A murder in small town Ponyville, a family divided, and a secret going back to Ponyville's early days. Detective Private Eye has the skills, the knowledge, and the cunning to solve the case. Accompanied by Twilight Sparkle the two hope to solve the mystery and put a stop to a plot against the town. But will Private be able to outrun his past or will it catch him in the end?

A Murder Mystery starring the cast from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic with flavors of Noir and Castle. If you love a good old fashioned mystery, complex characters, romance and even a little humor you will love this story. So sit back and enter the darker side of the pony universe.  

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Cover art by Bonaxor of deviantART.

What makes someone evil? How bad can you be before you're too far gone?

... Then again, what makes someone a hero?

Follow the villains of Equestria in a story of light and darkness that spans a thousand years, in a seemingly unconnected series of events. Seemingly.

Flim and Flam: Past. Welcome, one and all! This, comrads, is an oppertunity! See the famed Flim Flam Brothers as lovable scamps selling their wares and learning the biz.

Trixie: Future. Given an invitation to the Golden Oaks Library, the Great and Powerful Trixie must once again face her biggest and most fearsome rival. Only this time, over tea.

The Shadowbolts: Present. After their celebratory flight show for the Summer Sun Celebration, the Wonderbolts were ready for a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, we know something they don't. This is the night Nightmare Moon returns.

Ponyville has a problem: Twilight's friends all switched Cutie Marks, and the musical numbers are flying thick and fast.  

Lyra has a problem: She can't handle the way musical numbers get into your head and take you over.

Bon Bon has a problem with that.

Every one hundred years, the forces of good mysteriously weaken, and Dracula gains enough strength to rise from his grave. And every one hundred years, the Belmont family stands and fights against him, eternally locked into a war between good and evil.

His castle, always waiting for its master, has now appeared in a faraway land, called "Equestria". In its sudden appearance, it has also stolen away the very goddesses that protect this land. With no goddesses to guide their subjects, good begins to falter in Equestria.

This land, governed by ponies that behave as humans, has lost its innocence. Time begins to move according to its own dementia. The earth has begun to rot. The mountains, skies, and rivers teem with unspeakable evils. The dead have begun to rise...

Dracula has come to Equestria, where there is no Belmont to stop him...

(Special thanks to my brother for suggesting the idea and going over much of the plot details with me, and to Jet Magnum for his invaluable proofreading and mistake-catching skills. You guys are the best.

A big thank you and shout out to stalk-chan on DeviantARt for the cover image.)

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       Twenty years before the Summer Sun Celebration that would set Nightmare moon free, Princess Celestia and thousands of other ponies simply slumped over dead with no explanation. A new lavender Alicorn with a magenta colored starburst cutie mark appears suddenly and takes the throne on virtue of her being the only one who can now raise and set the sun. Twilight, now calling herself Penumbra, is the only one who remembers the normal history of Equestria and her friends from Ponyville. Accompanying her are a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane, known as Spectra, and an orange earthpony with a blonde mane called Malus - her daughters who appear to be some mix of their mother Alicorn and two unidentified regular ponies.

       Now, on the longest night of the thousandth year, Luna has returned to Equestria, free of the Nightmare and her own powers mysteriously drained.

       Soon Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter, and Vinyl Scratch, a down on her luck DJ, find themselves on a quest to assemble the Elements of Harmony while being forced to evade Penumbra and her children.

Special thanks to:

-Timefather64 for helping me make this idea not a bad one.

-Jonshine for writing the line in his own story that in the end inspired this idea.

-OrphiusOlyandra for pre-reading and helping me be a less awful writer.

-AlicornPriest for pre-reading and giving me pointers on grammar.

-Slayerdarkcross on deviantart for letting me use his image. You should check out his other stuff.

Guess what Rarity just learned today!

"Sandwiches.

Sandwiches are a food.

Sandwiches are a food. A delicious food. My favorite food. I must decorate my sandwich. I must decorate my food.

Peanut Butter is delicious.

Jelly is delicious.

Rose is not delicious.

...I will make myself a sandwich."

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Set ten years after the Changeling attack on Canterlot, Equestria faces a new threat. This time it is not from supernatural beings, but from its own citizens. Social degradation and political strife have become the norm for what was once the city on the hill, and there is no end in sight. However, three lives -a disgraced magician, a weary captain, and a lost Element- will risk everything to save Equestria.

(Revised with the help of Cade YYZ)

(Part of "The Guardians Project")

Applejack's farm is destined to have another bad year. Another crisis and another failure on her part.

She needs a miracle, not just to save the farm, but to save herself. Amazingly that miracle exists in a place she never would have looked, the Arena.

But will this thrill destroy her friendships? Is she really willing to risk everything, including her life for a title?

Is she ready to risk it all to be Undefeated?

There is nothing special with my life, I am just like any other guard. No defining traits, no special ability that makes me stand out and no special connections go get where I want. Now I just live my life day by day, barely getting by with my duties. I have barely any friends left, I don't know when I last saw my family and I am stuck here for the rest of my life.

I need this to end.