This story is a sequel to Tantabus, Mk. II

The new and improved Tantabus has behaved itself thus far, but Luna has delayed telling Celestia about it. Until one night when it jumps into Celestia's dreams to say hi and inadvertently reveals itself. Luna must now introduce Celestia to her little bundle of self-aware psychic dream energy sooner than she imagined.

Trying to patrol the dreams of every pony in Equestria can be stressful. To ease her burden, Luna retools the Tantabus to turn nightmares into good dreams instead of vice versa. Aware of her mistakes from last time, she tests it out thoroughly, making sure there are no unexpected behaviors. And as far as she can tell, there are none.

Except that it's started calling her "Mom".

Faced with the prospect of possibly creating life, Luna seeks out Twilight's advice and assistance. With a little luck, they can get this all sorted out before the sun rises.

Twilight has been writing a book for a few weeks, about her friends and all of their adventures. The only problem is she can't seem to end it.

Expanded from my entry for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting group's prompt "A Worthy End".

Special thanks to Moonshot, Syke Jr and Zontan for some proofreading and comments during the contest.

A war in Equestria comes to a tipping point. With winter closing in, Celestia must make difficult decisions in order to see her kingdom safe and the war ended. The only strategy remaining is a final, concentrated push.

On the battlefield, Glorious Dawn does his best to keep his soldiers alive as orders come down from on high. It is all that he can do to keep his militia unit together as the fighting grows more brutal and their orders become more dangerous.

Part of a multi-day writing challenge.

Cover art by Equestria-Prevails on DeviantArt.