STORY IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REWRITTEN. PARDON THE MESS.

Beyond the well-known realms of Equestria, a far-flung visitor from a forgotten land will face his incredible fate as he comes across a strange purple creature imbued with the ability to use magic. Through great moments of acceptance, trials of pain, and heart-rending tragedy, both will learn that no matter where you hail from, the magic of friendship holds a power all its own, and that whether or not you have one horn or two, every creature is connected through everlasting bonds that cut through eternity itself.

Cover art graciously provided by *SonicRainboom93 on deviantArt

With some changes on Star Swirl's time spell, Twilight accidentaly gets trapped in the past. But after saving two fillies and enlisting them to be her students in magic, they go on adventures together to survive the ruthless world they live in. With new friendship and foes, they discover what it truly means to be family by choice.

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Now with the collaborative efforts of Angel Bunny, Fausticorn and soulwinds!
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Art by awsdemlp.deviantart.com
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People who I am in deep gratitude for offering help:
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MidnightDancer
Skunktrain
Cerulean Starlight
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And FAN ART by 1110soulite!

Twilight is now gone, her friends and family are devastated. Twilight must now have to find a way back. She has to. Doesn't she?

Special Thanks:
Thanks to Stormy Venture for all the help!
Thanks to The Myth for the plot!

Translating from Dovahzul / Fixing Speech To Text Errors: by Jcc10
Editor (Chapters 7 & 8) by The Collapsed Library

(We are still looking for a editor, please contact Jcc10)

Twilight Sparkle the Princess of Friendship finds a weird gem that sends her back in time, around 200 years before Discord came into the picture. When she comes to she looks at her reflection from a lake to find that her fur and mane colors have changed. Even her cutie mark has changed completely. But yet she still is an alicorn. Thinking that somehow she is in alternate dimension of her home world. And that was what she looked like in the dimension. So she thought she would just play along even though the area she was in looked a little bit more old equestrian then the Equestria of her time. Soon she bumped into who she thinks is Princess Celestia. But is now a male counterpart of her known as Prince Solarium. She began to say her whole name but as soon as she said Twilight she saw Princess Luna!

She quickly figures out that this was not a different dimension. But the past, not wanting to reveal who she fully was she changes her last part of her name to Shimmer. Now everyone in the past believes that she is Twilight Shimmer. Except for Princess Luna and Prince Solarium. Who figured it out right away that Twilight is not of this time. But both respect the fact that she does not feel comfortable revealing the future to them. Knowing that there would be a good chance that. Twilight might not even exist if they learn about their future.

Join Twilight as she tries to get back to her time. While wondering how in the wide world of Equestria. Could Princess Celestia ever have been a male. And is thinking that the two elder princesses had a lot of explaining to do when she returned back to her time. But the longer she stuck in the past might cause her to change her mind and wish to stay in the past find out.

Note I do not make the picture nor do I know who made the picture that I used for cover art I just googled it by just typing time looked at images and found it so I have no credit for this picture whatsoever. I just thought it looked cool and I posted it as my cover for this fanfic. Nothing more nothing less.

Twilight Sparkle is called by Princess Celestia and Luna to learn a very valuable, and unexpected lesson on being an Alicorn Princess.

Was edited by my good friend Nickolas.

Equestria, known for it's love and harmony, finds itself in a war against a dark alliance that knows no bounds. All hope seems lost when a pony loyal to Canterlot is corrupted and joins the alliance. Can Equestria survive this war or will it be shrouded in darkness and hatred forever. Warning: This story is not canon. For those who dislike non-canon stories, this one may not be for you.

This story is a sequel to The Return of the Shadows

Princess Celestia sends King Sombra to Ponyville to learn about friendship with Twilight and her friends.
But days passed, and between Sombra and Twilight something else grows.

Today is Princess Twilight Sparkle’s 500th birthday, and her most faithful student, an earth pony with a familiar name, can’t wait to celebrate!

Notes:
- Cover art by ErinKarsath, used with permission. Check out her DeviantArt page.
- This is a story in the Birthdayverse, and you can find the sequel here.
- Many thanks to my faithful Pre-Reader and all around super-duper best pony, Blood Lord. Go read his story, too!
- This was written during the season 3 hiatus of MLP:FiM.

Nightmare Moon has won, and the world has been shrouded in eternal night. But hope still lives. The land of Equestria is currently divided between the armies of the usurper and those of the Dawn Militia. However, the greatest danger to the rebellion may not be the dreaded Mare of the Moon, but her lieutenant, Eclipse–formerly known as Twilight Sparkle.

My name is Twilight Sparkle, and 350 years ago, Sweetie Belle and I vanished without a trace.
Now here we are, in the future.
Equestria has become a utopia, with everypony living in peace and harmony.
Everything is perfect. All a pony could ever want, and more.
My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I want to go home.

Editing provided by Stereo_Sub and JustAnotherTimeLord.

Cover art courtesy of Geomancing.

Reading by lieilengi

Spanish translation by Spaniard Kiwi