No one can chose their heritage, but one can change their fate.

Silk, the daughter of Chrysalis, wishes nothing more than to be a normal pony. She doesn't just dislike being a changeling, she absolutely hates it. She hates feeding on the love of other ponies. Silk is one who wishes to escape from it all. One night, she does. She turns herself into a regular looking pony before entering Ponyville. As fate would have it however, she meets a stallion and falls in love. Things will not be easy though. As Chrysalis comes after her runaway daughter, Silk does her best to protect her deep dark secret. Can true love truly conquer all?

Everyone has their dark secrets or obsessions that they keep from the world, afraid that if anyone were to find out that they would be condemned and damned by society.

But what if your dark secret was one that involved taking lives?

Say hello to Twilight Sparkle, Equestria's favorite serial killer. Living by the code that her mentor devised  for her, she takes the lives of those that destroy others and takes care of any who falls through the cracks of the justice system.

Life is good and it couldn't be better, at least until she is sent to Ponyville in an attempt for a normal life. She will make friends, enemies, and possibly find one that she may care for while satiating her dark urges.

But can she maintain a normal life without revealing her true nature? Or will she be caught and destroy the ones she will come to care about?

Can she have it all?

An adaptation of the Showtime Series 'Dexter'. Rated T for moderate language, violence and description, and some sexual themes

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Twilight Sparkle thinks that Cheerilee would provide a very interesting partner... to talk to... about literature. Nothing else. Right?

Queen Chrysalis is dying. Never fully recovered from the failed attack on Canterlot, the once proud Queen finds herself weaker than ever before. With no son or daughter heir, Queen Chrysalis is forced to invoke the old laws, and name one of the last enemies to defeat her as the new Queen. As Twilight Sparkle, Element of Magic, prepares to participate in the Unity Chalice, she finds her life turned up-side down as changelings kidnap her and bring her before the old Queen. With no choice but to make one last promise, Queen Twilight Sparkle sets out to make peace between the Changeling Horde and the races of Equis. Little does she know, things wont be that easy.

Twilight is a Canterlot Orphan. Her parents mysteriously disappeared one day, and were announced dead in the line of duty for the Crown. Growing up as an Orphan has had its benefits, but now the young unicorn receives a surprise she had never expected: Princess Luna, the Immortal Ruler of Equestria, wants Twilight Sparkle as her personal protege. But not just any protege. Luna is grooming Twilight to become the next Valkyrie, an elite Mage who acts as Luna's right hoof. When Twilight discovers a long buried secret during her studies, the new Valkyrie is put to the test to find a way to prevent day from falling across Equestria-- Forever.

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Newly married Princess Cadance and Shining Armour return home after their honeymoon happy to be home again and ready to help out around the castle however they can. However, when Cadance discovers a small creature hiding in her room, she has a choice to make. Turn the changeling in to the royal guard or keep it a secret.

Warning: This story is made mostly for Dwaaa'a and will likely hit you in a feel or two. Caution is advised when reading this story.

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In the final weeks before Nightmare Moon was banished, she gave a blessing to one of her soldiers.  Until his bloodline ends, this pegasus and all of his descendants would be able to use a small portion of Nightmare Moon's infinite magic, wielding this power in her name.  1,000 years have passed, and the last living descendant of this soldier has been hidden from his ancestry.  But the return of Nightmare has awoken something lurking deep inside him, and no amount of hiding will protect him from his unnatural power.

Or the persecution that comes with it.

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After a little over a decade, Princess Luna still feels an emptiness inside her heart. Seeing and protecting the dreams of other ponies leads her to an epiphany of what she desires... her own special somepony

Alternative universe is in place since this takes place after the events of FiM and ignores any possible spoilers for season 4. A collaboration story that's being co-writen by TheMyth

Cover art is done by Proenix on DeviantART

Rainbow Dash was the greatest flier in all of Equestria—or, at least, she was until she lost her wing. Luckily though, she quickly learned that flying wasn't the only thing that could bring her happiness and comfort.

Thanks to the amazing Cynical and bats for the edits.

A chance meeting between the upper-class Octavia and the wild party pony Vinyl Scratch has Vinyl feeling things that she'd never felt before. Yet things are far from what they seem.

(Labeled "Dark" just to be safe.)