Mario was looking for a chance to take a nice long vacation after the incident on Prism Island, and he finally got what he wanted. As it turns out the news of his heroic deeds had reached Equestria, a land filled with colorful talking ponies. Princess Celestia had invited them for a nice getaway vacation stay in Equestria as a way of discussing diplomatic agreements between the two kingdoms and Peach had agreed. However upon arriving, to this new land filled with magic and mystery, Mario soon finds himself in an abandoned and deserted town. During his investigation he soon learns that a mysterious individual, the one who called himself the Origami King, had launched an attack on the peaceful town and was now plotting to turn all of Equestria into a folded nightmare. In attempts to stop the twisted dictator, Mario, now accompanied by Olivia and Spike, must travel across Equestria taking out 5 colorful streamers that now protect Celestia's castle and rescue the Elements of Harmony in process.

A crossover fanfic between MLP FIM and Paper Mario: The Origami King
Paper Mario Origami King belongs to Nintendo and Intelligent Systems
MLP belongs to Hasbro Studios

Imagine being chosen by the Nine Divines to help protect their land and carrying out that task for a thousand or so years. Talon Dunelan has done just that, but not without paying a heavy price - losing friends and loved ones along the way. But the most heartbreaking part? He doesn't even remember his old world.

During his journey, something unexpected happened - he was adopted by the daughters of an Alicorn goddess, who treated him like a younger sibling. And now, instead of being sent back to a world where he had nothing and no one, he finds himself in the land of Equestria, with his new family.

But this new home of his is not without its challenges and threats. How will Talon handle them? Will he be able to overcome them and find peace after a lifetime of fighting?

This story is a multi-part crossover, featuring Talon Dunelan, a character that I have used throughout each of the following games.

The crossover properties are:
The Elder Scrolls (Oblivion & Skyrim specifically.)
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Undertale (mainly due to one specific character.)
And Fallout 3

I do not own any other than the character Talon, all characters and their properties belong to their respective creators.

Winter Aurora is a Lich. She didn't intend on becoming one, but now she can't help it. All she wants in her life is to be accepted by other ponies.

Part 1 of The Winter Memoirs

Note: This story will rapidly fluctuate between extremely sad, and absolutely hilarious, depending on the mood I'm in when I write. In addition, even I have no clue where this story's going, so I may be adding character tags over time.

Now with a prereader! Servo in Chapters 17, 18!
Now with another prereader! Pixel_Spark in Chapter 18!
Now with a group! The Winter Memoirs
Now with a needlessly added extra line!

Amazing art created by Pixel_Spark

Celestia has finally left this world, and Twilight has to step up to her place as Princess beside Luna, becoming Regent of the Sun. She has to learn what being a Princess entails, and live up to Equestria's standards.

Two Arcs. (More arcs will be in Sequels)
Arc 1-Chapters 1-6
(7 is a Bonus, all about the laws of Equestria. It will be updated irregularly.)
Arc 2-Chapters 8, 10-? (9 is a Bonus about magic, and will be updated irregularly)

Note: bonus chapters are not necessary for the storyline, but help comprehension.

The battle from Chapter 5 is in a separate story, Maripony Massacre

I now have a Beta-Reader, Arc 2 Chapter 2 -Arc 2 Chapter 6. Thanks to imperfectPacifist!

I have an editor, Arc 2 Chapter 7. Thanks to Commander Fire Starter

Credits for OCs:
Alexandria (by Elric of Melnipony) Alexandria's info here, first post

Twilight Sparkle has always been Celestia's most faithful student. Her magical skills are at the top of the ranks, and she is such a great and caring friend. But one day, as Twilight studies a mysterious dark book, she will learn a spell that will transform her into a great, and powerful alicorn. Twilight sees that the spell is more than just difficult, but she tries it for practice. When Twilight's magic prevails, and she becomes a lean alicorn, she is overcome with joy that her magic has increased. But what will happen when Twilight becomes overcome with a surge of evil, dark magic that takes over her very soul?
It's up to the rest of the mane six to stop the new, powerful, and evil Twilight. Can they save their dear friend from the dark arts?

This story includes obvious hints to FlutterDash, Rarijack, and Twinkie Pie!

