After a freak solar eclipse, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are whisked away to the human world, where they are taken in by a happily lonely young musician. This young man and the ponies quickly become friends as the two adapt to living in a world different from their own.

Heavily Inspired by My Little Dashie and Rarity and I, along with the films of Alexander Payne and more specifically, the movie Beginners.

Scootaloo has a secret. One that she's been hiding her whole life, and after the royal wedding has no choice but to share.

Apple Bloom has a secret. One that she's been hiding for six months, and is still terrified of.

Sweetie Belle has a secret. One that she's been hiding for... well, she doesn't know how long, and is looking for answers to.

So what happens when three not-ponies find out their friends aren't ponies either?

Well, one thing's for certain: they're going to have to come up with a new name for their club. Hopefully one better than the title.

Cover by Crimsion Ink

First few chapters edited by metallusionsismagic, AppleTank, and the last few chapters edited by Crocoshark, Bahamuttone

Featured May 30, 2015!

A request to help finish some overdue paper work in Canterlot leads Twilight to ask where life is taking the ponies she cares about.

Cadence and Shining Armor go about their lives unaware their family is targeted by an old enemy.

Celestia has been slowly transitioning governmental power and responsibility to Luna since her return. The daily toil takes more and more energy and the strain is beginning to show.

Three very different captains try three different ways to keep their Princesses safe.

Cover art generated by me with Stable Difusion AI

JAvarod offered to proofread so I've asked him to look over the previous chapters.

2/27/19 Prolog Edited
3/12/2019 Part 1 Edited

Admiral Arche has fought for Equestria against the threat of Changelings for quite some time. He despised nothing more than those vermin, and swore to their extinction. It isn't until one incident that drives him further to complete his goal more than anything else!

Flash Sentry: hero, heart breaker ... and self-admitted coward. For the first time, he details his own undeserved rise to heroism (as well as the trouble such a reputation brings him) in his own words.

When I was little my grandmother told me stories of the old days when the avatar keep peace between the water tribes, earth kingdom, fire nation, and air nomads then everything changed when the earth kingdom attacked. Only the avatar mastered all four elements only he could stop the incredibly strong earth benders but when the world needed him most he disappeared. One hundred years have past and the earth kingdom is nearing victory in the war two years ago my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the air temples to help fight against the earth kingdom leaving me and my brother to look after the tribe. Some believe the avatar was never reborn into the fire nation and the cycle is broken but I haven't lost hope.

Starlight decides to change the world, and the world begrudgingly changes with her.

Chapter 24: In progress.

I’ve been in Equestria for over 1500 years, and the memory of what I did to Luna and Celestia is still there, like a dull ache that will never go away. As an immortal, I’m going to have the next few thousand years to get used to it. Despite that, only thirty years have passed back on Earth. I wonder what’s become of Luna since we traded places. Is she alive? Dead? Married with kids?

My name’s Catherine, and you’re probably wondering what I’m babbling on about. If you’ll bear with me, I’ll start where it all began.

Tags (character and otherwise) will be updated as necessary. Rated teen for strong themes.

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2017: 24/05, 24/06, 15/11, 19/12
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2019: 9/03
2020: 9/03
2022: 26/01

Based on the new movie. Some slight spoilers.

Sonic has been secretly living in Canterlot for the past decade; after a moment of frustration he has been found by Twilight Sparkle in an incident that causes a power surge knocking out power all across Canterlot and beyond. Twilight ends up befriending Sonic and has to help him when they draw the attention of the military organisation G.U.N. and especially the eccentric and pure evil Dr Robotnik.

Long Path, an earth pony living in Canterlot, and his best friend, a griffon named Free Agent, set out in the company of Twilight Sparkle to visit various places and species to look into what makes them different, and hopefully learn how to get along with them better. Things rarely go to plan though, and along the way, they discover things about themselves, and find love, drama, and laughter. Then Chrysalis changes everything, and the fate of the whole world might be at stake. Their lives will never be the same!

This story is set mostly after the events of Conversations in a Canterlot Cafe and builds on the fanon of the series, especially changelings, so you might want to read those stories first for background material.