This story is a sequel to Past Sins

Hearth's Warming is a time for friends and family to come together, celebrate harmony, and welcome the new year. Nyx is looking forward to just this as she rides the train to Canterlot with Spike and Twilight. She's going to meet her extended family for the first time and wants nothing more than to make a good impression. Yet, the sheen of the holidays can't hide the trouble caused by meddling grandparents, relentless reporters, and a paranoid uncle.

On a dark night filled with even darker magics, an insane cult attempts to give Nightmare Moon a body and life of her own, utterly separate from Princess Luna. But, when the spell is interrupted by Celestia, something unexpected is created.

Now, a little black alicorn filly named Nyx finds herself living under the care of Twilight Sparkle, only to be haunted by memories and emotions from her past. Is she Nightmare Moon reborn or is she simply a doppelganger with a soul and mind of her own? Can Twilight Sparkle protect Nyx from those who refuse to see past her dragon eyes and black coat?

Or, will Nyx be forced to inherit the sins that may not even be hers and become the greatest evil Equestria has ever known?

When Applejack and Fluttershy are summoned by the Cutie Map to Las Pegasus to solve a friendship problem, Applejack thinks they are here to help the acrobatic and animal act to become friends again while Fluttershy tries to help Flim and Flam become friends again, but after Applejack over hears one of the directors say the acts would be better off some where else beside here at Gladmanes, Fluttershy agrees and suggests they get Flim and Flam to help. Now, Applejack and Fluttershy are working together with Flim and Flam to stop Mr.Gladmane from taking over Las Pegasus with his unfriendly ways. While they are their trying to stop Gladmane, Applejack is deciding whether or not she should tell Flim her feelings for him. After what had happened in Ponyville, Applejack is not sure what the outcome may be for the two. Will being able to work together bring the to two closer? What is going to happen between the two? Does Flim feel the same way about Applejack?

Fluttershy is hybrid vampire, but unlike the other vampires, she has a thirst for apples instead of blood. All her life, she'd had to keep quiet about her vampire side. But the truth can only be hidden for so long. Fluttershy will face many challenges as she begins to confront her true self. Will she accept the pony she sees? Or the feelings within her heart?

When the sky over the Crystal Empire is split open by a dark tear, Celestia, Cadance, Luna and Twilight must figure out a way to stop it. But in order to defeat darkness, sometimes you NEED darkness. And that leaves only one option; Sombra.

With his powers under lock down, and a growing connection to the strange darkness, can Sombra learn what it really takes to earn an empires respect, or will he abandon them to the darkness from another world?

UPDATED: Chapter one re-formatted, extra bits added, general tidying.

Edited by Dream Seeker!
Further helped into readableness by Hail King Sombra!

Melodia, the queen of evil was defeated after her near attempt at conquering the kingdoms. Thirsting for revenge, she trains her kind-hearted daughter, Princess Fluttershy, to follow in her hoofsteps and become just as cruel and evil as she. When Fluttershy receives a letter inviting her to attend a special school for princesses, she sees a chance of finding her true self, and her mother sees it as a way to create her own sinister plan. One that could plunge the kingdoms into darkness.

Cover art by: Hop313ssRomantic

Long before Sunset Shimmer went to the human world, Star Swirl the Bearded and Princess Celestia traveled across the multiverse in search of knowledge. Now, a thousand years on, the consequences of those travels have come back to haunt Celestia and threaten Equestria. Twilight Sparkle and her friends must venture to another world and face an all-too-familiar evil, all while considering the road not traveled and past mistakes.

This story is adapted from IDW's "Reflections" story, written by Katie Cook and illustrated by Andy Price. Additional inspiration is taken from the first issue of the FIENDship is Magic mini-series, written by Jeremy Whitley and drawn by Brenda Hickey. Cover art by Johesy - used with permission.

What if Discord didn’t go with Tirek. What if Tirek saw a better way to convince him, by taking the Element of Kindness hostage. Discord is willing to do anything to save her and perhaps tell her how he feels about her. Inspired by The Swan Princess.

Note: Alternate universe aka; No Tree of Harmony, no mystery box and no Rainbow Power. Sorry to disappoint.

A Hades and Persephone story.
Starring Discord as Hades and Fluttershy as Persephone.
With many other characters of the my little pony universe.

...have a tendency to go awry in the most unexpected of ways.

When the Crystal Heart's power destroyed King Sombra, all of the Empire rejoiced. Little did they know, they had played right into the ancient tyrant's hooves.

Having over a millennium to plan, Sombra knew that if a pony managed to get past his traps before he could reconquer the Empire, their was little chance of him surviving. So, he let himself be 'killed', in order to get closer to his true goal undetected; the Umbrum trapped beneath the Empire.

Hiding as just his horn, Sombra laid low in the very heart of the Crystal Palace, biding his time, until the entrance to the underground section was opened by the new Crystal Princess and another princess with a purple coat and familiar magic. Recognizing that magic as that of the pony that foiled his most recent efforts, and knowing of only one princess-to-be with a coat that color, Sombra swears to make Radiant Hope pay for moving against him once again.

Using his magic to reach the deepest depths beneath the Empire, Sombra reached the sealed Umbrum undetected, and reformed his body. Having devised a way to free them during his own imprisonment, Sombra began so, fulfilling his goal even without controlling the Empire. Bursting free in a wave of shadow that left no doubt of their return, Sombra gives Cadence a message for Celestia before following his own subjects into the night:

“Give this message to the Two Sisters. Deliver unto me the princess that yet again hindered my efforts to free my people to me within a week, that I might exact my revenge against that traitorous Radiant Hope, or I shall show all of Equestria why the Umbrum were so feared!”

However, when a week passed, and Sombra found out that the princess in question was not Hope, but rather a new princess named Twilight Sparkle, he finds his plans for revenge derailed. Bound by his word, when she offers to go with him to prevent a war, he finds himself with a 'prisoner' against whom he holds little ire.

And as time passes, Sombra begins to see that he and his 'guest' have more in common than he initially thought.

AU as of Chapter 34 of the 'Friendship is Magic' comics.