The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are no longer little fillies, but now young mares, and still without their Cutie Marks. On the day of the Grand Eclipse Ceremony, run down from the torment of their constant ridicule, a mysterious Alicorn makes them offer they can't agree to, and yet cannot refuse.

Their Cutie Marks, for their souls. But when you make a deal with the Devil, things are certain to go wrong.

Now the Cutie Mark Crusaders are trapped in a terrible shadow of their world an are forced to survive in a world controlled by demons and ravaged by warfare. In order to return to the world they know and love, they must travel across Equestria and beyond in order to save the ones they love and the rest of their world on this, their last Crusade.

Written by D101 Reviews. Original concept by Todpole

Battle Ready is the new pony in Ponyville. A peculiar stallion, he has agreed to become Ponyville's temporary librarian while Princess Twilight Sparkle and her assistant Spike are away. As Ponyville begins to grow accustomed to Battle's odd habits, Twilight's friends can't help but feel that he's hiding something. A stranger from a strange land, there is nothing to be suspicious about a unicorn from a foreign country travelling to Equestria is there? But what about the scars that can been seen across his body? What 'personal tools' has he kept secret in the city vault? And perhaps most importantly, what sort of stallion has a Cutie Mark of a skull on a black shield?

One warrior to challenge the dead. The Abhorsen is this warrior, the legacy passed from generation to generation. When one Abhorsen falls, another must take their place, using the Free Magic art of Necromancy in cooperation with the magic that is the Charter to prevent the Dead from walking once in life.

Twilight is the daughter of the magician, The Abhorsen. Ever since the age of five she has lived outside of the Wall, outside of The Old Empire of Warhorse - far away from the uncontrolled power of Free Magic, away from the Dead who walk again in life.

But now her father is missing and Twilight is called upon to cross from the comfortable world of Equestria back into the world that she was born into so that she may find him. Leaving the safety of the school she has known as home, Twilight must embark upon a quest fraught with supernatural dangers, with companions she is not certain of. After all, nothing is as it seems in the Empire.

For there she must confront an evil that threatens much more than her life and that of her father. Armed with the sword of the Abhorsen and the Seven Necromantic bells, she will come face to face with her hidden destiny...

Based off of the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix... because Garth Nix is awesome.

The Mane Six return to Equestria after the battle with Wrath to enjoy some rest and relaxation. However, for Battle Ready, there's never any time for rest. Uncovering a plot to overthrow Warhorse and eradicate the world as he knows it, Battle discovers the kingdom once ruled by the Sin of Envy: Equestria!
Battle and the Mane Six must take up arms once more in order to save the kingdom of Equestria from the cult Cultoribus de Peccatis and stop them from unleashing the power of Envy...
Sequel to Battle Ready

When Battle Ready arrives in Equestria, it is with one goal in mind: Escape. Escape from his own horrible past. He has fled his homeland and has made a life for himself among the ponies of Ponyville.
But the past is never dead. It is always there and sometimes it catches up with us. And nopony knows this better than Battle Ready.
Contains Anthro ponies.