A young man finds himself in the bedroom of an attractive young woman. Unfortunately, something is telling this man he's going to have a bad time. Something in the woman's eyes...

Cover art by the fantastic thegreatcat14.

When Adagio is caught wearing a rather unusual piece of clothing, Aria and Sonata can not help but ask questions about it.

( featured on October 26, 2018. Was not expecting that )

A lot of time has passed since the Battle of the bands. The Rainbooms have reached out to the Dazzlings to be their friends. Through hardships after hardships the Dazzlings finally gave in and became their friends. With the rivalry died down new bondings could grow in its place, and oh it does.

Part of The Destiny of the Ancients

Sunset's life was very simple. Try to get back to Equestria with enough power to conquer it and make Celestia pay for throwing her away, but something went wrong. One day she met a mysterious man and with just one dish an ability inside Sunset woke up: 'The Devil's Palate'

Curious about this new ability and with her eyes opened to Harmony, she exchanged schools to one of the most prestigious culinary schools in the world. Totsuki Tea Ceremony and Cooking Academy, where she found out that not only there are many goofballs but a place where her dormant abilities are growing stronger.

Alongside her Polar Star Dorm friends, Sunset is ready to start her road in the culinary world. But what about the 'Devil's Palate' and the way her sclera turns black? Is there something inside of her?

Twilight Sparkle has been stuck on Earth, as a human, for a while now. It wasn’t planned, but the human girl that she stays with is at least very helpful. When the stress of finding a way home gets too much for a stranded Twilight Sparkle, her friends look for a way to keep her from going crazy. A few video games won't hurt, will they?

A side story of Merlos the Mad's A Twilight Landing. It takes place just after chapter twenty-four. If you read this story by itself, most of the jokes will still make sense. This may also be considered canon.

I have been informed, that the cover Merlos found for this, is art by MegaSweet!

It's a theoretically simple setup: five ponies on a train, deciding that playing a popular board game about the restructuring of a barren planet so that it can comfortably sustain life for the ponies of Equestria. They all compliment each other when it comes to forming the perfect group for a board game: Rainbow Dash brings her undeniable charisma to the table, Starlight Glimmer brings her brains, Rarity brings her panache, Applejack brings her delightfully sardonic wit, and Fluttershy's also just kind of there, I guess.

Theoretically, it shouldn't be a bad way to spend a couple of hours.

Theoretically.

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My entry into no writing competition whatsoever. The idea of deliberately sending yourself up to be graded like a bad entry on the fanfic equivalent of Hell's Kitchen doesn't really do anything for me, thank you very much.

Story is a work in progress. Expect to see new chapters Mon-Fri between 2:00 PM-5:00 PM CST, and that's a schedule I'm really going to try to keep to for a change of pace.

All my thanks to Flashgen for his help.

Elements of cover art are by Isaac Fryxelius, and will be taken down upon request.

It's been a couple of weeks and way more than a couple of games since Pinkie Pie introduced the Mane Six to the joys of playing the classic real-time strategy title, Age of Empires II. Unanswered questions surround this mysterious game: where did it come from? Who made it? Why is there so much killing?

Never mind all that - Twilight Sparkle and her friends have a game to play!

NOTE: Though I've tried to make the story more about the relationships between the four gamers (no Rarity or Fluttershy, sorry!) than about the game itself, some rudimentary knowledge about Age of Empires II is required if you want to understand what is going on. I wrote this as a short-ish story so I'm not really going to go into technical details much.

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References consulted while writing story:
ZeroEmpires (Commentary on Competitive AoE II matches)
wikiHow (5 Ways to Make Your Economy Boom in Age of Empires II)
Wikipedia (for info on Byzantines, Moon & Vikings)
Luttwak, E. "The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire" (Harvard University Press, USA), 2009 (Byzantine military strategy)

Youtube links:
Prologue - PakAttack95 (Youtube Channel)
Main Menu and Victory Music - mikec1000 Civilization Themes

Cover Image:
Wikipedia
Age of Empires II
Cutie Mark Vectors by Hawk9mm (deviantART page)

One lonely night, Starlight decides to release Cozy Glow from her stony prison, and plans to let out some of her frustrations on the vile filly until she discovers that Cozy Glow can't seem to remember who she is anymore, or much of anything else from her past.

Could this be yet another trick conjured up by this scheming pegasus? Can she really be trusted?

The cover art was done by VectorVito. The account on DeviantArt has been deleted. The cover art was used with permission.

Click this Soundcloud link if you wish to listen to music inspired by the story.
The music was made by Vector_Monster.

With some changes on Star Swirl's time spell, Twilight accidentaly gets trapped in the past. But after saving two fillies and enlisting them to be her students in magic, they go on adventures together to survive the ruthless world they live in. With new friendship and foes, they discover what it truly means to be family by choice.

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Now with the collaborative efforts of Angel Bunny, Fausticorn and soulwinds!
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Art by awsdemlp.deviantart.com
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People who I am in deep gratitude for offering help:
amacita
MidnightDancer
Skunktrain
Cerulean Starlight
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And FAN ART by 1110soulite!

Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer have been experimenting with their powerful magic. One afternoon, Twilight walks in while they're inside the Castle of Friendship casting spells, and in a freak accident, Twilight is abruptly turned into a small filly.

Is Starlight and Sunset worried about what they've just done? Not really.

Actually, they're too busy admiring, and snuggling the adorable filly Princess Twilight to care about their looming consequences.

Poor Twilight...