Canterlot High closes for two weeks after a school shooting occurs. When the school reopens, Twilight Sparkle struggles with her indifference to the incident and her inability to adjust to the tense atmosphere.

Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, humans were suddenly all over the freakin' place.

Legends said nothing but horrible things about them, and that the only way to deal with a human was to make them no longer be a human. First contact showed otherwise, and cooler heads prevailed. The newly-organized Transmogrification department was gutted, with most of the agents sent to work elsewhere. Many government employees were organized to help the humans settle in; the best and brightest got to work at the extremely challenging job of calculating multiversal exchange rates so that human cash could be traded in for bits.

Now, for the first time ever, you can see what it's like to work at the Conversion Bureau.
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This is by far my most popular story, so... thanks, everyone!

During her studies in the Canterlot archives, Twilight Sparkle makes a startling discovery - Star Swirl the Bearded, the most famous unicorn in Equestrian history, had a son! Tracing the family line down the centuries, Twilight is ecstatic to discover a direct descendant of Star Swirl is still living today. She sets out to meet this "Beatrix Lulamoon", who surely is a great and powerful unicorn worthy of her heritage with a wealth of ancestral knowledge to share... isn't she?

Dramatic reading by Goombasa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECfAkLDoSM

Rainbow Dash has an unusual way of learning, and Twilight’s determined to take advantage of it. Before she knows it, Rainbow’s worst fears become reality and her life unravels before her eyes as she becomes the smartest pony alive.

The dark tag is for the implications of the story.

An entry for the April 2015 write-off event, with the prompt “Great Expectations.”

Twilight is banished from Equestria by Princess Celestia. How will Twilight convince her mentor and friends not to banish her?

Story by PLCTheCd, commissioned by Tan575 and artwork by CSImadmax

After a spree of indecent, criminal acts in America, Justin Bieber is deported to Canada. But they don't want him either, so he's exiled to Equestria. Will he make the best of his clean slate, or will he continue to be a spoiled brat? Yes.

After an extensive beta with the happiest, most harmonious ponies in Equestria, Harmony Tracker is finally out! What does Harmony Tracker do? Why, it allows you to know just how much cheer, friendship, and joy you're spreading across Equestria! If you do enough, the government will even give you wonderful prizes! So, my little ponies, make sure to do all you can to raise those scores! The princesses will be watching.

Based on something happening right now, this is a link to the video that taught me the truth and inspired this story. A link will be provided at the end of chapter three as well.

Twilight Sparkle refuses to partake in April Foal's Day, sequestering herself from the world in order to ride out this most terrible of holidays.

The universe decides this is a great time to bring disaster to Ponyville--but can her friends convince Twilight that it isn't a prank?

Probably not.

Trigger Warnings: Contains caffeine, a Lovecraft homage, and puns

The Equestrian Unicorn Society is meeting one night, and things appear to be going well. That is, until an old member shows up and things start to go downhill...