Oh, golly! My name is Cozy Glow! I've been living in another dimension! Yeah, they froze me in stone when I was a filly, but that wasn't the end of my story. In the other dimension, nopony had ever heard of me! I was free! But there was just one problem... The whole time, I felt this nagging sensation that I wasn't me! That it wasn't real or authentic and no matter what I did or who I spoke to, these feelings would just not go away...

Still, I kept on living my life there. I used my natural talent for manipulating ponies to provide me with the amenities of life, but those feelings would just not go away! Until one day, I was walking down the street in the other Ponyville, when I saw something... A window... I saw another world behind that window...

Suddenly, I knew where to go!

A long time has passed since the events detailed in Friendship is Magic, and now, Twilight's friends are long dead except for Rarity, who now lives her life as a retired old mare in the Canterlot Royal District, near her best friend...

And then, Discord got an idea...

Oh, golly! So, yeah! My name is Cozy Glow and yeah, I'm one of the three villains who was frozen into stone... Well, I woke up in the middle of the night later, but my two friends were still stone... I didn't really know why, but I knew I had to get out of there! So, I fled north to the Everfree Forest!

I don't really know how much time has passed, but I do know that it was a long time... I went back to check on things and I saw something that broke my heart... I saw Twilight Sparkle being very mean to one of her subjects... I'll admit that something inside me snapped at that very moment... I have to make Equestria better again!

So uh, hiya! My name is Misty Brightdawn and I'm a unicorn! I uh, kinda tried to help an evil alicorn named Opaline take over Equestria earlier, but I'm better than that now! I promise, that this is a new start for me and I'm going to be a good pony from here on out!

Oh uh, lately, I realized something new about myself... Um, apparently I'm gay! Yeah, I like other mares! Uh, I guess that's why I never really felt attracted to stallions? But well, there is another unicorn that I kinda sorta have a crush on...

So, yeah, I live in the Crystal Brighthouse with my five best friends, and there's this one that's also a unicorn that I like... I mean, she's great! She's fun to be around, loves making jokes, and I just can't get enough of her smile! She's just so perfect! At the same time, I don't think she knows I feel this way about her? Um, well, I guess it's time to change that?

This story is a sequel to Empress Cozy Glow

Okay, so I conquered Equestria, imprisoned the Mane Six and princesses in Tartarus, and ascended to become the new Empress of Friendship, right? Well, that was about eight months ago... Well, six months ago, I found the gem that changed my life... It is purple and has six sides, and about five or six hoof-fulls, I'd say? It's called the Guardian Amethyst and it called to me. I'm still not sure, I understand it, but I somehow just felt like I should go into that cave... That's where I found it on the stone floor... I don't know how long I stared at it, but eventually, it began to glow and spark... I don't know what it was in my mind, but I just somehow felt better and accepted just then?

I now understand that when I left that cave, I left a changed pony... And it wasn't just the new horn on my head or the fact that I now had magick for the first time in my life, but there was something else... I'll admit, being the only pony with magick in Equestria was a lot like being in Tartarus again! I remembered how the other ponies would stare at me... I couldn't explain it then, but I just felt like I had to get magick back! I had no idea how I was going to do that, though?

Eventually, I discovered that there was another artifact that would let me get into Tartarus... It was called the Staff of Opening, although it disappeared immediately after I used it! I somehow felt like I should go in there though. I needed to understand the other ponies and why they were upset with me and I knew that there was at least one pony who'd have a pretty good idea... I'll admit, Twilight Sparkle's friends were very upset when I told them that I would only take her. After all! I'm still evil! I'm a baddie! A villain! I couldn't just, let them all go, r-right?

Well, two months ago, I gave a kidney transplant to a filly in need... And that's when I realized that I had been changing! I asked Twilight Sparkle, my new assistant about it, and she helped me begin to understand that about myself... I wasn't the same filly... After having a nightmare, I began to realize that I had begun to see Twilight as not just my assistant, but as something else entirely... Something I haven't had since long ago... I saw her as my mother... You know, that was really hard for me to admit to her?

