She was once a great mare, the pride of Equestria's rulers.

The sole wielder of the element of magic...

Now  but a shell of her former self after just one tragic night...  and the long months that followed.

Because what would it be like to have your closest friend violently taken away from you?

Even after a full year with no sign of him, would it ever seem possible that he would ever be seen again, or that he was even alive?

Twilight Sparkle, with the help of her friends, attempts to rebuild her life from the ground up after a full year of dwelling in the past, and trying to find any trace of her former assistant.

Spike's gone, but does Twilight have what it takes to bring herself back from the same void?

A Ghost.  A weapon.  A tool.  That's all he's ever known himself to be.

One day he's sent on a mission, a mission to assassinate a high priority target.  When he fails that mission, and gets abruptly sent to a certain planet, how will he cope with being taken from the battlefield, and put into a world full of colorful horses that talk?

...

And will he have access to a Tactical Nuke?

Only time will tell in this tale of adventure and comedy!

The Shadow...

A dark entity that has been plagueing the quiet town of Ponyville for several days now...

...is really freaking annoying the manure out of everypony there, especially Rainbow Dash.  But as the mane 6 try to get together to catch this trolling creature, what mysteries will they inevitably uncover?

Will they find the origins of the creature?

Will they figure out why it retreats to the Everfree Forest when it's done trolling ponies?

And will they be able to outsmart it?

Maybe... maybe...

...

...but I have yet to meet a mare that can outsmart the Bonk!

(Pssst, the shadow is the Scout.  TF2 crossover peeps!)

How far would somepony go to defend their country? How much would they be willing to sacrifice to uphold the preservation of the lives of others? One pony, Shining Armor, finds out.

After a fire burns down a section of the Canterlot Library, Princess Celestia entrusts Twilight Sparkle with the care of a collection of books saved from the flame until the library can be rebuilt.

But when Twilight begins to hear strange voices in her head, coupled with odd visions and episodes of distorted reality, she begins to become unusually drawn to a certain black book from the collections she received.

Could something be haunting her and her home, or is there something else in play?

-Image by Zlacker