It has been nearly a thousand years since Twilight Sparkle died. Celestia and Luna are gone. The Holy Equestrian Diarchy, ruled by a bigoted and brutal theocracy, has driven ponies apart and divided them along tribal lines. Unicorns are driven from society, feared and hated.

The lessons of friendship, painstakingly written down in the journal of friendship by Princess Twilight and her friends, have been warped and twisted to fit the Diarchy's hateful ideology. But to the average pony, this is the truth and reality of the world they live in, beset on all sides by enemies monstrous and magical.

Emberglow, a young pegasus mare, aspires to join the elite Knights, magically enhanced warriors dedicated to the holy Saints worshiped by the state religion. Can she uncover the lies and deceptions that have led the world to this bitter place?

Thanks to QueenChrysalisForever for prereading Chapters 1-24. Prereader for chapters 29-31 is MrRTS.
Prereading for chapter 34-? by Horsetorian
Additional pre-readers: bananachips/CommissarVulpin, Thought Prism, Chyre
Special thanks to my amazing editor, Cyonix
Cover Art by JodTheCod

Note on timing: I began writing this long before Season 9 aired, so none of those events happened as far as the narrative of this story is concerned.

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Edit: Featured 8/7/20! Yay and Thanks!

This story is an alternate version of events in the Episode "Appleloosa's Most Wanted"

Trouble Shoes has been living a miserable life as a clumsy oaf who can't land a job and is forced to trade his own possessions for basic necessities. But his entire life changed after taking a dip in an enchanted mirror pool that changed his cutie mark but swapped his gender. The Clydesdale hesitates to accept this new reality but quickly learns his new cutie marks him the luckiest pony in Equestria. Not only that, his dreams of becoming a Rodeo Star can now finally be achieved. However, there are unattended consequences to Trouble Shoes' new luck as he learns and will have to see how much he's willing to pay to keep this new life.

Cover Artist: Pridark

Sometimes you push fate too far, sometimes your great idea isn't so great. I learned the hard way that sometimes your mistakes will haunt your for the rest of your life. My name is Red Shade, and this is how I nearly became a monster.

Day 12 of One Shot-tober

Crimson Dawn, a young pegasus-batpony hybrid, learns an important, if unexpected, lesson from his dad about the nature of being a batpony.

Day 11 of One Shot-tober

What Karakusa lacks in size and experience, she more than makes up for in enthusiasm. On a quest to meet some friends, traveling by her lonesome, she finds herself in what could be a very sticky situation! What fate awaits our intrepid, energetic hero? Tune in and find out!

Artwork by SyrupyyyArt (Twitter @SyrupyyyArt)
Karakusa belongs to Perfect Paradox
Kara Waypoint belongs to WeLost
Fenris Ebonyglow belongs to Ebonyglow

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Lacking the ability to experience emotions was beneficial in Void's line of work, but when that is taken away will he be able to change what he once was?

UPDATE: So, thanks to circumstances in life and a very good idea from one of my readers (thank you!) I have cut this story off at chapter 13 so that it has a happy ending. I don't have the pain filled angst to make it sad and depressing anymore, and for that I am thankful.

You didn't really think it would come to this.

Starlight Glimmer confronts you one evening after she catches you in the act. It's not an easy thing to swallow, considering that you two had just begun your relationship with each other. But like any good partner should, Starlight tries her best to connect with you in a way that would enable her to better understand your position on the matter.

Trigger Warning: Themes of suicide and self-harm, mentions of blood

Cover art by maren on Derpibooru.

EDIT: Featured on 20/1/2023!

Anon decides, despite every bit of logical sense, to boop an angelic pony after exploiting her for chores. This could only end well.

After all, boredom is overrated, and the temptation to boop a cute angel pony is too great! Who cares if you could potentially be smited by pony-God, right?

Now if only you weren't literally being sized up by God himself... And said angel is trying to convince him why you should marry.

What.

Art stolen by Badumsquish. Give their adorable art some love~
Also obviously the angel pony is theirs, lmao, hope they enjoy the story

Oh hey, in featured on release day again!

Here's me quietly shilling my Ko-fi, shhh.

A forklift license is only the beginning. There are skid steers and backhoes and if she does a good job and doesn't knock down any more fences, she might work her way up to a Komatsu wheel loader.

Or maybe she won't, Corduroy Road has a backhoe and she's content in her backhoe.

Coverart by SIGAWESOME

When Reckless joined the Earth Pony Unicorn Pegasus Corps she was expecting a professional fighting force. Turns out it’s more akin to a band of poorly equipped hooligans. Relegated to the rank of Station troop with her pal, she now has to carve out a new legacy on Eqqus. Not much action is to be had though…

This is my first production in prose format. All critiques please send my way yada yada.

Read about the story of Reckless. Yes. She was a real warhorse and badass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Reckless

Featured on some day in October 2022