousand memories came flooding back to Cheerilee. A thousand memories of a thousand terrible dates...
After a long time--she would be more precise but Twilight has lost track of time--she emerges from the dark of the library. Her candles are burnt down to nubs. There is no food left in her pantry and furthermore, no coffee. So she goes to seek both.
And finds the town changed. Or is it Twilight who has changed?
This story is a sequel to Changeling Space Program
Twilight Sparkle's experimental interplanetary drive has malfunctioned, stranding Starlight Glimmer, Spitfire, Cherry Berry, a changeling and a dragon on a hostile planet in another universe. With limited food supplies, very little magic, no communications with home, and no way to leave the planet, they must survive until somepony rescues them.
Fortunately they crashed right next door to another creature with the exact same problem- a creature named Mark Watney.
They're going to science the buck out of everything- and do whatever it takes to survive Mars and get everybody home.
TVTropes page here! Thanks to GymQuirk for making it!
Commissioned art and fan works from the readers! Thanks, everybody!
This experiment in an updates-daily story was made possible by a generous grant from Canary in the Coal Mine and viewers like you.
(Sex tag for crude talk about sex, but no actual sex in the story.)
Ponyville has been plagued by terrible murders for the past few weeks. Detective Night Eye has been doing his best to catch the killer, but has been unsuccessful so far. It isn't until he gets a break in the form of Twilight Sparkle and her journal does he finally understand what's been going on in this little town.
The trouble is, why does Twilight Sparkle look so guilty?
This story is a sequel to Changeling Courtship Rituals
Queen Chrysalis attacked Canterlot, brainwashed Twilight Sparkle's brother, kidnapped her former foalsitter, defeated her mentor in combat, and conquered her kingdom. She kidnapped the sisters of Twilight's friends, turned them against one another, and tried to drain all of Twilight's magic. Queen Chrysalis has, at every opportunity, done her very best to utterly destroy Twilight Sparkle's life.
For some reason, this has not caused the pony to fall in love with her.
However, due to Twilight's misunderstanding of changeling customs, it does mean they are now married. Twilight eventually managed to tell the Queen the truth, but she forgot that whether it's a kingdom or a heart, changelings conquer.
And since the changeling way of conquest didn't work, Chrysalis is determined to try the pony way. The only problem is, of course, she has no idea what that is. But she knows someone who does: Princess Cadance.
Now, with the absolutely sincere help of her mortal enemy, the pony she once locked in the caves beneath Canterlot while trying to steal her husband on their very wedding day, Queen Chrysalis is going to woo the sister-in-law of that very pony.
Surely this is the most perfect plan ever devised.
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Proofread by ShutterflyYay.
Takes place roughly after season five (so Starlight Glimmer is running around occasionally)
For years, Twilight Sparkle and Queen Chrysalis have been at each other's throats. Both have experienced victory over the other, and both have experienced defeat. Out of all the creatures in Equestria, none despise each other the way the pony Princess and changeling Queen do. They seemed destined to remain locked in battle forever, or at least until one is finally dead at the hooves of the other. The cruel insults, the vicious loathing, and the powerful spells that have passed back and forth between them at each meeting have become the stuff of legend.
Imagine Twilight's surprise when she finds out changelings consider this dating.
And now they're married.
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Sequel: Pony Courtship Rituals
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Some beautiful fanart of the end of chapter three was done by Dmann892; you can see it here.
More awesome fanart, this time from chapter one.
Now with a TvTropes page (obligatory TvTropes warning goes here).
If you want a Russian translation, you can find it here.
There is now a reading of the story on Youtube, which starts here.
They're gone... and they're never coming back.
It was a spontaneous decision, one that I regret every waking moment. At the time, when I had to choose between my friends and all the alicorn magic in Equestria, I didn't answer the question fast enough.
They're dead now, and the worst part? I won.
Pre-read by randome284.
Edited by Dreams of Ponies.
Proofread by Nightmare Darkness and additional post-edits by AAIQU.
Cover art by dream--chan on Deviantart.
Now with an audio reading!
Side story by Dreams of Ponies.
Featured 7/15/17 - 7/18/17. Thanks guys!
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