Years have come and gone, yet through all of it, six friends have remained close. From the far flung corners of the world they come together each year to visit, and reinforce that eternal bond of friendship.

Let a light shine in your window
Let me see where I have been
And if that light still shines
And if fortune smiles
I will pass this way again
I will pass this way again

Twilight Sparkle was only a filly when Equestria detected the enigmatic Signal. A series of increasingly complex mathematical proofs, the Signal transformed from an intriguing curiosity to reliable evidence of extraequestrian life.

And as it happened, Equestria's exploration of their own solar system was nearly complete. With colonies orbiting every planet and large body, and an asteroid belt filled with miners and prospectors, Twilight's civilization was just about ready to turn its focus outward. The signal was less than ten light-years away, within reach of a daring, experimental voyage. A voyage Twilight Sparkle would lead.

Along with a small crew of the most skilled scientists and engineers Equestria could offer, Twilight is determined to uncover the mystery of the Signal, and brave the final frontier for future generations of Equestrian explorers.

A comment-driven, CYoA story. Please use the links provided in the author's notes of each chapter to vote, rather than the comments.

This story is a creative experiment of mine, one meant to explore the general idea that creativity is often most fostered by restrictions. As a result, I've imposed a number of restrictions on the writing of this story, which I'm stating explicitly here so I can be called out if I break any of them.

1. Brevity is the soul of wit
No chapter may be more than 1000 words long. This wordcount only includes prose, and not the questions/rolls.

2. Every choice matters
When a choice is offered in a chapter, at least one sub-optimal choice must be present, with no indication about which is which other than the prose itself. Every chapter should end with a CYoA-style decision tree when possible.

3. Fate is cruel and the universe is heartless
The decision of the vote must be respected. This means any character could be killed, or the entire story could end in failure, if that's what the votes decide. Where numbers, stats, and randomization appear in the text, these elements are not verisimilitude, but are decided by public diecrolls in my discord server.

Note: Because of the unusual production of this story, its chapters won't be edited in the same way as my usual fare. Feel free to point out any mistakes you encounter.

Awesome cover by Zutcha as you can probably tell. Editing stuff by Two Bit and Sparktail, where applicable.

In the city of Canterlot live the two Princess sisters of Equestria. Their names is Princess Celestia and Princes Luna, and together they make the mighty Princess Team. But even when you is a million years old someitms you gotta take a facation. So, Celestia dna Luna decide to win a free vacation from the lotery and have to have somebodey else do their princess crap while they are away. But the question is, who will be worthy of the title of Princess?

its me

Imagine being an ordinary citizen going about your day with no idea that the Wakanda battle to protect the Mind Stone is even happening. And then suddenly, your friend, your family members or even you begin disintegrating into dust. You have no idea what it is, what's causing it and you can't stop it.

That's exactly what the ponies of Equestria felt when Thanos snapped his fingers.

Click here for the complete list of who lived and who died in this story.

Featured 26th April 2019 (thanks, guys!)

It is the christmas season right now and everyone know that Christmas is the most christmas day of the year. BUT! Detective jakkid only likes christmas, and wil not accept the pony's version of Hearths Warming Day... so he is like Ebaneezer Scrooge. A little bit

Will Detective jakkid learn how to get the hearth warming spirit, or will he die of heart failure and get forgotten by centuries of ponies forever? Find out in the Detective jakkid TWO-PART christmas special of whatever year this is

To Rarity, spring always feels like the the worst part of the movie. Rainbow doesn’t get it, and so she doesn’t like it.

That’s why today finds them in a 1979 Cadillac on the road going nowhere.

Well, sort of.

Alternatively: unwound in a fake car on a freeway that’s the same as all the others, like in every other low budget movie you’ve seen on that odd movie channel

Motherhood is hard, as Shining Armor knows, and Cadance has been dealing with a lot lately. So, when Shining comes home, he's not too surprised that she seems a little... off. But it doesn't take long before he realizes something is not quite right. In fact, there might be something weird in the very foundation of their family...

Warning: Is a lot more harmless than the title and description might lead you to believe...

When Twilight Sparkle learns that Barbara, Queen of the Communists, plans to detonate bombs all over the world to turn everyone into communists, she must team up with Tempest Shadow to save both humanity and ponies from Marxism in a gripping, mesmerizing, and utterly bizarre tale written with a predictive text generator.

This story was adapted into an audio reading by Curtis Wildcat, which you can listen to here!

Daring Do can't start writing her latest story. She should Daring Do something about that.

Applejack suddenly realises just how weird it is for a pony to milk cows - shell-shock ensues.

EDIT: Featured 24/3/19 to 26/3/19!