Fate isn’t what it seems. It can be manipulated. Corralled. If, of course, you know what you’re doing. And if you’re willing to risk your very existence.

Celestia never loses, because she never has only one chance to get things right.

But there is a pony, or something like a pony, that holds the true power over the strands of fate. There are only so many fatal gambits you can make before a line must be drawn.

Winner of GaPJaxie's sixteenth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition, where it was written between me and Syke Jr in 90 minutes. The prompts were "Back to Back" and "A Stitch in Time"—during the writing period, each one of us knew only a separate half of the prompts.

A big thanks to charlie for the cover image!

Plenty of ponies had their ideas about what fear was, but most of them were wrong. King Sombra knew what fear was. 

Entry into the Colourful Characters Contest - Spike for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. Thanks to TheLegendaryBillCipher and Flashgen for their notes during the contest.

Discord says goodbye.

Spanish: https://www.deviantart.com/spaniard-kiwi/art/Un-ultimo-chasquido-862607171 (Thanks Kiwi)

Twilight is rushing back to Ponyville. She saw the flames from afar. She only has one name in mind: Rarity.

Many thanks to R5h, GaraTheAuthor, Pocketbot, and Nethlarion for helping with the editing.

Written for Monochromatic's RariTwi bomb.

The cover art is a cropping of a picture by korafuro.

Out in the middle of nowhere there is a wall. No one knows who built it, for what reason, or how it was even constructed to begin with. All everypony understands is that it is there and that you can write on it. You can write whatever you want.

“Remember this, Twilight, because in the end it’s not the things you think, but the things you do that makes you who you are.”

Chrysalis appears in the Crystal empire to reveal that, when she was impersonating Cadence, she and Shining Armor had a child. Unable to feed the young Prince Hornet with love alone, she forces Cadence to adopt the child. Sadly, Prince Hornet is not only destructive, he is a living testament to his father's unintentional infidelity, putting intense strain on both Cadence and Shining Armor. Can Cadence learn to cope with this problem child and the fact that she now knows she has "shared" her husband with the creature she hates the most?

2+2=5
Celestia knew, Celestia always knew the truth, so it had to be true.
Twilight trusted her, didn't she?
And fillies always grasp to truths, to their heroes, and drink in everything life throws at them.
So two and two make five.

This story is a sequel to To Dust You Shall Return

There is something wrong with Twilight, and the Mane Six have to figure out what before it’s too late.

Here’s my entry to Quills and Sofas Speedwriting’s latest Expanded Universe contest! This is a prequel fic to Silent Whisper’s To Dust You Shall Return, which I highly recommend reading either before or after this story. Probably before, if you want to get the contest experience. Go check it out and give it some love!

Twilight has taken it into her own hooves to get Discord to address Fluttershy's feelings for him. Discord will not do so. He cannot do so.

More 1k weirdness. ^.^