The surface isn't safe anymore.

In the ruined depths of Canterlot, a team of brave salvagers discover six mares, long forgotten but miraculously preserved. Though these mares cannot remember what happened to their world, they possess powerful magic that hasn't been seen for centuries.

Now the Elements of Harmony are thrust headlong into a world beyond recognition. Twilight and her friends must dive into the sunken remains of history to determine what happened, but Equestria isn't the harmonious land it once was. Before they can focus wholly on the past, they may first have to survive the present.

It isn't going to be easy.

Audiobook by Skijarama!
Original Soundtrack by Noc!

Special thanks to Doccular42 for the original concept, and M1ntf4n for editing!

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Centuries ago an apocalypse ravaged Equestria, scorching the lands, boiling the seas, and burning away the air. In that fateful moment, the embers of life were snuffed and the planet left a husk.

However, I survived, immune to the desolate environment I was unfortunate enough to inhabit. With nothing left to do, I began to walk, scouring what remains of Equestria in search of anything to give my life meaning.

It was only a matter of time before I returned to Ponyville.

So much thanks to my fantastic editors, Matthewl419 and Tempus.

The original concept for this fic received an honourable mention at 2018's Iron Author Contest at Everfree Northwest. You can find the original unedited copy here.

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"This story’s writing is something I find truly to be beautiful at times. Both in its descriptives and in its internal struggle it paints for Twilight." - A+ Review, Vertigo22 (09/05/2019)

"Gara’s devoted this story’s space to exploring that wide open introspective feeling, and I adore what she’s done with that." - Cynewulf

Join Dusk Wing, a thestral whose hometown was destroyed by the forces of King Sombra and Queen Nightmare Moon when he was young; Dusty Cloak, a mysterious pony with a dark secret; Obsidia, Dusty Cloak's longtime friend, who has a secret of her own; Field Remedy, a pegasus forest ranger with medical experience; Surprise Party, a unicorn who (surprise, surprise) loves to throw parties; and Autumn Glory, an earth pony and granddaughter of Apple Bloom as they go on a quest to locate and retrieve the Elements of Harmony and depose King Sombra and Queen Nightmare Moon.

Trixie wakes up to find herself having been turned into a fluffy smol ponecat. And Adagio won't stop petting her.

Contains randomness, silliness, and floof

Popular 5/7/2019 - 5/9/2019!

This is on hiatus because I might add onto the story as time goes on. Ratted teen for self harm, suicidal thoughts/actions and detail of blood.

Script Singer is tired of life. So she has a chat with her demon as she reminds herself she has enough reasons to die.

I wrote this story because, lately I feel like everybody's against me. I don't care if people hate me or not, but it's been hurting me in some way. I felt like I could never let myself get over some things that have happened lately, and I don't know if I will, but I won't let it bother me too much...

I wrote this story to show that you shouldn't judge others, unless you know them. People have made fun of me because of my disability and my other personal struggles because they don't understand what it's like. They don't know me. They don't understand the things I do or say, because they won't give a chance to know why or get to know me. I've lost a few friends the past few months because of this, and it tears me apart and I can't help but blame myself... I don't like sounding like a mean person or a drama queen but people have given me that label so much lately, that who knows... maybe it's true... but I still refuse to accept that, and I'm trying to fix things, but you can't fix what's broken, unless they let you... so please, be kind to others, even if they sound like someone you shouldn't. Words can hurt in many ways, and can cause more harm than you intend...

Kettle Corn and Skeedaddle spend some quality time drawing circles and summoning immortal beings.

Preread by Bootsy Slickmane

Russian translation by repitter:
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Let's play a game, shall we? I'm gonna give myself half an hour to barf out as many legible horsewords as possible...

Starting in 3...
2...
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GO!

Twilight Sparkle once heard an old wives' tale that warned against eating two bananas.

Twilight Sparkle is going to prove that wrong by eating exactly two bananas.

Or, at least she thinks she is.

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."—William Shakespeare.

This story is about the latter. Alan Williams, a man trying to take a peaceful camping trip, finds himself in Equestria. Forcing to accept the idea that the show he has watched is not, in fact, fictional has taken a massive toll on his brain, torn as he is between the awesomeness of the situation as well as it's absurdity. What's worse, it seems he is not the first human to be teleported to Equestria, and now he has some big shoes to fill.

Greatness follows.

[...]To those just finding this 'un, ya found genuine gem. Keep your heads inside the respective chapter-comments. Watch out for spoilers. Buckle your seatbelt, fillies and gentlecolts. It's gonna be a wild ride.--Runcible Spoon

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Book 1 of the Harmony for All Trilogy

By now, you have probably heard the story of Princess Celestia banishing her sister to the moon. What you probably did not know is that before that happened, Equestria was heavily divided by a war. A war based on lies and deceit, resulting in many dying like pawns in a bid for power.

History is written by the victor, which is why this war was largely forgotten and Nightmare Moon's banishment was written of as a mere fable.

There are those that still remember, however. In hushed tones, they speak of the Twilight War.