A slightly more realistic take on the "Human in Equestria" story concept.

... For a given value of "realistic."

Okay, it's barely realistic but it is a hell of a lot of fun...

Now with an image graciously provided by Page Turner, and an audiobook version narrated by multifanficaday and if you prefer it in German, FrankyDoodle has got you covered!

And a TVTropes Page!

Last Featured: 11/26/2019! Thank you so much!

Going from the calm life of a high-schooler to the harsh Equestrian Wastes can be quite a shock for anyone. Add in Steel Rangers, alicorns, and ponies in general, and Keith Ledger is in for quite a shock to his system. Join Keith as he travels across the wasted world, trying to find himself while figuring out how deeply ponies have changed him and continue to do so. But in world where the line between hero and villain is as thin as a razor’s edge, it’s so very easy to tilt one way or the other….
Standard warnings for FoE: Blood, death, gore, violence, etc. Probably sex and/or rape at some point. Not suitable for kids.
This story is heavily based on the original Fallout Equestria by Kkat on Equestria Daily. Prior knowledge of FoE will result in the story making much more sense.

For almost a thousand years, the immortal Nightmare Moon has reigned over Equestria as Empress. To the average pony, Nightmare Moon is an overarching enigma whose rule is absolute and whose wrath is terrible. But to Twilight Sparkle, who as an orphan has never known her parents, the Empress is something else entirely. When the young unicorn is brought under the royal wing as an apprentice, she learns a great deal more about the supposed tyrant than she ever knew. But as Twilight is introduced to life with her new mentor, she is thrust into a world of political intrigue, conspiracies and secrets. Secrets that were never meant to be revealed. As allies and enemies plot against the very peace of the nation, will Twilight fall prey to the perils of her new position? Or will she prosper and find in Nightmare Moon the mother she never had?

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My eternal gratitude to my editor, LordOfTheWrongs, without whom Night's Favoured Child would not be the story it is today.

Now with added TVtropes!

Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, and Prince Blueblood are childhood friends with Blueblood and Shining Armor pining after Princess Cadence. Years later after Princess Cadence come back from Princess training, they are still in love with her. As they fight for her affections, Shining Armor is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart and embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

Default picture belongs to the great ChaosQueen who offered to make this for me. Thank you ChaosQueen, it's amazing

An ancient evil is about to rise from a third alicorn, and our only hope lies in the claws of a young dragon. Will he be able to stop this evil? Or will he die without telling the one he loves how he truly feels.

Night Shade was an average little unicorn colt. Well, maybe a little bit more sensitive than most for his age, but that didn't really make him stand out that much. He wasn't able to do magic yet, nor did he have a cutiemark, but there are plenty of late bloomers. That was just how it was sometimes. At least until his father brought home a book that unlocked his true destiny…

Night Shade is actually an exceptional unicorn colt. He now attends The Celestial School for the Gifted (formerly Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns) and through it is taught dark magic under the tutelage and supervision of somepony from The Lunar Order of the Dark Arts, an order founded by the Equestrian government to keep track of those who studied and furthered the dark arts (and ensure ethics are upheld as much as possible while doing so). However, just when he is about to complete his studies and gain full membership of the same order, putting him among the few officially recognized dark magic practitioners in all of Equestria, a stranger from his foalhood visits him after six years of silence.

Short Circuit, or Shortie, has lots of friends (occasionally with benefits) everywhere. Meeting cool and interesting ponies (and creatures) is one of the few things he likes doing as much as he does building things, which he does a lot. An alumnus of The Celestial School for the Gifted (previously Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Foals while he attended), he showed a great aptitude for building machines, magical and mechanical alike. However, he couldn't do half the things he did without making connections and learning from others. When the foal of a friend of his, a Canterlot military medic by the name Archimedes, gets a cutiemark for something he has not seen before, he knows that he has to keep track of him. So, he does what he usually does: give the foal a little remote and tell him to only use it in the event of an emergency. Six years later, he gives the colt a visit as a teen, almost completely grown up and about to complete of his studies. However, he feels the colt will need to use that remote very, very, soon.

Shortie has always thought that the colt would do “wicked” things in his future. Hopefully, Night Shade proves him right in the way he is thinking rather than the way others may expect...

Content Warnings:
"Sex" tag for mentions and implications of sexual activity, sometimes revolving around minors (no graphic depictions; this story is rated "Teen" after all).
"Narcotics" tag for drug and alcohol use (often by minors).
"Death" tag for mentions and depictions of dead bodies (with regards to necromancy, murders, etc).
"Profanity" tag for swearing and a fair bit of it.
"Violence" tag for violent fights that break out (no particularly gory descriptions).

Art is from my friend Bruce/Brutus-Gentle-Cat. Give him a follow on either of his Twitter accounts if you can!