Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis have escaped from their stone confinement, and have fled to the outer most remote regions of Equestria. They must now work together if they want to uncover the long lost Rainbow of Darkness, and use its power to conquer Equestria once and for all. Their journey, however, takes many unexpected turns, as they make new friends and foes, and uncover secrets about each other. They’ll face their toughest challenges yet, as they struggle to stay together.

My unicorn parents called me a worthless mud pony. They pushed me every day to overcome my lowly status. When I woke up one morning with my cutie mark, I thought they would love me. I couldn’t have been farther from the truth.

It was not destiny or enjoyment that led me to discover the cello and composing. My parents made that decision, deciding before I was born I would continue their family legacy of famous musicians.

They did not realize what that decision would cost them.

Special Thanks and Links:

Cover Art: Dreampaw. The inspiration for the story.
Dramatic reading of Act I-III by Malao567. June 2013
Reading with music by ObabScribbler. June 2014
Song: Hooks and Strings by Reverb Brony. May 2014

Style inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
TypeWriterError: Editor & Rating Board
Gage of Grandiloquence: Editor
The11thWonder: Pre-reader
Nharctic: Pre-reader
Breath of Plagues: My Pinch Editor.
ArgonMatrix: Bad Grammar Exterminator
Daemon of Decay: Advice, also inspired me to write fan fiction. Blame him!

After heading home from the School of Friendship for spring break, Pharynx proposes to do an experiment to overcome a defect some changelings have, but no changeling wants to do it, so each changeling's name is written down on paper and placed in a hat, and Ocellus' name is chosen, she undergoes the experiment and her appearance and behavior begin to change.

Inspired by the 1963 Outer Limits episode The Architects of Fear and the 2003 Teen Titans episode The Beast Within.

This is an alternate ending and may not make sense if you haven't read the original story
Thanks to Kaidan for the original story.

The Dazzlings, broken and powerless, have been reduced to mortal beings. Now, without their jewels, their future is uncertain.

When Sunset asks the three of them about their past and how they got where they are, they do the only thing they could do:

Tell her everything...

In a freak accident from the Cloudsdale weather control team, Twilight is struck down by an errant lightning bolt. But the veil of death is relatively thin...

This story is a sequel to Cutie Mark Cleansers

The sequel to the "Cutie Mark Cleansers".

Apple Bloom, after being caught for her crimes, was locked away in Tartarus.
Apple Bloom meets her real father, Tirek, and the two break out to get revenge.

Apple Bloom wants her cutie mark now!
An idea pops into her head.. maybe she can rid the world of all the undesirables and then she'll get a cutie mark for her deed.
She persuades an initially reluctant Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle to join her on the quest to finally get their cutie marks.

Cover art by: readingthebookishard

Cold concrete beneath my hooves. Dim light of fluorescent moss growing on the walls. Strange sounds coming from below the floor...

I don't know how I got here. I don't know how to get out of here. There's only one thing I know...

I'm so scared...

Coverart by Bootsy Slickmane, based on an original sketch by me.
Preread by Bootsy Slickmane.

Spitfire has a secret she's told to nopony she knows, terrified of the prospect what they'll do when they figure it out. So what will she do when the rookie accidentally finds out?

Sex: Suggestive implication only.

Cover image by: Valiantstar00