The world has suffered for too long. Under the iron grasp of the Tyrant they suffer. None who have tried to stand against him have succeeded. So long have the ponies wallowed in despair that they have long since forgotten the joy of earning a Cutie Mark- such a thing is only known of because the Tyrant bestows them upon those who follow him. However, in this bleak world there are rumors of ponies that earned their own marks, who hide in shadow, waiting for a chance to strike at the Tyrant. There are six that are known, and rumors of a seventh. They are:

Lightning Dust, the Pegasus mare who fights for the populace, risking her neck.
Octavia Medley, the Earth mare who brings honest work to a world without.
Moondancer, the Unicorn mare who never turns away those in need.
Flutterbat, the Thestal mare who is giving underneath the scary exterior.
Screwball, the Discord Spawn who never lets the gloom get to her.
Trixie Lulamoon, the Shiftblood Unicorn mare who strives to connect to all.
and the Shadowed Stallion, who is rumored to have a mark that hasn't been seen in thousands of years, who stands for hope.

Together, they will stand and find the Elements- or die trying.

When some of her friends develop a relationship after spending a few days out to solve a friendship problem, without finding any friendship problem in the first place, Twilight Sparkle start to think something is wrong with the Cutie Map. She's mostly right.
Warning: Story is very silly and we can only hope it never turns out to be canon.
Rated T for some sexual references.
Proofread by the awesome Nephox Venom.
EDIT: Featured in 18/10/2016! YAY! THANKS GUYS!

(Collab with Matt11. Covertart by Matt11 on Deviant Art, used with permission.)

Since befriending the Cutie Mark Crusaders and gaining the courage to tell her mother off, Diamond Tiara has enjoyed a relatively peaceful home life. That peaceful life is shattered suddenly and unexpectedly however, when Filthy Rich dies!

Such a loss would be painful enough as it is, but on top of that Spoiled Rich turns around and leaves her daughter at the Ponyville Orphanage, leaving poor Diamond without a family.

Fortunately, the filly is soon adopted by Dizzy Twister, Scootaloo's mother. But is Dizzy up to the task of raising a heartbroken filly, how will Diamond Tiara cope with her new home life and loss of somepony so dear to her, and how will Scootaloo react to the notion of having a sister in the form of a pony she once considered an enemy?

A real hero doesn't brag?

Just because she likes to talk about how awesome she is means Rainbow isn't a hero?

After her friends revealed themselves to her, Rainbow Dash reacts to Applejack's words in a completely different way than what's expected, and things only go downhill from there. Tears will be shed, friendships will be broken, and knives will be twisted as everything that can go wrong WILL.

They say that the apple never falls far from the tree. As the only member of the Apple family to forsake the family's agrarian ways, however, Applejack is perhaps the lone exception to that rule. Instead of returning to Ponyville, Applejack found her calling in the bright lights of Manehattan, and has called it home ever since.

She may be an Apple by blood, but she is about as far away from the tree as she can get. And she likes it that way.

Written as a re-characterization exercise for the 'New Writers School' group. (5000 word limit)
Featured in Fiction Illumination #14, via the Las Pegasus Tribune!
Featured on EQD on 2/3/14

Cover Art used with permission from DaisyAzuras

Apple Bloom just wanted to go to Zecora's so she could try to earn her cutie mark in potion making. She never imagined that she and Applejack would end up dragging an unconscious changeling to their farm.

The plan was to secure it and report it to Twilight, so that it could be turned over to the Royal Sisters. But with the return of the Crystal Empire, the Apples are now stuck with this changeling until Applejack gets back.

Can these farm ponies keep it contained until then? And why is this changeling white?

Tune in to find out!

Or read?

This story is a sequel to Freeport Venture: Come And See

When Twilight Sparkle traveled through time to stop Starlight Glimmer, she had no idea of the wider consequences of their actions. By trying to restore her old world, she was also wiping away the new ones that Starlight's changes to the past had created. Now, the last remnants of those destroyed worlds have come for revenge.

Co-authored by Ponibius

Pregnancy is hard. Not just for the mares, but for the stallions as well.

After one mishap, what started off as a romantic night for Rainbow Dash and Soarin' will shape the rest of their lives forever.

That'd be all fine and dandy for Rainbow Dash, but Soarin' isn't making things any better for himself when he keeps uttering the same word that annoys Rainbow to no end.

"Sorry", and its other variation, "I'm sorry."

Written for PimpArtist101's contest--which this story WON!

Cover by PimpArtist101

The days of fear, torture and fierce opposition is over in the changeling hives. There is no longer the need for an elite, combat-ready military ready to eviscerate, pillage and destroy whatever they are ordered to kill. There is no longer a hive, only a hollow shell of pony lights, pony love, pony customs and the fading of changeling tradition. As each day passes, the old 'Chrysalis' ways are replaced by perverted versions of 'Celestia' and her subordinates' disgusting aesthetic.

Pharynx didn't think he'd be alone in his thinking. He didn't think he'd be the only one who stood defiant, fierce and intimidating to those around him. He didn't think that they wouldn't understand. They had to understand. They were his own kin! They turn their backs to him, ignorant to the years they've all spent as warriors and guards, in exchange for a life of comfort and ignorance.

He didn't think the entire hive would betray him. He didn't think the outcasting would be so unabashedly obvious. Is this what Thorax felt when he left the hive? Was this fate's sick karma of tormenting him until the day he dies?

You abandoned your brother. Now, they all abandon you.

This was no longer home.

Created as a pick-me-back-into-writing-again-write-as-I-go-kind-of-like-this challenge for myself. Can't say I am completely satisfied with how I conveyed the story, but it did get me inspired again.

Source Image: https://www.deviantart.com/inuhoshi-to-darkpen/art/No-Need-for-a-Soldier-702973099

Tempest Shadow is still unsteady on her hooves, struggling with the decision she made to turn her back on the Storm King. She isn't sure where she fits in, in the bright and colorful world she left behind as a filly. All she can see is the weakness that peace and tranquility has bred into society, and when a new threat rises up, Tempest Shadow might be the only pony who's willing to face it down.

Written as a commission for Undome Tinwe

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