Twilight reads a book about literature and, analysing her world, decides that everything she does is planned by someone other than her.

She does not take it very well.

Rated Everyone for adult humour.

now with a reading

In the wake of the events of "Infernal Machines" and the Nightmare's most pathetic assault on Ponyville yet, Applejack is thrown into an existential crisis, despite her not knowing what the word "existential" means. So when a stranger named Stranger arrives in town, teaching a new way of coupling talent to power using complex machinery, she is quickly suckered in, along with everypony else. Now, it falls to the Most Dependable of Ponies to bring the resulting ruckus down to earth, but can even Applejack's legendary pragmatism stand up to the brain-fizzing horror that is... CONTRAPTIONOLOGY?

Now with a Spanish translation by Spaniard Kiwi!

Princess Luna is back! Purified by the elements, restored to her proper self, and reunited with her sister, the younger alicorn tries to stabilize herself in an Equestria that is not how it once was.

This is a collection of stories.

Back in the Royal Saddle: Luna's first act as returning Princess is to choose the two lucky stallions who will act as her personal guard.

A Week With a Loon: Luna takes over control of Canterlot, so that her dear sister may take a vacation.

Balanced: Luna takes on young Twilight Sparkle as her student.

Of Night Light's and Sound Waves: Luna is "persuaded" to go out at night and explore Canterlot.

She never expected to see a golden chariot flying over Ponyville. She never expected just how much her life would change. She never expected Twilight Sparkle … and Twilight Sparkle most certainly never expected Pinkie Pie.

Twilight Sparkle moves from Ponyville to Canterlot, and promises herself she will only be friends with her childhood friend, Fluttershy. Determined to not let romance or friendship get in her way of being the youngest pony to earn the Peace Prize, Twilight nonetheless is pulled into many friendships, and meets the mare of her dreams, Rarity. But will Twilight allow herself to be a normal young mare, or will she only follow her dream of becoming a scholar?

Co-author: Greatkingrat88 on DeviantART.

Beta reader for chapter one: Tailslover13

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Chapter 1 : http://www.mediafire.com/?oy1rnrwc64rmpt5
Chapter 2 : http://www.mediafire.com/?lpyyowx72hnccdl
Chapter 3 : http://www.mediafire.com/?osud6kf28zhqq43
Chapter 4 : http://www.mediafire.com/?voc2zkyon9mk416
Chapter 5 : http://www.mediafire.com/?b0br1b790phqjfk
Chapter 6 : http://www.mediafire.com/?63lwds6o6e8sbg9
Chapter 7 : http://www.mediafire.com/?7hu6pj2c69d3d75
Chapter 8 : http://www.mediafire.com/?qlhb2765hi9sd6r

This story is a sequel to Windfall

A brilliant mind discovers a problem in search of a solution, which leads to inspiration, which leads to invention, which leads to a technological/magical advance that will in time forever change Equestria.

Sequel to Windfall, set three years after the events in that story.

When Twilight receives a letter from Princess Celestia asking her to come to the castle for something very important, Twilight is puzzled. What Princess Celestia and Luna have to tell her will change the Unicorn's life forever.

In an Equestria fractured by the disappearance of the princesses, Twilight Sparkle sits on an uneasy throne. Beleagued by her own doubts and usurpers, she must knit together old friendships, and forge new ones to keep the land together.

Discord and Queen Chrysalis have teamed up to corrupt Princess Celestia in order to use her power to overtake Canterlot and eventually all of Equestria! Princess Luna herself is unable to fend of the trio of heavy-hitters and is forced to flee the castle. She must turn to Twilight and her friends to stop this madness before it spreads any further. Knowing that the gang is much weaker without the Elements of Harmony, Luna bestows her armor to Spike to have him forge individual necklaces and a ring for the gang and himself. These charms may not equal the might of the Elements of Harmony, but they are still extremely powerful; imbuing each pony (and Spike) with their own individual abilities. They must rally all their friends to retake the castle in order to even have a chance at getting to the throne room where Discord, Chrysalis, and Celestia await. Will their teamwork and newfound abilities be enough to defeat Discord and Chrysalis to return Princess Celestia to normal or is Equestria forever doomed?

But why?! Her teeth are so pearly white and- wait, what? That's just frosting? Oh dear... this won't end well.