Applejack checks up on Rainbow Dash. She hasn’t been doing so well since recovering from a car crash, and everyone can see it, but nobody dares to confront her. Nobody but Applejack, at least. It’s always the same song and dance, but nothing lasts forever.

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Genre: Angst.
Cover art: ANOTHER screenshot edit by yours truly.
_{Story involves mentions of heavy drinking, hence the tag, and some light violence.}

This story is a sequel to Ponies on Earth and their New Horizons

Set in the Pandemic Universe

What twisted terrors can the mind dream up? What kinds of powers can the imagination exert over a realm with limitless possibilities? Perhaps one might go on a thrilling adventure, or explore worlds that could never exist… it’s all possible within a dream. However, the powers of one’s imagination can also tap into your deepest fears and give them form as terrifying nightmares! Nothing’s more powerful than a creative imagination after all… It’s a lesson that Silver Eclipse and his faithful students of the Dream Realm learned all too well… and sometimes… sometimes it doesn’t hurt to be afraid of the monsters that lurk in the dark.

Cover art by: FanDrawsArt

Special thanks to:
Lawra, Halira, Javarod, and ModernSilver, for assisting with edits, offering thoughts on the story's development, and for their encouragement and help.

Anon's dead, apparently, and Death has come to claim his soul. There's just one problem: he doesn't want to go. And there's nothing Death can do to make him.

Rainbow Dash is just lying in the middle of the road. Somepony might trip on her.

Bored at the recent lack of adventure in her life, Rainbow Dash goes flying off to find some.

Now the cold north far beyond the borders of Equestria and everything it holds awaits her. Ancient societies unknown to Equestria, monsters, heroes and villains alike, excitement, conflict, danger, glory, Rainbow Dash seeks out all of these to find herself the greatest adventure of her life. A pegasus with greater determination and willpower than any other, she’ll never back down no matter what she faces.

The 179th Battalion occupies the critical town of Galloper's Overlook. So long as Equestrian forces hold it, the 3rd Army in valley below is safe from bombardment. Should the town fall, then the Northern Front will collapse. The battalion must hold.

But they can't. Outgunned, outnumbered, and surrounded, the 179th is running low on both ammunition and hope. Captain Tome, a stallion painfully aware of his own shortcomings as a commander, must find a way to stave off the inevitable. In war, ordinary ponies must rise to become the heroes everyone needs. Courage takes many forms. So do legends.

This story is part of the AU canon "War's Generation," but may be read as a standalone.

As this story contains graphic imagery of war, I am placing a link to the Veteran Crisis line here, as well as links to the national suicide prevention hotline and a list of international hotlines. There is no shame in needing help. In truth, it is courageous to ask for it. To those who served, you served us - let us help you.

This story is dedicated to all men and women in uniform, to ordinary heroes, and especially to the 101st Airborne, colloquially known as the 'Screaming Eagles,' and to the 308th Infantry Regiment, colloquially known as the 'Lost Battalion.'

The cover art used with the kind permission of Vole-A, who commissioned the piece from FoxInShadow.

Original characters my own. My Little Pony and its contents are the property of Hasbro, Inc. and its affiliates. Please support the official release.

This story is a sequel to Rendezvous with a Batpony

Princess Twilight Sparkle is keen on bringing the Magic of Friendship to everyone, not only the ponies of Equestria. Accepting an invitation she received a long time ago, she decides to visit the domain of batponies. Alongside Midnight Wind, a Nightguard member she befriended, she sets off on a perilous journey to the land of Noctraliya.

But can she fulfill her task when faced with internal rivalries, political intrigues, cultural aversions... and a funny feeling growing gradually in her heart?