Heavy is the head that bears the crown. Light is the heart that shares its burdens.

Historian’s Note: The Tarnished Crown occurs three weeks before the events in the Season 4 Finale, Twilight’s Kingdom.

Cast: Rarity & Twilight Sparkle
Introducing: Amber Spark

Cover Art: Little-Tweenframes (SciSetDaily)
Rarity Header & Section Breaks Design: Novel Idea
Rarity Cutie Mark: Black-Gryph0n (Yes, that BlackGryp0n)

Beta Reader & Editor Credits
Ebon Quill - Audio Director & Quest Designer on The Manehattan Project
Little Tinker - Master of Systems at Poniverse & Scripting Engineer on The Manehattan Project
Beltorn - Commenter-at-Large on FimFiction
Cursori: Reader of Many a Pony Word
Monochromatic - Patron Saint of RariTwi

Word Count: 11,000 Words
Version: 2.6

This story is a sequel to Rainbow Dash's Spike

Love is a tricky subject. It isn't something that just affects one pony, or two, but everypony around them, It is something that affects everypony differently, too.

Spike and Rainbow are going to have to learn this the hard way.

How will their friends react to it the same. Will they all be happy for the new couple? Willthey try to break them apart?

Prequels:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/100505/to-live-is-to-love
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/83194/rainbow-dashs-spike

Events from those stories have influenced this one. Some things might not make sense if you have not read these stories.

Nothing's wrong with me, I know it. I'm Rainbow Dash, fastest flier in all of Equestria. There isn't anything out there that I can't do, except apparently find a pony of my own.

Even the Gala let me down.

But I have a feeling that everything is going to change soon. I don't know what it is, but I just know that somepony is going to sweep me off my feet...

(Prequel to this story )

Pre-reader

This story is a sequel to To Live is to Love

One day, Spike finally gets the courage together to ask Rarity out. When he finally goes to ask her, he sees something in the window that quickly shoots down that entire idea. After it happens, and he's trying to move on from the disappointment.

Rainbow Dash is there to help him out.

Spike knows that his good friend will always be there for him.

That's all she is, right?

Thanks to this guy right here for the awesome picture.

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!

All the castle staff of Canterlot know that when seven-year-old Twilight Sparkle has a problem, the correct answer is always "Let Celestia handle it." But this time? Celestia's student has come up with a theory that she wasn't quite expecting.

Yeah, this needs fixing.

Just a short little something that hit me out of the blue and demanded to be written. Not my usual cup of tea; criticism welcome.

This is absolutely adorable, and exactly what you should read if you're looking for something sweet and cute that won't test your brain or stomach, but will test your smile muscles.

—Louder Yay

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Special thanks to Super Trampoline for pre-reading!

Cover art used with permission from mysticalpha.

This story is a sequel to Never Wish

Daniel has been dwelling in Equestria for a while now. A lot has happened during this time and he has slowly started to grow familiar with pony customs and social structure. As new responsibilities are shouldered, it becomes clear he still has much to learn about the world he now calls home, and must now ask, how far would he chase a dream? Even if that dream was not his own?

Squeal is out An Imperfect Paradise
image edited by Nova225 on deviant art

Harmony Chorus was supposed to be nothing more than a fictional character, nothing more than a series of sentences. Much to Hue's surprise, she turned out to be so much more, and wants to be a part of the real world. How will her life change when her wish is finally granted?

This story is a sequel to Never Dream

Daniel is finally getting a taste of the good life. He's got the girl-mare rather, a family, and the champion's crown to boot! All good things must come to an end though, as a new challenger steps forward to call his legacy into question, and plans to do everything in his power to destroy it.

Cover Art is by Steiner Palomino stamayosuke@gmail.com

Daniel tries his best to avoid risk, the small ones in life can't be helped but any unnecessary ones he avoids like the plague which has led him down a boring road in life. A small package is sent to rectify this problem and it does so, but in a way the sender probably never intended.

Sequel is out now, Never Dream.