Fluttershy thought Discord's gift- a day all by herself as a tree- was a dream come true.

Then she heard the voices of the Everfree...

An entry for the Arboreal Yearnings contest.

Part of the Remember Fort Libris print anthology, thanks to our Kickstarter supporters!

Lavender Staar spends her days trying to find a good job but hasn't had much luck yet. Fortunately, she gets called to Canterlot Castle for a job interview by Princess Celestia along with others to work as a janitor. It's not much, but it would help Lavender feed herself. The castle and the land surrounding it feel...off, however.

Thanks to Lunaexcelsior for helping me fix up the story

Also thanks to Kryostasis Blueberry Soda for spotting some spelling errors. :>

A plague has swept through Equestria, and the Capital city of Canterlot contains the last bastion of civilization, the final holdout against the sickness that causes ponies to lose their sight and themselves. Inside an abandoned building, sits a lonely diary, chronicling a mare's journey to help her friends overcome the disease.

The most innocent things can alter the very course of our lives.

Consider; an ordinary, albeit strangely configured, piece of art acquired from a distant land and sent to a seamstress in a small town. She vaguely recalls the relative who has sent the gift, but cannot fathom the reason for the giving of said present.

A closer inspection of the item reveals a bizarre series of symbols inscribed upon the surface, simultaneously repulsive and yet attractive to the young mare's eye...

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Day 4 of the Seventh Anniversary Story Bomb... and sister story to 'The Thirteenth Hour'.

Starlight Glimmer has never been very good at the whole 'friendship' thing. Her track record speaks for itself about her poor decision making in the past and all the heartache that has come from her mistakes. She is determined to do better with Twilight Sparkle and her new friends in Ponyville.

Except that Starlight is not very good at learning from her mistakes.

Written for the FiM Barcast's 'Halloween in April' Horror Contest

Twilight's bloody corpse hangs in a shard of broken window. Twilight stalks the train in search of the monster that killed her. Two of the Twilights that are too many, facets of a Twilight that is too much.

“So you remember what dying’s like?” Dash asked with the careless curiosity of a child.

“It was like if falling asleep really hurt. Except some of me stayed dreaming.” 

Thirty years ago, an Eldritch being was awakened from a prison built millions of years before ponies walked beneath the sun. Unstoppable and unkillable, it destroyed Equestria and brought Eqqus to its knees.

It has now returned to finish what it started.

A mysterious plague has swept through Equestria, turning its population into magical zombies. With magic having suddenly vanished as well, it is up to a group of survivors, including Twilight, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash, to discover the infection's origin and find a way to put an end to the nightmare.

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Disturbed by an encounter with a strange tourist, Rarity contemplates the reign of Nightmare Moon.

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thank you to Snow Quill for the in-story art!

written as a gift for Zontan, as part of the anthology Dark Between the Stars. you can read the others here.

thanks to applejackofalltrades and Snow Quill for their feedback.

There is little more exciting for Twilight than coming across a new problem. Especially when it's something she doesn't understand. And this...thing, that she's found out there... this is something she definitely doesn't understand.

Written for my mate Zontan as a part of an anthology of short stories compiled as a gift for him. You can find the others Here.

The story is finished and chapters will be published over the next week.

Thank you to Shaslan for the incredible cover art, on top of her help with the fic and description, and thank you to Snow Quill for additional editing help.