A new red star appears in the sky. It streaks across with unnatural swiftness. With it comes a new threat, raining down from the day sky in great strands of death that eats all organic matter it can find, leaving the terrain scarred and ponies dead.

Based on Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, but set in Equestria. We will not be using Pern characters, nor is it required you read any Pern books, or even know what Pern is, in the end. This is a story set in Equestria, with the ponies having to deal with a new natural threat/calamity and hopefully rising to the occasion.

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Scarlet Flames, Chrome Streak and Capri Blitz are a terrible trio. They're possibly the worst students to ever attend Crystal Prep, and were expelled shortly after Cadance became principal. They left Canterlot and made their careers as recreational racing drivers, and eventually they each had enough money to buy their own sports car. Now they've returned to Canterlot and are causing trouble once again, both on and off the road. Fed up with their antics, Twilight Sparkle aims to beat Scarlet, Chrome and Capri at their own game and put an end to their reckless behavior once and for all.

This story is a sequel to A Stellar Performance

Contains spoilers for "Friendship games"

After having become friends the five Shadowbolts from Crystal Prep Academy spent their first Friday night together. However, the distinct personalities of Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Indigo Zap, Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare make it hard to find common ground. In the end, they can only decide on something none of them is really eager to do: Play a table top role-playing game. At first the prospect of spending their Friday night with nerd stuff in a gloomy basement doesn't excite them very much. But the deeper they dive into the adventure, the more intrigued the nerdy game seems to catch their interest...

This story is a sequel to A Diplomatic Visit

 Second in the Diplomacy-verse, and a part of the greater "Powers-That-Be" multiverse. As Twilight Sparkle begins her travels around the world and seeks to mend the divides between the nations, friends old and new have their own adventures back home.

Starlight has a problem. Twilight left on an ambassadorial mission to the zebras less than a week ago. Just this morning, a businesspony showed up on the doorstep of the Castle of Friendship and stole the Alicorn Amulet right out from under her nose.

Rainbow Dash has a solution. Steal the Amulet back. How hard could it possibly be, right? Okay, so the Amulet's being kept in one of the most secure vaults in Equestria. And it's surrounded by guards and bystanders. And there's no one in Ponyville who has much experience in heists or robberies or law-breaking of any kind. Oh, and said businesspony is planning on selling the powerful artifact of dark magic on the black market, putting the whole thing on a time crunch. And they don't even have the blueprints to the place. But other than that, it'll be easy!

Starlight has a problem. This is the closest thing to a solution she has.

This can only end well.

Takes place before the season 6 finale.

Things have changed.

When Rainbow Dash unexpectedly arrives at the Badlands Hive, her open displays of hostility leave Princess Twilight Sparkle and Queen Chrysalis perplexed. The situation only devolves from there as differences in this Rainbow Dash are discovered, and it soon becomes apparent that two worlds have collided that were never meant to meet.

Twilight and Rainbow, each with scars both physical and mental, have to find common ground before time runs out. If they can’t, then the pegasus may become stranded in this world of changelings forever.

A crossover between the Little Flashes series and the Change series.

Cowritten with Skijarama.
Featured on: 04/11/2019.

Twilight Sparkle was only a filly when Equestria detected the enigmatic Signal. A series of increasingly complex mathematical proofs, the Signal transformed from an intriguing curiosity to reliable evidence of extraequestrian life.

And as it happened, Equestria's exploration of their own solar system was nearly complete. With colonies orbiting every planet and large body, and an asteroid belt filled with miners and prospectors, Twilight's civilization was just about ready to turn its focus outward. The signal was less than ten light-years away, within reach of a daring, experimental voyage. A voyage Twilight Sparkle would lead.

Along with a small crew of the most skilled scientists and engineers Equestria could offer, Twilight is determined to uncover the mystery of the Signal, and brave the final frontier for future generations of Equestrian explorers.

A comment-driven, CYoA story. Please use the links provided in the author's notes of each chapter to vote, rather than the comments.

This story is a creative experiment of mine, one meant to explore the general idea that creativity is often most fostered by restrictions. As a result, I've imposed a number of restrictions on the writing of this story, which I'm stating explicitly here so I can be called out if I break any of them.

1. Brevity is the soul of wit
No chapter may be more than 1000 words long. This wordcount only includes prose, and not the questions/rolls.

2. Every choice matters
When a choice is offered in a chapter, at least one sub-optimal choice must be present, with no indication about which is which other than the prose itself. Every chapter should end with a CYoA-style decision tree when possible.

3. Fate is cruel and the universe is heartless
The decision of the vote must be respected. This means any character could be killed, or the entire story could end in failure, if that's what the votes decide. Where numbers, stats, and randomization appear in the text, these elements are not verisimilitude, but are decided by public diecrolls in my discord server.

Note: Because of the unusual production of this story, its chapters won't be edited in the same way as my usual fare. Feel free to point out any mistakes you encounter.

Awesome cover by Zutcha as you can probably tell. Editing stuff by Two Bit and Sparktail, where applicable.

Fluttershy wakes up on Coruscant with little memory of what has happened to her, or where she's from, or anything, for that matter.

But being of an unknown race complicates life.

Friendship! Shenanigans! The Force! Maybe a little kissing! This story has it all! Join your favorite (and maybe least favorite) Jedi as Fluttershy finds a way in this crazy new galaxy!

Current cover art is just a placeholder; if you have anything you'd like to offer, please show me!

This story takes place during the Prequel Trilogy/Clone Wars era.

Violence: There is violence, but it's not really any worse than you would find in the Clone Wars, and maybe even in MLP.

I would honestly rate this E10+ (Everyone 10 and up).

This story is a sequel to Equestria Girls: Duel Monsters

This story has been cancelled.

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A month has passed since the nightmarish mid-term duel between Princess Twilight Sparkle and the dethroned Duel Queen Sunset Shimmer. Now under the help and guidance of her first five friends at CHS, Sunset must prove herself to those around her of her change, free from the darkness that once poisoned her thoughts.

The road to redemption is lined with obstacles and hardship, as the very students she once dominated over as the undisputed champion duelist of CHS, seek to assert their newfound dominance over her, whilst trying to fruitlessly earn the trust of one she wishes to call a friend. All the while their fellow students begin disappearing day by day.

Sunset and her friends must solve the mystery behind these disappearances, while most of the school is ready to accuse her, and the dark powers she once wielded. But is she the only one to have such power? And who are the three new girls enrolling at CHS, and what is their fixation towards Sunset and her friends?

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The second arc of Equestria Girls: Duel Monsters. As a new chapter opens; there have been changes set for the formula: No longer will duels be limited to only official cards, but cards seen only in the anime, as well as original additions to existing card series and archetypes being also made valid.

Sunset Shimmer isn't like the other Freshman in Canterlot High School. While so many others explain away the strange things that happen in their town, she knows better. There's an entire world out there, a world of magic and incredible creatures, one that she's determined to reach.

Careful study and preparation brings her to the portal in front of her school, at the last moment of its opening. Sunset doesn't have a clue what might be waiting on the other side, but she's sure it will lead her to the magic she's always wanted.

No matter what it costs.

Updates Tuesdays.

This story was sponsored by my glorious enablers Bitera and Sparktail, who also did the editing. I know I don't deserve it. Want one of your own? Drop me a PM. Cover by Zutcha.