When the Cutie Mark Crusaders try to earn their cutie marks in fire fighting they are nearly killed when the fire they started quickly grows out of control. They are rescued by a stallion who turns out to be a bat pony. What's strange is the fact that, until Princess Luna's return, bat ponies have been extinct for over nine hundred years and cannot survive in direct sunlight. Twilight seeks Princess Celestias' advice when she senses a powerful magic hidden deep within the bat pony known as Firestorm. Celestias' only advice is to treat him as a friend.

Never one to question her loving teacher, Twilight follows her instruction and welcomes Firestorm as a friend and so do the other elements of harmony. As their time together continues, Firestorm becomes drawn to not only one of Twilights' closest friends, but one of the fillies of the CMC as well. Twilight soon realizes in the midst of their growing friendship with Firestorm, something about him is very off.....

Winona has always been faithful to her masters. A hard-worker when she's needed, and playful when it's time to relax. The epitome of the family farm dog.

But how far will she go if one of the family were in danger? What boundaries is she willing to cross for the sake of another?

The answer awaits in the impending storm...

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It has been one of the closest guarded secrets of Canterlot's royalty. Deep in a specially constructed dungeon, surrounded by warding spells and powerful magic barriers, exists an enigma. Within a cage that could only be described as something out of a nightmare, it waits and watches all of Equestria. A creature that cannot age, is immune to disease, does not thirst nor hunger, and resists all injury. But, it also holds secrets and knowledge that could safeguard the kingdom. Its powers are frightening, but it is civil enough for debate when patience permits.

Princess Celestia has sought counsel with the creature before, enduring it making deal after deal for its services. The Princess walks a fine line when dealing with it, knowing full well anything could give it an advantage despite its imprisonment. She has had to go back on her word in these dealings, and from this a deep animosity between them has been born. It is a necessary evil as she is convinced this is a being capable of untold evil far and above anything Equestria has ever dreamed of. So long as it remains within the confines of its cell, her kingdom is made safe. So much magic has been woven to ensure that, there is little chance of escape.

So long as the magic holds, there is no danger. So long as the cage remains strong, the nameless creature stays enthralled in his cavernous dwelling. If that were to change--if the magic failed--not even the wisest could say. But one thing is assured, it does not bode well for Equestria.

(Collab with yodajax10 who suggested the idea. Takes place immediately after "Horse Play".)

After witnessing Spike go out there and stall for time in an important play, Princess Luna becomes concerned about the adverse effects it might have on the little dragon's mental state.

She uses this an "excuse" to pay a visit to him after the play and have a one on one talk with him, giving him a chance to know that he is helpful.

But that is not the only reason the night princess comes to see Spike, the alicorn is dealing with her own personal issues and needs a friend she can trust to confide them in. Plus, Luna isn't the only one who wishes to give praise to Spike.

While dealing with the mess after the fall formal, Sunset Shimmer must also find herself struggling with issues that she had thought was long forgotten. Will she be able to overcome her past or will she be destined to repeat the mistakes she had in the past?

edited by QuillsAndSofas

Based off of the the Dysphoria series! We follow a human who is a transwoman, yet still looks male, her name; Quill Ink, or in her world, Emilia O'Kelly. Emilia tries her hardest to fit into pony society but struggles with her transition. She goes to a local ponyville library, she finds a series of books called Dysphoria, a tale of a transmare known as Evening Rose who struggled to fit in and finding her place in this world.

(The First Book of Selina Lunar)

Where am I? How did I get here? Why do they keep calling me 'Nightmare Moon'? And why do I look like her?

Those have been questions I've asked myself since I woke up with no memory of how this all happened. Now, in a world of talking magic ponies, I am soon taught the magic of friendship by a pony by the name of Twilight Sparkle and her friends.

And that's not the end of it; every night, I have visions of... me in another world, one that looks so familiar yet so alien. I don't know why, but I feel like I've been there before. The question is... how?

From the creator who brought you 'Selena and the Scar', The Adventures of Selina Lunar is a first-person adventure that tells the story of friendship, love, and the choice of who and what you want to be.

(The 'Human' tag is an essential part of what will be shown in the story and the 'Romance' tag will play a part at some point)

Sunset Shimmer moonlights as the street artist Flanksy, but not all of her paintings go off without a hitch.

This story has a sequel which can be found here.

This story is a sequel to Good to be Bad

PLEASE READ THE PREQUEL, OTHERWISE NONE OF THIS WILL MAKE SENSE.

'Flanksy' has evaded the police and left clues in her wake, leaving Sunset Shimmer to try and keep her identity a secret from the ever curious Twilight Sparkle.

Artwork by rvceric!

After the events that took place in the dream world in ‘A Royal Problem’, Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon seemingly found themselves in another dream, with Nopony else and nothing in it, just the two of them.

But unlike what they did when they were in the last dream together, where they fought, the two kinda expected this to happen. Rather than sitting down and wait for the two royal sisters to be mad at each other and summon them again, they did something they never thought they’ll do.

They negotiated and chatted with their counterpart- And it turned out to be a pretty fun thing.

Yes, I know the characters say Celestia but I couldn’t find Daybreaker, okay?

Same Day Edit: Popular Stories again! Thanks a lot!