Princess Luna heard the stories of the lands beyond the mirror. The Oracle of the Setting Sun, traveler of this fabled other world, returned with tales of marvels the likes of which Equestria has never seen. Automatic carriages with the strength of four hundred horses. Metal birds that prowl the skies, swooping in and ambushing their victims with paparazzi photoshoots. Butter substitutes beyond belief.

One legend stood stood above the rest. A forbidden place that holds a power greater than any known to humankind, zealously guarded by a stoic warrior-scholar. Many students have braved her wrath, yet none have returned, banished into a hellish limbo where they remain trapped until long after the final bell tolls.

But Princess Luna is no mere student. She will not fail as have so many others. She will travel to this 'Canterlot High School,' uncover the mysteries that lie within, and claim for herself the infinite power of...

...the Faculty Parking Lot!

The first mission that the map sends Twilight and company on was not a success. Starlight Glimmer has converted Twilight's friends and starts using drastic measures on Twilight. Spike informs Celestia of Twilight and her friends missing and Celestia has to ask her old student Sunset Shimmer for help.

Spitfire takes a flight to relieve stress and discovers a phoenix roost. The only problem? All the eggs are broken, and the phoenixes are missing. What could have happened to them? And how will Spitfire react without her team by her side?

An entry for Mana's Wonderful Wonderbolts Writing Contest, which can be found here.

Edited by the talented Axolu and Wobble.

Long Path, an earth pony living in Canterlot, and his best friend, a griffon named Free Agent, set out in the company of Twilight Sparkle to visit various places and species to look into what makes them different, and hopefully learn how to get along with them better. Things rarely go to plan though, and along the way, they discover things about themselves, and find love, drama, and laughter. Then Chrysalis changes everything, and the fate of the whole world might be at stake. Their lives will never be the same!

This story is set mostly after the events of Conversations in a Canterlot Cafe and builds on the fanon of the series, especially changelings, so you might want to read those stories first for background material.

After all of the adventures they have been through thanks to the presence of magic in their lives, the Rainbooms are more than ready for some much needed R&R, especially with Canterlot City’s 200th Anniversary fast approaching. In the midst of a week of games and special events leading up to the big day, Fluttershy hopes to raise awareness of the needs of rescue animals, Applejack plans to promote her family business, and Pinkie Pie and Rarity are both asked by the influential descendant of their beloved city’s founder to help prepare a big final event set to take place at their own school! Sunset Shimmer, meanwhile, is eager to continue her research on how Equestrian magic operates in the human world alongside her newest friend, the human Twilight Sparkle. Nothing, not even the antics of an abrasive student who resents everything the Rainbooms stand for, can ruin their mood.

Unfortunately the fun and games must be put on hold when they discover a dark figure who wields a new kind of magic that is more dangerous than anything they've faced before. When they call in Princess Twilight Sparkle to help investigate, she reveals that it may in fact simply be the tip of a much greater threat. The Rainbooms will need to pull out all of the stops in order to defeat this new menace. But can even the Magic of Friendship conquer a force created specifically to counter it, or will a new magic be needed to overcome the power of pure rage and destruction?

Edited by GirlOfManyFandoms.

Cover art by PaulySentry.

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After hearing Celestia's spiel about friendship being magic for the Nth time, and getting fed up with being told to make friends with the ponies that had been content to leave her on the streets of Canterlot, Sunset Shimmer is about to go back to the mirror that showed her as a powerful Alicorn to try to figure out what it means, when she hears Celestia talking about something that worries her...

Find the sequel, here!

Before there was Tirek, before there was Discord, before Chrysalis, Sombra, or the Pony of Shadows, and before even the solar and lunar princesses themselves; there was Grim Noise.

Now, he has returned to wreak havoc on not just Equestria, but all of Equis. To stop him, the elite organization Z.O.D.I.A.C. was formed. Scarlet Thorn is one such agent. A pegasus without flight, and a loving mother as well as special-somepony, she must juggle her personal life as a Ponyville citizen, with her life as an agent of Z.O.D.I.A.C.

But when three of Ponyville's beloved citizens go missing, she gets dragged into a deadly and dark adventure. And when the past is brought up, there's no place to hide.

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Unlike most dark stories, this one will progressively get more disturbing. So please don't down vote it just because the story doesn't start off how you expected, until you have read chapter three. This IS also a Slice of Life story after all.
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Life in Ponyville, outside of the usual events like a parasprite invasion or a revenge-seeking, all powerful megalomaniac kicking out the town librarian, tends to be laid back and typical. Which Applejack doesn't mind. However, after the CMC cause more problems due to influence from a newcomer in town, Applejack gathers the girls to go fix what the CMC did.

But then a mysterious creature ends up attacking Applejack, and while she survives and seems fine, it isn't long before she starts acting strangely. It's up to the usual group of ponies to figure out what's going on before it's too late.

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*Approved for Twilight's Library on 3/18/14*

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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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Now 100% approved by Twilight's Library!
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Luna discovers something hidden from Celestia for twenty years, now, with emotions running high, she enlists the help of the Mane 6... but what seemed to be a single mystery, soon reveals a darker and much more complicated plot that will soon decide the fate of Equestria.

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Revised chapters edits and proofing (with many thanks) by: lammy, Trevor, Nick Nack, Fifth Alicorn