There are many axioms in Equestria. "Go with the grain." "Count your blessings." "Strive to be happy with what you have."

And, though left unsaid, the most important one of all: "Know your place."

Although Flash Sentry loves Twilight, she can never know of his love. She can never return the feelings. It wouldn't be proper. After all, social order is more important than fulfilling one's own wishes.

Alternate Universe tag is due to the existence of a caste system in this story. Please keep that in mind as you read.

Thanks to Sir Rustbucket, Draconian Soul, Regidar, and Loopy Legend for editing.

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Now with a poem by Fiend from the Darkness!

Now with a YouTube reading by BlackIrisBalloon (and multiple voice actors)!

Now with a Korean translation by Kianoke!

Followed by What Hath Joined Together.

Rated Teen for mild violence and thematic elements.

Two strangers fall from the heavens as a mysterious dark presence begins its attack on all of Equestria. Together with their strange new allies Mych and Zavier, Twilight and her friends will learn that their world is not just the only one. Soon they come to learn of a place, a place never heard of before. A place called. . . Kingdom Hearts.

(Being a fan of the Kingdom Hearts series and MLP, I've wondered what would happened if these two lores ever collided. This would be a possible outcome. First story here, go easy on me and feedback is appreciated.)

If you ask Applejack, she’ll tell you Pinkie Pie can be a few apples short of a bushel even on the best of days. They’ve always been good friends, but nothing more than that. After all, what could a hard-working apple farmer and a sugar-crazed party pony possibly have in common?

As it turns out, the answer to that question may not be a pleasant one, but something good may yet come of it.

An argument was all it took. The Elements' power weakened as the Mane Six split apart, and Discord found himself loose once more. And this time, he decides to learn from his past mistakes and ensure nothing can stop him again.
The problem arises, of course, when he finds he's not enjoying it nearly as much as he should be.

First of multiple chapters. All plotholes will be explained in time, and characters will be added to the tags as they appear in the story!
Please excuse any formatting errors, as I only have access to Wordpad (perish the thought!) and I have to re-format everything manually when I paste it into the RTE.

That said, this is the first story I've submitted to the site, so any and all feedback is welcomed!

Pinkie is wondering why everyone has mysteriously vanished and all of her friends are acting so funny. Where is everypony? Poor Pinkie, all she wants is some answers. Not that the easily distracted pony notices how weird everypony is acting. What's going on in Ponyville?

Twilight and friends learn that prolonged exposure to the power of Pinkie Pie can cause some rather interesting side effects. An unbearably silly idea that wouldn't go away until I wrote it down.

After a mishap with Twilight's magic, Rainbow Dash finds herself split into seven different ponies.

A very fun story

What happens when all the colors fade? When Rainbows turn grey? What happens when the Rainbow you gave your whole life to disappears? Sometimes, even though it seems that the colors in your world may have vanished, all you need is a friend to bring them back.

Twilight Sparkle finds the answers to these questions when one of her closest friends passes on, even though it seemed like a living nightmare, she finds that it has opened her friends and her very own eyes that true friends transcend even death itself.

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TheSlashawar did a reading of this story! Check it out if you want to :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7n_XfFbTko&feature=g-u-u
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I am not doing anymore changes to this story (except for grammer and spelling). I feel that this story was written with most of my sorrow thrown into it so I don't want to spoil that.

Cover Image by LaurenMagpie: http://laurenmagpie.deviantart.com/

Princess Twilight Sparkle holds a wake in the memory of Derpy Hooves after a terrible accident tears the mailmare to pieces. This tragedy affects everypony in Ponyville, and close friends preparing for the funeral find themselves coming together in ways they never have before, sharing their deepest feelings, their tender memories, and their most delicate secrets. They even agree to take care of Dinky, fostering Derpy's orphaned daughter into a bright and promising future.

It would all be very noble if Derpy were actually dead.

Cover art by Darkflame
Special Thanks to Props and Warden

Flight School is where it started for her. An infatuation with Rainbow Dash that Fluttershy would carry for seven years, eight months and fifteen days (not that she's been counting). All she has to do is tell Rainbow Dash how she feels, and, really, its not as if its a daunting task.

Right?

Cover Art by the amazingly generous iJab