Two guards overhear strange noises coming from Celestia's chambers. Upon investigating, they decide that perhaps this is worth looking into a little more.

Thanks to my editor alexmagnet for all his help!

Celestia and Luna rule the palace of Canterlot together quietly, while their assistant Discord always entertains himself with pranking the royalty. But what happens when he has the ultimate idea?

Crossover tag is for later chapters

This story is a simple thing for entertainment. If you're looking for an Equestria daily level fic... Well, this is not one. Just a heads up

Princess Luna knows a thing or two about nightmares and dream magic. Her duties at Night Court have become tedious. With the help of some forbidden power she reaches out to a certain Element of Magic for the companionship and knowledge of modern Equestria she desires. But while Luna is distracted and Celestia sleeps, an old evil returns with plans both dire and terrible and a new evil plots under their noses.
(Story takes places roughly between season 2 and season 3, so post-changlings, pre-Sombra)

Cover image by JJ at lovetomorrowlove.tumblr

This story is a sequel to The Cake Batter Incident

After being revived by his dark magic, Sombra finds himself in Ponyville, under the care of Pinkie Pie, his assigned reformer. However, with a strange voice in the back of his head and Pinkie's odd allure, Sombra finds himself feeling something that hasn't been felt over a thousand years...

Will he be able to overcome the trials that come with being Pinkie's "friend"? And how will he prepare for what's to come?

Coverart by: Sutexii

This is inspired by RainbowBob's Feeling Pinkie Mean, the first SombraPie story to grace this site. Give proper credit where needed and go favorite his series, and a follow wouldn't hurt, either.

The following stories correlate to "The Not-So-Normal Adventures of King Sombra and Pinkie Pie" during Chapters One and The Intermission in this order:
Sombra VS Hearts and Hooves Day
A Crown For My King
Sombralicious
April Fools!
Pink Is Your Color
The Best Form of Flattery

The following stories correlate in between The Intermission and Chapter 12 in this order:
Tough Scales
Can't Sleep Alone
Same Love?
Overprotective

The following stories correlate between Chapter 27 and the Epilogue in this order:
Different Perceptions
Demolished
Last Resort

And check out the sequel!
Meeting The Family

After the events of the Introduction of Thief (2014) Garrett wakes in an odd new world.

Context: This is based far into the future of the present state of the timeline
based on the new reboot game, Thief
NO SPOILERS...NOT MANY AT LEAST
(MINIMUM OF 5k words per Chapter)

This story is a sequel to Brotherhood

When Prince Artemis takes a break from the stress of rulership, he meets a foreign pony who doesn't recognize him as the god of the moon. Artemis finds he enjoys talking pony-to-pony, and so avoids revealing his true nature. But what Artemis himself doesn't know is that his new friend is also hiding a secret...

This is set in the same setting as Brotherhood, falling somewhere around the Ronan period in chapter 4. However it should stand alone perfectly well, so don't feel any need to read Brotherhood first if you don't want to.

Prince Artemis and Prince Solaris call themselves brothers. But long before they were brothers they were many other things to each other. When Dusk Shine gets a chance to hear a little bit of their history, he is eager to discover more.

Enjoy a small romp through prehistory, almost Ancient Greece, not-quite Rome, and sort-of Byzantium. Props to the folks at r/badhistory for Byzantium in particular, without them I never would have thought to set the latter portions of the story there. Props also to my other half and occasional editor Jordanis, who let me throw a few ideas at him, and without whom I never would have linked Prince Artemis's banishment with the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.

P.S. Cover art is an oil painting by me!

Also set in the Brotherhood universe:
Immortal Blood
What Comes Between Day and Night (NSFW)

Idol Hooves holds a special place in Equestria. He's probably the only exiled changeling to serve in the Royal Guard, or at least, that's what he expects, as exiles don't really broadcast that fact. However, it's well known that Princess Celestia loves all of her little ponies, and her guards perhaps more so, and that makes it one of the best ways for a changeling to discreetly feed.

But how does a changeling even get there, let alone get exiled in the first place? For that matter, why would it ever go to Canterlot? Set a number of years before the series proper, before Luna’s redemption, Idol details how he was exiled, the ponies he’s met, and the series of misadventures that led him to joining the Royal Guard, and should continue a good ways into the series, as something of an alternate perspective.

Soon, he’ll have to deal with a boisterous new princess to serve and a royal wedding in the works bringing a third to power. Will his old instincts bring this new life crashing down around him? What precipitates Chrysalis’s ill-fated assault on Canterlot? Is it really so wrong for a changeling to enjoy good craftsmanship to an obsessive degree?

New cover art provided by the fantastic Carnifex

And a TVTropes page here.

And an Ask Blog of questionable canonity!
Out of Idol Curiosity

Fanart by Norad2! Major thanks! Short For a Royal Guard

Art by Egophiliac of Idol and his Daring Duckie Please don't tell him what that brush is meant for.

Rating updated to (T), it's a bit darker than (E)
Comedy Tag added as well
And changed the character tags a bit.

In the wake of a joyful wedding between his best friend White Lance and his beautiful new wife, former guard captain Shining Armour receives another reason to celebrate: the Deer of the forest realm of Cervidas want peace after nearly four decades of hostility, and the Crystal Prince and Princess will act as Equestria's emissaries.

But as the pony ambassadors arrive in the Deer capital of Concordia, a brilliant villain awaits - harbouring a cruel secret that could lead to the destruction of not just Equestria, but half the known world. Shining Armour and Princess Cadence will face their greatest challenge yet in the cold snowlands of Cervidas...

Rainbow Dash learns responsibility the hard way after one night with Soarin' changes her life forever.

An ongoing series of slice-of-life snapshots, family friendly - or rather, clop-free.

Velocity - Rainbow Dash is never late. Today she's very late, in a way she never expected.

Home Away - Dash takes flight with the one pony who means means more to her than any other.

Skywriting - Sometimes you just can't speak all the words you need to say, and a letter is all you can manage.

We Few, We Happy Few - Don't ever tell this filly what she can and can't be.

Somewhere to Be - A storm rolls out of the Everfree on Dash's day off. She's got a game to get to, and there's no way this'll slow her down!

All chapters originally written as separate entries for flash-fic blog Thirty Minute Ponies (TMP). I highly recommend a visit to TMP if you're looking for some of the best 1000-word gems in pony fiction. Many thanks to TMP for inspiring me to write!

NOTE: Not related to the Luna's Librarian / Rustic & Romantic / If the Flight Suit Fits continuity. Originally this was an Alternate Universe fork from Egghead and Featherbrain, but is now a separate story entirely.