Two thousand years after Nightmare Moon's banishment, Equestria thrives. Celestia rules with her six princesses, six powerful Alicorns, given charge over different parts of rulership, using their powers and wisdom to make sure Equestria prospers.

Or, that is the official story, anyway.

In truth, after installing countless unstable cybernetics, Celestia has gone mad, and the Alicorns aren't much better. Ponies regularly disappear when they start to question things publicly. Wars are waged, species are slaughtered, and androids are kept as slaves, bought and sold as property.

Vinyl Scratch was a musician, owned by Fancy Pants. Her life had been well, really, but before she knows it, she finds herself thrust into the midst of conspiracies and rebels. Discord, an organization bent on overthrowing Celestia and bringing equality to androids, takes her in and keeps her safe. Vinyl wants to fight for what's right, but deep down, she wonders what is truly the right thing to do.

A bit of a twist on a stereotypical cyberpunk setting. While we have the evil government and the rebels, it does focus on more messages of harmony and friendship than you'd normally see. While 'the tree of liberty must be watered with blood of tyrants', it is necessary to 'love your neighbor as yourself', too.

Updates will be rare, but as I am working on this whenever I have time, it will not be set to 'hiatus'.

Okay, now for content warning:

--Foul language: As it should, it depends on the character speaking. Curses are usually going to be few and far between, but a few characters swear like sailors (or cyberpunk gangsters, as it were.)

--Violence and death: People have guns, and people get shot. I will not write graphic descriptions of violence, but it will be on screen.

--References to rape and brothels: Androids, as slaves, are used as prostitutes against their will in some places. I will not go deep into that, but it does happen in this setting.

--References and use of drugs: Without knowing too much about different kinds of real world drugs, I simply made up one I called 'Salt licks'. It is highly addictive and physically damaging.

Once, they were students. And friends. And, with their otherworldly magic, occasionally heroes.

Then, the Sirens came back. Feasting on the gang war they had created, the sisters’ power quickly became almost unstoppable. In the face of such a threat, the power of friendship didn’t seem to be enough. So, with Sunset leading the way, the Rainbooms ultimately decided to fight fire with fire.

Every step of the way, Twilight told herself they were only doing what they had to do. Even when people died. Even while she felt herself changing. Right up until a friend tried to kill her by blowing up the boat she was on.

Now, three years later, Twilight Sparkle awakens from her coma in a prison infirmary. And while she’s been down, Canterlot’s gotten even worse.

It’s time to take it back.

(Content note: I think this story is going to be a bit darker than I normally write. Not grimdark, by any means, but this is a dystopian near future. So... darker.)

(In the Author’s Notes of each chapter there is a link to a different song, from which the chapter’s name is derived. If this were a video series, those songs would be the music playing over a given episode’s ending credits.)

If you like my writing, feel free to explore my other stories and continuities. I assure you, it only gets more cheerful from here.

ADDENDUM: Fittingly enough, this story was featured on 4/20, 2024. Thank you all so much!

On a mission from the surviving member of the royalty in Equestria, SilverBullet is tasked with entering the exclusion zone around Canterlot in search of any information on what caused the disaster and the location of Celestia and her pupil, Twilight Sparkle.

Making his way inside he finds a whole new world order he is forced to comply with.

(Thank you to SoloSuerte for their work proofreading!
https://www.fimfiction.net/user/552101/SoloSuerte

Sweet Apple Acres is as old as Ponyville, if not older. The Apple family, led by Granny Smith, has been a pillar of the community for generations. However, for all of the good will that exists for this family there are rumors and stories about them that are only whispered in the shadows. One of the rumors involves what the family does with the money.

Two griffons Leo and Pollo hear the story about the money and decide to rob Sweet Apple Acres.

This story is a sequel to Unchanging Love

The explosion of love from the defeat at Canterlot hit harder and reached farther than any changeling expected. Firefly felt the effects as much as any, but she also gained something wonderful and priceless from it. Though this gift brought her a kind of joy she had never expected, she fears one question more than anything.

What trials will she and Fine Roast face when the invasion's inevitable fallout reaches them?

Big thanks to Cursori, SigmasonicX, Dogman15 (Chapters 2-5), and Ghost Mike for editing.

Amazing cover art by Pridark.

Friendly heads up. Beware the comments, they may contain spoilers!

...The Continuum feels this species may be a real threat to the Q. However, they also show a unique ability to contain their power. They do not appear to use their abilities for power, greed, or war. We need to see if the species as a people are a threat to the Continuum and not just their abilities.”

“And locking me away in a statue, to rot away in a garden, doesn’t show that?” The face on the statue squirmed and struggled to free the rest of its body.

“No. It doesn’t,” said Q. “But it would seem an opportunity has presented itself. The Enterprise is heading for this region of space. Perhaps you could utilize their presence to…provoke…a situation?”

Both Q started grinning together. “Oh you know me too well, Q. I always enjoy seeing my favorite starship captain.”

The blond Q reanimated the rest of the statue. Discord stepped off the pedestal onto the soft grass. “This is going to be so much fun,” said Discord as his shape began to contort and transform. Within moments a familiar figure in a Starfleet uniform was standing where Discord had been a moment before. As the pair started walking away the blond Q said, “Just remember, Q. This isn’t just some random species to be toyed with. Any species RELATED to the Q, can KILL the Q!”...

(Season 2 Discord)

Never Seen Star Trek: The Next Generation? Here's a brief introduction to Q: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwoEXlTph0

Credit to Suddenly-Steinberg for the cover art:
http://suddenly-steinberg.deviantart.com/art/Discord-x-Q-312694442
MLP Season 2

Diamond Tiara wakes up to discover that Miss Cheerilee has died. Does this discovery change Diamond Tiara for the better? Does it make her more contemplative? Or will she be the same old pony she always has been?

This story is a sequel to A Ponyville Without Diamond

Diamond Tiara has had her cutie mark disappear, it was a terrifying day for the filly, then she saw an alternate Ponyville where the lives of other ponies went on as if she never existed. Those were humbling experiences for her, ones that changed her. Hopefully for the better.

Now she must face the potential wrath of an entire town and make amends to those she affected and she will take it one day at a time.

Just to be clear: The cover art was done by this guy.

This story is a sequel to What Goes Around...

Furious about Silver Spoon's new-found support for the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Diamond Tiara goes out for a walk, hoping to calm down. During her outing, she is visited by Discord, who shows the filly what Ponyville would be like without her.

This story has a sequel:
Diamond Tiara is Special

Art by phantomis000
Has a reading by Lotus Moon

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon harass the Cutie Mark Crusaders again and they are getting sick of it.

What do the CMC do?

They go to the personification of chaos himself, Discord, for help to make their antagonists lives miserable for one day.

This story has two sequels:
A Ponyville Without Diamond
Diamond Tiara IS Special