This story is a sequel to Sanctuary: An Interview of a Changeling

Following the events of Sanctuary, the stallion, Dr. Lovejoy, is looking for a place to hide. He runs into a place of Starlight's village, a seemingly happy utopia where everypony is equal.

But for the retired stallion, he considers this place as the perfect playground to spend his last days.

A special thank you to AlaskanBabe for proofreading this.

Music for this fic used in chronological order:
-Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
-Air on the G String by Bach
-Symphonie Concertante, K 364; 1st Movement by Mozart
-1st Symphony, 3rd Movement by Mahler
-Rêverie by Debussy
-Gelido in ogni vena by Vivaldi
-Goldberg Variations, Aria by Bach
-Piano Concerto No 2, 2nd Movement by Rachmaninov
-Swan Like (arrange for solo piano) by Tchaikovsky
-String Quartet in B-flat major, Cavatina by Beethoven
-Amato ben, tu sei la mia speranza by Vivaldi
-Concerto for two cellos & strings in G minor, 2nd Movement by Vivaldi
-Träumerei, Op. 15 No. 7 by Schumann
-Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Flat Major by Mozart
-Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
-Nocturne 21 in C Minor by Chopin

As the Great War rages on, Kaiserin Regenfall IV of Alemaneia spends some quality time with her most dedicated, loyal soldiers.

Namely, the ones who paid the ultimate price.

*Set in The Flower Mare Universe. Reading is NOT required.*

She is youngest monarch to ever ascend the throne on the continent... in the youngest nation on the continent. She has been groomed to etch her name in history and with all the tools at her disposal to realize her noble goals: A roaring economy, an eager population, and a nascent, rising empire. She would lead Alemaneia into an era of prosperity and prestige.

Her proponents (who feel she would bring young, modern blood to the nobility) and her skeptics (who feel she is far too young and cannot possibly have the ability to stand up to their regional rivals) both look upon her career with immense interest.

Perhaps everypony, in some way, would be right about her. And perhaps everypony, in some way, would be wrong about her.

So very, very wrong.

A six-part story of an unprecedented rise, and a spiraling, tragic fall of Regenfall IV.
Set in the Flower Mare Universe. Reading is NOT required, but I certainly won't stop you if you want to read the series.
Royal Painting by G_Hyze, linked to his DA proper.

The gryphons were not always monsters. That came later.

In the earliest days, they were our friends. They flew alongside pegasi. They shared the land with earth ponies. They studied beside unicorns. There was no fear between us. That came later too.

Time drew our people apart, but it was not time that made them monsters. They made that choice themselves; they chose their fate. And it was the greatest gryphon who sealed it.

He was born, many years ago, on a mountain far to the north...

During another year's festive Hearth's Warming Eve traditions, Pinkie Pie livens up the celebratory holiday with her best friends by bringing in Cards Against Equestria. This game is only shared between the best of friends, and the worst of ponies.

How will the friends' friendship be able to stand up against such a nasty challenge?

Also, this story is set after the events of Season 8 of MLP:FiM.

NOTE: The 'Sex' tag is implied towards potential references of sexual activity. No actual sex occurs. I'm just 'tryna be safe!

Based on the renowned card game: Cards Against Humanity.

This story is inspired by these great stories by Dawn Flower (Cards Against Creatures) and BronyOverlord (Cards Against Starlight)

Princess Luna has nightmares. Terrible nightmares. More importantly, nightmares that come every single night and day and infallibly disrupts her sleep. Turned to an intake of sugar and caffeine that Pinkie Pie would've been proud of just to stay awake, she consults Celestia for a solution to her sleep problems - who presents her with an idea long abandoned as useless fringe pseudoscience by any respectable researchers: Astral projection.

But Celestia's solution, while close to the mark, doesn't quite do its job. Or, at least, doesn't manage to ONLY do its job. For Luna isn't the only one having nightmares...

Meanwhile, on Earth, the 17th century has recently gotten itself a fairly abrupt makeover, in the form of the misplaced 20th century West Virginian town of Grantville landing smack in the middle of Germany - along with hillbillies, admirals and a LOT of shotguns. Now, 3 years later, these elements have consolidated themselves with the local powerhouses in an alliance with Gustavus Adolphus Vasa, king of Sweden - who, with his up-time friends, have managed to grab a quite sizable chunk of land in Germany and name it the United States of Europe, subdue Denmark-Norway into a reestablished Kalmar Union, introduce airplanes, ironclads, and rate of fire to the battlefield; and piss off just about everyone else on the continent in the process. Needless to say, the 30 Years War just got a LOT more complicated.

When these elements are forced together by an ancient breed of chaos, it should come as no surprise to anyone that the results aren't far from a nightmare.

Meanwhile, Equestria has to deal with the absence of both their diarchs, a lost (human) princess, an entirely different breed of chaos; and of course, the inevitable fact that every single villain with a score to settle is going to come back for a second round.

Some of which not even the Norns can save them from...

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This is a crossover between MLP and the Assiti Shards/1632 series by Eric Flint (which is a very good read on its own, and I much encourage you to read it), with some norse mythology and homegrown thrown in (I couldn't make it fit, so I made it Bigger). Timeline-wise, this story starts about a year after Discord pony-time/2 months after the Changeling invasion; and 2 months after the Battle of Copenhagen earth-time; August of Anno Domini 1634, 3rd year of the Ring of Fire / Month 8 of Harmony Era year 2. Call me extrapolating, but TIME ES MUI IMPORTANTE, friends.

Some time after Twilight's coronation, she and Starlight have a conversation.

(Contains spoilers for the finale of season nine)

Cute and adorable ponies go about their daily lives in Equestria, and yet none of them can forget that in 1998 The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and he plummeted sixteen feet through the Spanish Announcer's Table.

After a tragic accident, a human ends up in Lord Tirek's body, as part of an attempt to reform the villain after his recent escapades. While the hero of our tale is trying to make sense of his new surroundings, the rest of Equestria thinks that the most terrible threat that their world has ever seen is back...
And the powers that be are definitely not happy about it.
New Cover Art By Shadow Bolt

Still wracked with guilt years later, Starlight Glimmer returns to the Equestria torn apart by war with the Crystal Empire in search of some way to put her guilt behind her.

A story written for Remembrance Day on behalf of all those who have fallen in the service of their nations. Cover image is that of the Commonwealth Graves site at Ypres.