Then, an annoying draconequus showed up and used his power to free the Mane Six and the other princesses, by my command! While I'm not sure if he's really gone or not, I'll admit that made things very convenient to wrap up! But are things ever that convenient?

Mary Trottings is a unicorn foal living in Bridlewood. She has a dark green coat, an orangish-red mane and tail, done into pigtails, and slightly lighter shaded orange eyes with no cutie mark. She's a bit of an introvert and much prefers to be alone and by herself. She also hangs out at an abandoned house after school sometimes and today was just one such day in the fall, as the leaves rustled on the forest floor and there was nothing else to do in town... But she didn't expect to meet another pony there...

Oh, golly! So, six months ago, I became the Supreme Empress of Friendship in all of Equestria, right? Yeah, I dethroned the existing princesses and imprisoned the Mane Six in Tartarus... But later, I found this Guardian Amethyst thingy and that transformed me into an alicorn! And then, for four long months, I was the only pony with magick... I saw how they all looked at me... I just knew they weren't happy and well, I can't really explain it, but something inside me kinda just broke?

And then three months ago, I decided that I needed a new assistant! Now, I needed somepony knowledgeable on what the other ponies want and need... And so, after talking with her about parole and freedoms, I released and employed Twilight Sparkle! Her friends must remain locked up for the time being as there's simply too many of them...

And then there was yesterday, when I decided to open the vortex again and allow magick to stream back into Equestria... I saw how happy that seemed to make everypony. I went to bed shortly thereafter and later woke up. I just had breakfast and was meeting with my assistant later that morning...

Hiya! Uh, I guess I should introduce myself? My name is Skyfire and I’m a kirin! Yeah, I have blue skin and my scales are an even darker blue and my mane and tail are a shade of lavender! Or uh, it might be more of an orchid? My horn is just a single jut from my forehead though and my eyes are a reddish shade of orange I’d say!

So uh, yeah! That’s me! Skyfire the kirin! I’m uh, I'm not very good at social interaction. You see, earlier, when we kirin couldn’t talk, this was never much of a problem! I’d have nothing to say, but that’s fine too because I have no way to say it! Now that everypony in the village is talking again, I mostly keep to myself. Yeah, I’ll go to the movies or a restaurant all alone and just enjoy my own company. Uh, that’s the other problem I have. I enjoy my own company so much that I’m honestly not sure I care for anypony else?

And then, I saw her… Do you believe in love at first sight? Because I sure don’t! Well, at least I didn’t think I did? But well…

It has been ten long years since her beloved husband Shining Armor had passed away, and Princess Cadance is just now starting to feel the sting of loneliness as her daughter Princess Flurry Heart now rules over the Southern reaches of Equestria and no longer lives with her... While the servants provide some respite, the truth is, the princess of love is now very lonely, especially without anypony to love...

Then, one fateful day, Cadance gets a postcard in the mail from Princess Celestia! It says she wishes to see Cadance soon... Cadance, with the empire more or less under control, can easily afford to take a trip without much trouble... She finally decides to take Celestia up on her offer, but what she encounters isn't exactly what she expects...

Queen Chrysalis was frozen in stone at the end of the series... She remained there for many months until she discovered that the right mindset is really the trick to escaping... She managed to unfreeze herself early one summer morning before the sun rose and then, she escaped to the nearby Everfree Forest, where she stayed and waited...

She often went to town while disguised as a pony. She created an earth mare named Crystal Heart, a brown maned mare with a shimmering aquamarine coat and a diamond-shaped crystal superimposed over a pink heart for a cutie mark... She often went to town for supplies and to learn about her enemy, Starlight Glimmer... She learned Starlight had recently broke up with Trixie and was very depressed. Now seemed like the perfect opportunity to make her pay! Chrysalis would pretend to be a pony, get Starlight to fall in love with her, and then betray her and break her heart to completely destroy her! The plan seemed so perfect! There was just one problem...