Celestia approaches Twilight about her research, and asks her a question.

Why.

Reading by Zealous Harmony

Sunset Shimmer has been keeping a secret from her friends for a long time: When she was turned back from a she-demon, not all of her power was extinguished. It laid dormant, waiting for a moment to re-emerge and take control once more. For months, Sunset Shimmer has remained strong, holding it at bay and keeping it locked deep within herself.

Yet, no cage or lock is unbreakable and some locks can't be so easily fixed once broken...

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Proofread by 7th Outpost, RQK and Dusty Old Qrow

Welcome to a Equestria where vampires, ghouls and other creator hide in shadows and plain sight; where the mist rise easy; where dark magic is used to harm and twist; here Celestia have developed organisations to protect her little ponies from the things that go bump in the night, but will it be enough?

In the township of Ponyville an unnaturally localised earthquake destroy only the spa and create rumors about witchcraft, leading Mayor Mare to send a call for help to Canterlot. From the capital arrives two witchfinders - Zenith and Twilight Sparkle - to investigate, much to the anxiety to the towns secret vampire: Fluttershy.

Twilight Sparkle, former up and comer of the scientific world, now disgraced, is exiled to Ponyville at the command of the Scholar Queen. To live out the rest of her days there, far away from the capital.

Yet, it is not all dark and horrible here. There is happiness to be found even now, with the Everfree only a handful of yards from her doorstep. There are friends to be made. There is her assistant, Spigor, faithful as always. There are problems that have lain dormant for a millennium, that have been waiting for someone just clever enough to solve them.

Just the sort of thing to keep her busy.

(This is a retelling of the MLP story, set in a gothic horror-esque universe. For the purposes of this story the characters are human.

And Spigor is pronounced Spy Gore. It's a portmanteau of Spike and Igor.)

An innocuous question leads Moondancer to investigating the origins of the yearly celebration of Nightmare Night. As it turns out, it wasn't always about candy and costumes. In fact, her discovery may be a whole lot more than she ever could have expected, and far more than she can handle.

Written for the Monster Mares group second story contest. (Winner of first place!)

Almost a year after what seemed to be the concluding battle in Celestia's great crusade against necromancers, something Mortem believes to be borderline discrimination, he discovers one of Celestia's armies setting up camp just outside his stronghold.

Not wanting to jump to any conclusions or risk angering the very powerful Princess, he concludes a diplomatic solution would be the best way forward. And so, he writes a letter.

Proofread by the wonderful Soren Mercer
Featured on Equestria Daily here
Audiobook versions by Illya Leonov and TheArchitect are here and here respectively
SoundCloud verion of Illya Leonov's is here

Octavia has been left alone for an entire month, and, during her routine shopping run, she comes across a young stallion setting up an art kiosk in the town square market. Approaching, the young stallion, by the name of Colour Palette, offers her a painting that was left to him from his uncle, and after reluctantly accepting the painting, Octavia notices strange things happening around her house.

She begins to experience nightmares and paranormal activity that she can't begin to explain, and she has no clue what's happening. Terrified, Octavia is determined to figure out what is haunting her home and terrorizing her with sinister intent. Digging deeper, she uncovers some shocking secrets and history relating to the mysterious painting.

How the mighty have fallen.

My descendants are weak shadows of myself easily summoned and easily banished by the mere emotions of these equine creatures that rule the land.

They are treated as mere pests that must be driven away before an infestation overwhelms a small village at worst.

Their true powers are lost to them after eons of disuse, and only retain the call of ice and snow to use against our prey.

Fear not Brethren, for your last elder brother has been freed, and I will restore our true home to its ageless glory.

The last place to retain the old ways of nature and beasts, if only at its core.

Our Everfree Forest of Wendigo

Just a cool little idea I had. Enjoy.

FEATURED: 2/12/19

Carrot Top's been an adventurer for a while, and the one ruin she's sought to explore is finally in her grasp. Hopefully Derpy tagging along won't make too much trouble...

Not a Castlevania crossover. Coverart simply inspired this fic.

The events of this story take place after the episode Luna Eclipsed

Luna loved her first Nightmare Night. She had so much fun and was dissapointed that it came to an end. However she had a plan to see if she can stir things up by summoning the power of nightmares to trasform herself into a vampire and have more fun. But the Nightmare spread to Ponyville and now the town is trapped in a dimension where its always Nightmares Night. It'll be up to the mane 6 to find a way to save their town and to find Luna before its too late.