Finally, after years of begging, Celestia gives Twilight permission to access the Forbidden Wing of the Royal Library, a wing so secret even the other princesses can't access it. Twilight rushes to Canterlot, excited for the research potential.

Then she finds those books…

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OCCASIONALLY, WHEN RELAXING BETWEEN MONSTER TRUCK RALLIES AND ROCKET LAUNCHES, TWILIGHT "SCREW IT" SPARKLE RELAXES WITH A BOOK BY THE WARM FIRELIGHT OF OTHER LESSER BOOKS. LITERALLY, A BOOK, AS ONLY HER OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY CAN SURVIVE THE SCRUTINY OF A GOD AMONG GODS-WHO-SUBSEQUENTLY-BECOME-MEWLING-WHELPS-BEFORE-HER-EYE-SEARING-GLORY.

THIS IS HER STORY.

AS IF YOU'D READ ANY OTHER.

(DUE TO A SURPRISINGLY APPROPRIATE WORDCLOUD, COVER ART NOW EXISTS. YOU MAY REJOICE.)

Luna is a happy filly, and wants her sister to be happy too. She doesn't know why Celestia cries at night, so she's going to raise the sun and let her big sister sleep in.

Celestia watches her waiting to raise the sun from inside her chambers, torn between a love that she wants to acknowledge and the machinations of politics that have kept her from doing so.

What would a good sister do?

What would a good mother do?

Proofreading by Minds Eye

Cover Art: Then I Heard Your Heart Beating - Riz Cifra

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This story is a sequel to Rise of the Phoenix Empress

It has been nearly nine hundred years since Sunbeam Sparkle claimed the throne of Equestria after Celestia’s abdication. In that time, she has forged Equestria into a powerful centralized empire that spans most of the known world. Even the distant griffons and zebras pay reluctant homage to the Phoenix Empress.

In this series of connected one-shots, we’ll be taking a look at life the new Equestria Sunbeam Sparkle has forged, through the eyes of its inhabitants.

Study Buddies: Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle are the Empress’ co-students. They also rather dislike each other, mostly due to Sunset’s less than friendly attitude. Can they find a way to work together to fulfill the Empress’ high expectations, or will they just end up trying to kill each other?

A poem and a story for everyone of all ages who wants to get in to the Christmas holiday spirt!

Scootaloo is just a lonely filly living on the streets of Baltimare. After the tragic loss of her parents, she spends her days trying to survive on her own. Nobody will take her in, and she struggles to find a good place to rest each night. It is a bleak existence for her, one that she feels she will never escape from.

But when a passing cart drops a small package in front of her cardboard box, will she find something that will bring some light into her life?

Proofread by PhiliChez and DustyPwny

Cover art by IDSmehlite with permission for this fic.

Story is inspired by this video by SourceRabbit0

An Alicorn comes back to Equestria after a two hundred year journey to find inner-peace from a scarring moment of his colthood, but fails. He meets the different ponies of Ponyville hoping that maybe friendship can offer a solution, but one pony in particular has greater impact upon him.

Luna and Celestia hunt The Derpy. Things get out of hand.

Authors Note:
Dear Cerulean Voice,
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
I'm so-rry that this sucks-sss.
Butit'sreallyyourfaultfornottellingmeuntilthedaybeforeyourbirthdayandbecauseoftimezonesIhadevenlesstimetowritethis.
But please don't be mad at me; have a good one!

Cheers, bro!

Now has a reading!

Oh, and awesome image link.

One night, on April 28th, 65 A.B. (After Banishment), an old, retired captain of the Royal Guard passed away peacefully in his chair by the fire. In his lap sat a journal. It was new, as if it were bought for a specific purpose, and contained many events of his life, written in the months preceding his death. Ponies today think of the journal as little more than a myth, seeing as nopony that has read it is still alive today. But when one pony finds the journal, she cannot help but open it. Read along with her, and see one of Equestria's most horrible events from the perspective of one who saw it firsthoof.

Edited by Scribblestick. Massive thanks to him.

After an accident that Rapidash has only a hazy memory of, she finds herself in the company of an odd blue Ponyta. With no clear way home she has to adjust to this new world and find her own way back.

Taken from here
and added background and name by Lilith911.