As Rarity stepped into her workroom, her sewing machine stashed in the corner and half-finished designs chucked into an overflowing trashcan, she felt her already hollow heart somehow crumble further, still in denial over one simple fact: 

Rarity used to be a designer. A good one and a bad one all at once.

But... she wasn’t a designer anymore. 

And if she wasn’t a designer, then she had no use to anypony. 

And if she had no use to anypony, she was worthless.

And if she was worthless, she was better off dead.

Thank you to Maxima for the cover art, and to Jykinturah and RBDash for seeing the absolute worst parts of me as I went through hell last year yet staying with me as if it was the most natural choice in the world. Thank you as well to my supporters on KoFi and Patreon for having faith in me even when I didn't.

Story commissioned by Tailsic

A downtrodden and isolated Princess Twilight grudgingly celebrates her 1000th birthday without friends. With Equestria beginning to unravel, she becomes more withdrawn, obsessing over lost friends and family and glory days long past. But her prospects seem to brighten when she is gifted a strange mirror that connects her with another Twilight Sparkle who lives in a better world.

Celestia and Discord, as teens, flee their destroyed homeworld to a new world promised by a letter from Luna. But Discord can't escape his nature, nor Celestia her memories. Being a chaos mage on a starliner is a death sentence, and yet, Discord has to keep using his mind-control powers to take Celestia's emotions away, at her request, because otherwise she wants to die. And Gray Celestia, the discorded Celestia with no emotions but the drive to protect herself and Discord, will do anything that needs to be done to save them both.

Warnings: suicidal ideation, consensual mind control that's still kind of messed up, genocide, a near-execution, mass murder, and comforting lies.

Cover art is by ponkamena/polkahorse, who now goes by ashiida (link goes to their new deviantart account). The source link goes to the derpibooru version. This was the closest I could get from all of derpibooru, though in the fic they're both much younger than the art would suggest.

Dealing with loss is never easy. 

Ponies can lose a lot of things - loved ones, pets, houses, jobs. For Twilight Sparkle, though, her biggest loss is a limb. 

Her right wing is gone. Lost in battle, Twilight struggles with her changed body, confusing feelings and a crushing lack of hope.

And in the midst of it all, she wonders if sheʼll ever truly recover. 

Behind-the-page: To Lose & To Heal
Written for: Bicyclette’s A Thousand Words II Contest - Drama
Proofread & edited by: JinxJTL
Review: Nightmare_Omega
Featured in: Equestria Daily, 30 More Fanfics to Read for Twilight Sparkle Day

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The time comes for all students to step out from under the shadow of their teacher and choose their own path.

On that path, knowledge is power, but if it all goes wrong... if that power is put into the wrong hooves... how far might somepony who is trying to reconcile the position of teacher with the duties of ruler be forced to go to fix these mistakes? What level of personal involvement in being responsible does she owe herself and her people?

...And how much is it going to hurt?

Gold medal winner in the The Brightest Days writeoff event. Thanks to the participants there for their feedback, as always!

The last of Twilight Sparkle's five closest friends has passed. Unable to move on after the funeral service Twilight goes back to the graves. An old friend tries to help.

Submission for Quills and Sofa's speed writing contest 19 "Happy Stories"

The first 'chapter' is the complete story while the second 'chapter' is the story as submitted to the contest.

Image source: https://www.deviantart.com/oddwarg/art/Immortality-356563589

There's been another sighting of the mysterious Mare Do Well...but this time, all of Rainbow Dash's friends plead ignorance, insisting that they've put aside their costumes for good. Rainbow Dash is determined to uncover the masked mare's true identity before she's humiliated yet again, but this time around, the vigilante seems especially interested in her as well. Will Rainbow Dash be able to solve the mystery before the culprit takes the hoax too far? Or is she in danger of losing not only her mind, but her heart?

Featured on Equestria Daily.

Because I know you, Twilight. I know that when you have concerns, they consume you. So first I will tell you, as simply as possible: no, alicorns are not immortal, in the purest sense of the word.

Celestia's reassurance should be a relief, but true to form, Twilight can't stop thinking.

Contains discussion of death.

Lucid Storm imagines a world beyond death, where no pony will ever need to truly say goodbye to the ones they love. When all the magic and medicine of Equestria failed one young Sweetie Belle, he proposed a radical new technique--total brain recording, taken minutes before her death.

Years have passed since that day, years spent scrounging the funding for a body and experimenting with many failed machine intelligence models before tinkerer ponies all around equestria finally came together in the perfect synthesis.

After all this time, Sweetie Belle will finally have her second chance.

Written for Lucid on my Patreon. Edited by Two Bit and Sparktail, who also sponsored it. Cover by Magfen.

Twilight couldn’t sleep. The stresses of her duties start to catch up to her and slowly the composure she has crafted ever since she ascended to her princess title starts cracking. But when confronted by a familiar friend she realizes she can stay afloat awhile longer.