Twilight Sparkle: perfect student, lives in Ponyville, has great friends, and the newest princess of Equestria. That was her life before the tragic event happened.
She is transported to a new universe where she never met her friends and lived alone in darkness. Alone in a new universe with some memory problems, Twilight must find out who she is, before losing herself entirely.
...
Life in Equestria was perfect for Rainbow Dash. Her mentor, Princess Celestia, has given her a lovely home in a town called Ponyville. She and her friends helped keep harmony in Equestria by restoring Princess Luna to her rightful place as princess of the night.
There have been no problems in town, until a strange alicorn appears and claims to have no memory of anything but her name before appearing.
Rainbow, along with a strange stallion named Blue, wish to help her, but how can she help somepony who doesn't even know who they are themselves?

Fluttershy has been keeping a secret from everypony she knows. A problem she's tried dealing with on her own, but it's been getting harder. Hearing about a place for ponies with her... condition, she decides to visit to hopefully find somepony to help her before somepony gets hurt.

Of course, things never go as expected, and she finds a familiar creature under any other circumstances she would rather avoid...

This story was written for the New Blood Contest 2023, and I would love feedback from the judges.
I'm also fulfilling the bonus "Include a bug"

The changeling heart icon used in the cover image was found: https://derpibooru.org/images/2381676

This story is a sequel to Direct-Access

Shortdesc

Destabilized by Equestrian magic, Wallflower’s world is dying. For its sake, Sunset had to leave forever. All Wallflower can do is hold on to the last connection they still have: the journal Sunset left behind.

Review

Long-Distance is a wrenching story and more than one of our judges said that, though they won’t ever be able to bring themselves to re-read it, it will stay with us for a long time. Everything is ending, it may or may not be anyone’s fault, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. The time it will take to reach that final tragedy doesn’t make it any less remote. Sunset and Wallflower are separated across worlds, and have only Sunset’s journal to link them. One of them will die and the other will live on. They’re left to learn how to cope with and share and grieve the time they have left.

Long-Distance is superbly written, with just enough detail about the nature of the tragedy to make it feel realized without overwhelming readers with exposition. There’s a novel’s worth of story in this short story, but none of it feels compressed. Sunset and Wallflower’s tightly written, wrenching, and affecting, and the last chapter left us breathless.

--Judges of Scampy's SunFlower Shipping Contest

The result was an emotional tale of making the best out of a bad situation through inevitability and – if you’ll pardon the title drop – long distance. Bicyclette’s work is a delightful story that exemplifies how to Show a hard-hitting story through meaningful dialogue, contextual narrative clues, vivid scene setting, and a firm grasp of the characters and their struggles.

--PaulAsaran, Paul's Thursday Reviews CCCXLVII

Contest

Literal last-minute entry to Scampy's SunFlower Shipping Contest, and now unexpectedly the fourth-place winner. Go read the other entries please, there's a lot of good stuff in there!

I originally pulled this story for revisions after the contest results came out. I regret this, and I am sorry.

Credits

Thanks to Sledge115 for emotional support!

Wallflower dreads having to let Sunset go.

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for the Sunset’s Sci-fi Shipping x Villain Contest

Starlight Glimmer's attempts to stop the Rainboom pulled Twilight Sparkle into many possible timestreams.

In one, Rarity and Rainbow Dash survived Nightmare Moon's victory over the forces of light, eventually attaining positions of prominence and comfort in the Nightmare's service. But when the unexpected visit of an Alicorn and Dragon sheds light on a growing conspiracy against the wicked mistress of the night, Rarity and Rainbow Dash may yet be inspired to risk what they have gained to join the fight for a better world.

Yet darkness lingers even in the hearts of some who would oppose the Nightmare, and not all agree on what a better world would look like...

This story would not have been possible without the indescribably vast help and unwavering support of Moosetasm, the pre-reading assistance of I-A-M and Waxworks, as well as the editing prowess of OnionPie and Pascoite! Cover by Novel Idea, using Rarity by miracle32 and background by Drakizora! Featured on Equestria Daily 17Jul.2016! Featured on FimFiction 2Feb.2017 and many times thereafter!