This is the first book of The Humanity Within Trilogy. Its sequel is What I've Done.

I wasn't always like this, a monster, running through the woods on an alien planet. I was once a man. I had dreams, a girlfriend, and a great job.
Then They came. In the middle of the night, They scooped me from my home, and... changed me.

Now I'm a beast, a demon the like of which the world I've become stranded on has never seen before, scraping by on the fringes of society, hiding from the natives, and doing my best to avoid notice.

After all, who could ever be friends with a monster?

Cover Image done by the very talented PaintSplotch! You can find his FimFic account here.
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Mad props to my prereaders:
ThatPonyWithASword.
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Each pony's mane
He must obtain;
Time is ticking,
Though the stakes aren't plain.

Reviewed by PresentPerfect! (20 May 2024)

Do ghosts grow up with us, learning and changing as they live their lives on earth? Do they grow up alongside us, no matter how lost and distant, or are they trapped in who they were?

Twilight Sparkle hasn't been feeling like herself recently, so she skips Pinkie Pie's holiday party.

Well, at least she tries to. She didn't expect a piece of the party to come to her.

Written for starcoder for Jinglemas 2023!

This story is a sequel to Twiggled: A RariTwi Exquisite Corpse

Princess Twilight has been captured by an evil duchess and her friends come to the rescue. But what is the real truth?

This is a direct continuation of Twiggled, with the first chapter written by someone who only read the final chapter.

An exquisite corpse is a form of collaborative art where each participant only knows about part of the whole work, and must complete their part with limited context. In this case, each writer only had access to the previous chapter, resulting in the story getting confused, yet still moving forward undeterred. The exception is me having full context when helping out the others.

Participating writers were me, WilloIllo, Undome Tinwe, Nonchalant, femikol, and The Red Parade.

“All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.”
- An old fogey Fleetfoot will buck in the jaw after she gets out of her latest mishap.

Pic credit is image number 471205 on Derpibooru.

Written for hlindalae for Jinglemas 2023

Hearth's Warming Eve has arrived. A day for spending time with loved ones, but for a certain cyan pony this year will become something more. She has a plan and all it needs is a little help from her dear friend, Twilight.

Featuring a very confused Soarin, a plotting Rainbow Dash, and an annoyed Twilight Sparkle.

Pinkie Pie has planned an epic surprise for her sister Limestone Pie's Hearth's Warming gift this year.

One emotionally volatile mare mixed with newly discovered magical phenomena—what could possibly go wrong?

Written for Cookie Crumbles for Jinglemas 2023.

Hearth’s Warming Eve is a time of giving and receiving. One gift every foal receives from their dam and sire is their heritage. On this day of all days, a filly discovers that heritage can have many meanings, and that both the past and future can be presents, even when they can sometimes feel more like a curse!

A Hearth’s Warming Eve story written for BadDragon for Jinglemas 2023

Written for PantheraQueen for Jinglemas 2023!

Rarity runs around town secretly giving gifts to every pony in town. She commits so much breaking and entering, all in the name of generosity on the holidays! Will she get caught and jailed for all of her felonies? Probably!