There was once a time where I would smile and giggle just from the sight of other ponies. What's the point in that? I would go out and play with my friends every single day. What's the point in that? I would search for my cutie mark, it was our quest. No point in that either. My quest now is to find a way to fix things, to fix everything. The trouble is I'm not sure if I can.

Editor: theRedBrony

Until yesterday, my life was no different than anybody's. Go to work, pay the bills, sleep. Today, I woke up to a world without humans. The streets are empty, the power grid is running down, and not another soul is in sight. That might not be the worst thing, if I wasn't also a pony.

Where is everyone? Why is this happening to me?

Will l stay sane long enough to starve?

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Note To E-Reader users: This story contains illustrations in each chapter, which will be lost in the standard fimfiction chapter export. The generous Phoen1x took the time to produce an epub version with all the illustrations intact, which you can download here.

A huge thanks to Zutcha for all his hard work on the art of this story. Also a huge thanks to my editors Two Bit and Sparktail, for tolerating my half-written crap.

Twilight Sparkle has failed at getting the Crystal Heart in time, letting the former king, who enslaved the entire kingdom over a thousand years before, return to take over the Empire.

Now, with the Crystal Heart permanently gone, Twilight is now bound to King Sombra for all eternity...

Because of this, it even left the only pony who can save her, her loved ones, and the empire, powerless against him.

Inspired by THIS image!!!!

Cover art by SapsDrow

Now with Dramatic Reading by ME!!!

Have you ever had a dream that just seemed so real, that it was impossible to say for certain that it was even a dream at all? A dream that, despite all of its impossibilities, seemed to re-write your entire perception of reality, re-writing your sense of what—and indeed, who—you are? Accepting change is hard enough as it is. But when you're a somebody who wakes up as a somepony, how do you cope with the impact such a drastic change has on your mind and body? With changes like these, it must surely just be a lucid dream—albeit a suspiciously accurate one—just brimming with potential and ripe for exploration. So you might as well suck it up and make the most of these distressingly…unusual circumstances, and seize this psychological adventure before you wake up and the dream ends.
After all, this couldn't possibly be real, so the dream must come to an end eventually…right?

It has been over eight months since Sweetie Belle accidentally activated an ancient spell. Essentially trapping herself outside of the natural world, causing Rarity to become desperate in her attempts to rescue her younger sister. Since every pony else has failed, Rarity is willing to take her efforts to a level the most would refuse to even consider to save her sister.

No matter the costs.

NOTE- There really isn't any gore (So I felt the tag was unnecessary), but fair warning there a few references to blood and what not...

If you could only lie still and had nothing to do but think, what would you think about? Discord has anger, Rarity has fashion, Twilight has philosophy in general... but what about Pinkie Pie? She seems chaotic and irrational, but is she really? What would she think about?

Luna has struggled with nightmares, always afraid to close her eyes... But Celestia has been having the same problem. A problem that should not be taken lightly. A problem that can't be stopped.
The Nightmares are much more than meets the eye.

*Note: The Nyx in this story is NOT Nyx from Past Sins. Wanting to stay true to the show/comics, this Nyx is the Queen of Nightmare Energy.

Nightmare Moon won; Celestia is gone. The world is dying. The ponies are dying. Without a sun, hope is fading. In the dark, who can shine? But if they're lucky, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. There has to be.

Author's Note:
Last one. Thanks for reading!

Editors: Cerulean Voice, MissingLink, The Ponytrician.
Special thanks to BP for his WRITE review.

This is either my single greatest creation, or my single greatest delusion. Enjoy.

Sometimes, even hundreds of years can't change how you feel.
Twilight notices this every week.
Will she get over the tears of the past?

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Thanks to Twidashforever for his help on this
Edited by DonnEStarside
Cover art by Adalbertus

Everypony knows about Pinkie's 'Pinkie Sense'. She's saved many a pony from calamity, often with hilarious outcomes, and Pinkie is ok with that. So long as nopony suspects that there's something else happening; something dark that Pinkie is hiding.

It all started on her family's rock farm when she was but a filly. Pinkie was watching over her foalsister Marble while the rest of the family were away for the afternoon. Above a loud deafening noise reverberates through the air, causing both fillies to cower in fear. Before Pinkie could react, a fiery streak of light shoots past her field of vision, through the head of her sister.

I was inspired to write this after playing the DontNod Entertainment video game "Life is Strange".

Cover by Raikoh-Illust