He is Steel, he is Sword. A blade forged in the fires of a hell with no equal. But, he is also a Scabbard, the sheath of a weapon meant to protect. For him, he will become, no matter the cost, a Hero of Justice, to save all he can. This is the Sole Emotion he has.

However, that is second to his desire. For he seeks something greater than being a hero, he searches till the end of his days for the blade that he is meant to be with.

He searches for his lover.

He searches for his Saber.

And nothing, not in any land, world, or realm. Will stand between him, his ideals, or the one who will always wait for him. So it doesn't matter if he is brought into this new world, it doesn't matter if it is no longer humans he will be saving. As long as he can save as many as he can while on his endless search, that is all he can ask for.

Everything happened at once, after the defeat of Discord, it all seemed peace would reign. However, as the Canterlot Wedding was preparing for its event within a few days, the Crystal Empire appeared. Then, Tirek escape a few hours afterward. Suddenly, different villains began to pop up everywhere all over the nation. With the Equestrian forces, heroes, and Princesses spread out to try and keep back the villains, Canterlot City was overtaken by the Changeling forces.

All hope seemed lost, surely this was the beginning of a slow and painful death for Pony Civilization.

Until, in the midst of fires within the once proud city of Yanhoover, a strange being appeared.

A Fate/Stay Night crossover with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This Shirou Emiya is from the first of the routes, the Fate route, with few elements of the recent Unlimited Blade Works anime included. And really, don't Dislike for the pairing alone, that's just cruel.

On a day of remembrance, a new threat arises, shedding light on old mysteries.

This follows Two Pair by about 700 years, but is not a very similar story, and reading Two Pair is not necessary to understand Sparkle Day.

Thanks to Themaskedferret, Nekonyancer, Avox, Horizon, MeridianPrime, and Yamgoth for prereading.
Thanks to Page Turner for cover art.

Can Equestria handle the impact caused by Wild Pony, who is actually the somewhat scrambled and ponified martial arts prodigy and weirdness magnet otherwise known as Ranma Saotome?

Set after the failed wedding at the end of Ranma ½ and approximately three years before the return of Nightmare Moon, then rapidly skips ahead to just a few months prior.

Now has a side story: My Little Sphinx

On a side note, like MLP:FiM itself, the story will mainly be Slice of Life, with the occasional sections of Action/Adventure popping up now and then. I mention this because I couldn't choose both tags, and of the two, this story weighs in more on the Slice of Life side.

Orphaned from birth, with only the memories of a soft touch and gentle voice to remember her by, Twilight yearns for her mother. What pony wouldn't want to know why they were abandoned, why they were left to be found by the Princess of the Sun herself.

That was nearly two decades ago though. Twilight was older now, and hopefully wiser. She is happy with her two best friends, Cadance and Shining Armor. They are like family to her, the brother and sister she never could have. Though dreams still haunt the young mare, dreams of lullabies and tender kisses, she has moved on.

The personal servant to the Princess of Helios, the land of the Sun, Twilight enjoyed both rank, and knowledge. But it also means that when Princess Luna comes to visit her old friend, Twilight is given the task of tending her. The Princess has come in search of marriage, at the behest of her ruling Council. They demand an heir to ward off the potentially catastrophic attacks of the neighboring dragons.

Soon, Twilight will be tested and tried. She will be given the a choice between the life she has known, and the duty she is sworn to. But never, not once, will she forget.

For who can stop loving their mother.

The search to find the right pony to serve as your bodyguard can take a lifetime. Finding the pony you want to spend your life with can take just as long. Fortunately for Rarity, she finds both of these qualities united in one pony.

Nothing is ever easy, however. And in a way, the journey to happiness is never truly over.

This story was tagged as 'dark' for minor blood, and off-screen death in certain scenes. Not enough to really shock, but I thought it prudent to mention regardless.

This story is dedicated to Monochromatic, who has become a friend to me over this last year.

Enjoy.

This story is a sequel to Culling of the Hives

It's been twelve years since Twilight awakened as a changeling. With Phoenix Roost's focus on economic and population growth, the hive has grown strong.

The rest of the changeling hives have been ravaged by war for years with Twilight's brood remaining aloof. Sphinx psyker immigrants have dispersed throughout not only Equestria but as far as the Griffin and Minotaur nations, eager for a new life away from the paranoia of their homeland.

Yet for all of Twilight's desire for leave the rest of the queens to their wars, the Home Guard's proclamation will force Twilight to return to the jungle of her rebirth.

Real cover art pending.

As always, big thanks to Boldish42 and A Bitter Pill for editing.

This story is a sequel to Aegis of the Hive

Natural selection. It is the byword of every changeling queen who has ever lived. The chief resource that has always curbed the hives' growth used to be love. Now though, with Queen Twilight Sparkle's bloodline capable of producing love on their own, the old guard of changeling morality has seen fit to acquire this ability for the next generation before removing all of their future royal daughters' competitors.

Some queens are far closer to this goal than others.

Editor in Chief: A Bitter Pill, and Boldish42

This story is a sequel to Midnight's Radiance

'By Shadow's Flare, dreams swallowed in Nightmare.'

Eternal night, unwaking slumber.
When everypony in Equestria is trapped within their own nightmares, it's up to one pony to save them.
Okay, one pony, and a changeling queen ... and maybe a former enemy. And also a baby dragon, as well as a shy filly?
No, wait-
There's only one pony to save them! A pony who will dive into her friends worst nightmares without even batting an eye! A pony that'll uncover ancient secrets in order to end this eternal night!
Who is this pony, you may ask? Why, none other then The Great and Powerful Trixie~!
Rest assured, Equestria is in good hooves.

Thanks to Cloureed for the cover, as always~!
Set in the Trio-verse, an AU where Celestia was banished, and Luna took up Sunset, Trixie and Twilight as her students. Recommend reading Luna's Protégé and Midnight's Radiance first.

Twilight goes for her exam for the Royal Sister's School for Gifted unicorns But something goes wrong. Follow Twilight as she tries to figure out what happened to her and how it affected her and her family.

Picture done by TheParagon at Deviant Art.

Twilight Sparkle, element of magic and hero to equestria, woke one day to find herself in a completely different world. There she is a pampered noble's daughter, and the most promising young sorceress of her era.

She tried to play along, but she quickly became lonely and began to miss her best friends. So she snuck off, out of her father's estate and into the city, drawn by a familiar pull that she could not quite understand. There she encounters the dopplegangers of her friends.

Now she needs to find a way to get back home, by finding her own doppleganger, while beset by mercenaries hired by Shining Armour and her parents to get her back.

But are the the dopplegangers really the elements of harmony she once knew and loved? What is up with the imaginary versions of her friends hanging out in Twilight's head? Will returning home bring them with her?

Should she really be working with these violent creatures if she doesn't know for sure?

Art courtesy of the Marvelous Magello!

(Pronounced "Rock Moon Equestria")

According to reader comments, highlights include a fast talking, foul mouthed, cockney Rarity and Fluttershy as an ambiguously sexy nun.