This story is a sequel to Three Wishes: The Cutie Mark Crusaders Before They Changed The World

Twelve years after the Crusaders discovered their true nature, an ancient evil has returned. Celestia is hurt, magic is weakened, and Equestria is nearly lost. Now our heroes must find a way to fix things before time runs out, and the world falls to darkness forever. They'll join forces with friends they've made around the world, utilize amazing new breakthroughs in science and magic, and get help from some of the most unexpected of sources as they try to fix The Hole In The Sun.

Gracious prereading and editing help provided by: Dusk Watch, totallynotabrony, Mares Guyver, CMC4TW, SeaponyLover65, and Web Of Hope.

A minor injury leads Apple Bloom to learn that she and the other Crusaders aren't like normal ponies. Not having their marks has always been their common bond, but as the trio uncover their unique nature, it becomes clear that their lives are intertwined on a much deeper level. As they learn the secrets of their shared past, it leads to revelations about their friendship, families, and their long sought after talents. What they discover and accomplish along the way is beyond what anypony would have thought possible.

There is now a sequel! Three Wishes: The Hole In The Sun

And a (more or less) standalone Christmas Special set between this and the sequel. Cinder Claws: The Caribou Legend Of Kol-Klor

Big thanks to totallynotabrony, Dusk Watch, AugieDog, and Piquo Pie for prereading and editing help!

Twilight has developed a device that can detect strange signals coming from outer space; signals from aliens! She gathers her friends so that they can all listen in.

But they may not like what they hear...

cover image courtesy of DocWario

I'd appreciate if everyone could keep the YouTube embeds in the comments to a minimum. The sheer number of them is putting a bit more strain on my connection than I'd like. I'm going to start deleting any comments with 2 or more embeds in them.

When the Cutie Mark Crusaders dig up an ancient magical artifact, they unleash a spell on the town that allows everypony to see a "lie meter" floating above each other's heads. While attempting to solve the mystery, Twilight Sparkle has to analyze the tenuous balance between friendship and honesty. She doesn't like what she finds.

Based on a story idea conceived by theworstwriter
Written and posted with his permission

At her coronation after-party, Twilight gets a little freaked out at the prospect of growing into her new life, especially one specific aspect of it. She knows better than anyone that talking her problems over with a friend can help tremendously, but she doesn't have many friends with whom she'd be comfortable talking about this particular problem, let alone ones who would really understand what she's going through.

...unless she broadens her definition of "friend."

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Ahora en español gracias al maravilloso trabajo de SPANIARD KIWI!
(Now in Spanish thanks to the brilliant work of SPANIARD KIWI!)

When Rarity is overwhelmed with making designs for an agriculture exhibition, she turns to Applejack for advice. But when she gives Applejack a hair style treatment in return, the apple farmer lets her accent slip from southern drawl to sophisticated Manehattenite. The result? More fancy parties than you can shake a candy apple at!

After spending a year translating an ancient spell, The Great and Powerful Trixie hatches a plan to simultaneously
make herself a hero and humiliate her hated rival, Twilight Sparkle. With Ponyville's first enemies at her side, Trixie is poised to wreak havoc for the Mane 6. Can they overcome their switched flanks, or will Trixie finally fulfill her fondest dreams of revenge?

When a changeling named Thunder Strike is ordered specifically by Queen Chrysalis to replace a certain Wall-eyed Pegasus, she thinks it's a dream come true to have that much love directed at her. But when she starts to return it, her life takes a turn for the worse, and only Twilight Sparkle can fix it. Too bad she hates Changelings. Based off of the results I got on a collection of about sixty MLP birthday games.

Big Mac had always had these powers, the power to shift. The power to change who he was in the blink of an eye.

Macintosh's parents always told him that he was special. That no other pony could do what he could do. That he had a gift that he could help many ponies with. But that power didn't help him when he needed it most, and now his parents were dead. Big Mac kept his powers a secret, and withdrew into himself, hardly speaking more than one word at a time. But silence can be as loud as screaming.

Twilight drinks more of Zecora's magic white time-potion thing as part of a prank.

But she drank a lot. No, really.
Like, the whole thing.

*Note* Because of the 5 character tag limit, have "Other" also represent various villains.