Hydia, the Queen of the Lamias, was the first of Equestria's enemies that Celestia consigned to Tartarus instead of killing. Over the centuries, their relationship changes in some ways.
During a blizzard in the middle of summer, a mysterious mare gives away her two daughters, Celestia and Luna, to an unsuspecting earth pony family. All she leaves them with are three words... 'Rise and shine.'
There are many things that the Pillars of Old Equestria, newly returned to the world, have never encountered before. New cities, new technologies, new magic... and a little blue flower that grows in the Everfree Forest.
As Starswirl the Bearded ponders what stayed and what was forgotten on Hearth's Warming Eve following his disapearance, he finds that his two pupils might have forgotten him.
New spells are fun, and Twilight loves practicing them. An ill-timed sneeze has made her latest spell go a bit out of control, though, and now she's stuck as a tiny kitten, trying to deal with a pony-sized world.
Twilight wants to reestablish the close relationship she had when she was Princess Celestia’s personal student. But, shared trials will require them to become much more than faithful student and immortal mentor.
Life has settled down after the Games. But when Sunset gets in major trouble, someone very unexpected comes to her aid. What follows will change her life in ways she didn't think possible.
Starswirl the Bearded has vanished and Clover the Clever believes she knows why. To a worried and distraught Celestia, she recounts the story of how she first met the legendary wizard, and how it was also the very last time that he ever saw her.
Sunset Shimmer: Princess Twilight Sparkle's most faithful student. After bearing witness to the End of the World, she travels back in time to destroy the Dark Regalia and save her future. But a ghost from the past has other plans...
Celestia likes her routine. Tax reforms, grants, laws and construction projects are all a princess needs to be content. It's just her luck that for Pinkie Pie, "content" is not nearly enough.
(First story) Have you ever heard of of a mare named Faust? She's an Alicorn, just like the Princesses, but not a princess herself. Some say she's a queen, some say she's their mother. The truth, well... she's really overworked.