Everypony knows the story of the 'Mare in the Moon'; Younger sister jealous of older sister, blah blah blah- banished for a thousand years blah blah blah!
Prophecy states that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars would aid in her escape and she'd be unleashed on the world once more, but what nopony really knows is how these stars would aid in her escape, and what caused them to go to the moon.
This is the story of the four 'stars' that went to the moon, and Nightmare Moon's escape from her prison.

While Sweetie Bell is eating lunch with her friends the CMC are served three tall glasses of Chocolate milk each by Mrs Cake. After drinking some of it Sweetie Bell stops and stares at her drink intently, wondering where the Chocolate Milk could have come from.
After voicing her question to her friends, they speak to multiple ponies around town in an attempt to solve this question.

(This is the alternate sequel to The Last Mage). Several decades have passed since the Earthens came and butchered the Dragons that attempted to invade Canterlot with their superior weaponry. The Main six are deceased, Jacob Lighthand is nearly sixty years old now, and he has a personal understanding of what Luna and Celestia go through with their subjects that they befriend as they age and die around them. Recalling at one point a legend that Zecora once told him years ago, Jacob begins performing some research, and then goes looking for the Necro Walk, or, the 'Path of the Dead' so that he can see and speak to his old friends. Unfortunately, things don't go the way he expects...
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For the more recent fans, this story was started before the end of season 2, which is why Twilight is not an Alicorn in this fic, it's predecessor, or the alternate story. Also, the lifespan of ponies in this fic (and the alternate) are based on real-world pony lifespans.
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Picture is a screen-shot from the Gurren Lagann anime. Took me several tries to get it just the way I wanted it.

In the year 2011, Equestria was reunited with their ancient allies, the Human race, and they worked together to fight off a Dragon invasion. One hundred and ten years later, the Human race has been utterly destroyed by an invading force from another planet and two beings, one Ditzy Doo and the other Doctor Whooves, are trying to find a way to prevent it from happening.
Not knowing what the future holds, Jacob Lighthand is living as a student alongside Trixie under princess Luna, living his life as any other being would. But that's about to change once again.
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For those who have no idea as to why Earth and Equestria are allies or who the heck Jacob Lighthand is, the link to first story is below:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/2059/MLP%3A-The-Last-Mage
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Alright, I admit it, this fic will probably never be finished, but I recently have been feeling the itch to work on it again. We'll see how far it gets.
A shame, really. I'd intended to do one more after this one that completed the Magi Time Lord cycle.

A seemingly average man in an dull life receives a Unicorn's horn, a magician's cape, and an ancient journal from his now-dead great grandfather after being lost in the postal service for more than 30 years. With only a few hints and a limited store of magic in a world that otherwise lacks magic completely he seeks to know the truth about his family's legends, and his heritage.
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This fic was written back before the episode with Iron Will was aired, so expect a few things to be different from what is canon with the show.
This fic was also written back before the 5-character-icon-limit was put into effect, so there may be a few more 'main' characters other than what is listed here.
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While the story itself is complete, as readers find errors and point them out to me I'll be going back occasionally to fix them. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. The direct sequel is now in the works, as to the alternate continuation that lost the vote at the end if anyone cares to read it. I may or may not also work on that one from time to time depending on my mood.