Smolder learns to feel comfortable in her own scales, by loving yourself only then will the inner beauty shine through in time.

Written for EaW's 6th Writing Contest

The flames of conflict in Kiria may be extinguished, but what happens after the ash has settled?

That was a question that was left for kirins like Skywell to answer. Three years after the Realm's victory in the Kirian Civil War, the young officer-turned-architect is sent on his first major project in the former rebel city of Chrysanthemum. The project is a simple one: reconstruct several smoldering city blocks that could truly represent the new embers of modernity that Kiria is taking. The project is almost prepared for groundbreaking and the bulldozers are revved up.

That is, until a petitioner arrived in Skywell's office.

Princess Twilight Sparkle has been faced with a difficult decision. Unsure of what to do, she seeks advice from her old mentor, Celestia. The ex-ruler of Equestria may not have an answer for her, but she does have a story. A story about guilt. A story about the greater good.

A story about the day after the worst day of her life.

"Sweetie, Are ya okay? Ah took a medical kit if ya need help?" Apple Bloom said as Sweetie kept totally still, the pair in front of her making no move to enter the small cave.

"Please do not harm this unit." The voice was distorted, damage to the vocal box giving a metallic tang to the request. Both Bloom and subject 2 jumped back from the entrance, their eyes wide at the distorted voice.

"S-Sweetie?" Apple Bloom stammered, reaching for the shotgun strapped to her barrel. Sweetie pressed herself a little deeper into her hiding place.

>Updating survival odds: 37%

"Please do not harm this unit." Sweetie tried again, various subsystems starting to simulate the most optimal way to fight in her current state.

"H-Hey Sweetie, t-that's you, right?" subject two asked, sounding even more terrified than Apple Bloom.

A small Sweetie Bot story I had in the back of my mind and have occasionally dotted down things for for the last 9 months. Hopefully a fun read!

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MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE BILL CIPHER VS. DISCORD DEATH BATTLE! WATCH IT HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

What comes before, and what comes after, when two omnipotent beings battle to the death?

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Featured 17 September 2023. Thank you very much everyone!

A nation fractured and surrounded by enemies, a physically weak ruler who struggled daily to maintain an empire that weakened with each passing year. Together with nobles increasingly ambitious and emboldened as the emperor's authority dwindled.

All this added up to a powder fuse for a nation that would explode into conflict with the ambition of the various duchies and counties that already wielded considerable power.

And in the middle of all this chaos, he is born.

An old spirit in a young body. The first and only heir of the Von Greifenstein dynasty and the last hope of a declining Griffonian Empire.

Grover the Sixth, Emperor of the Griffons.

This story is based on the mod for Hoi4 Equestria at war. It's really worth checking out. All types of constructive criticism are accepted and very well welcome! I don't own any of the images! They all belong to the Equestria at war Dev team and their Artists!

Ayyyy look at that I put up another chapter after... 687 years. Sorry, School has taken up nearly all of my time.

REGARDLESS, in this chapter we find out the reason of the Dragon's attack and figure out why things have happened the way they did. I'm gonna tell you now, from here on in things get a little complicated, but I'll do my best to make it good. Hope you guys like ^^

Our favorite little dragon, Spike, is just starting to lean into his mid-to-late teenage years. His sister has settled herself well as a Princess, Ponyville has grown exponentially to one of the biggest cities in Equestria and Dragons and Ponies are finally starting to get along, until recently, rumors of ponies poaching dragon eggs has put the progress on hold big time. Whilst the leader of the Dragon hierarchy discusses matters with Celestia and Luna, his youngest son, Cobalt, is sent to Ponyville into Twilight Sparkle's and Spike's hospitality. For spike, this is the first opportunity he's ever had to meet and spend time with a dragon his age. For Cobalt, this is the first time he's ever had outside contact. They both quickly realize that they tie into the war that had happened over 740 years ago, and they have much more in common than they first think, which leads to some interesting conflicts between them and the mane 6.

Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I love writing it! ^^

Twilight and the rest of her friends get summoned to a world where music is magic instead of "friend". The king of the world or as it is called there "Master Conductor" saw that they restored harmony to their world and after several disturbances to his own world that he couldn't solve alone he knew he needed help. However he had not intended to summon all of them only Twilight.

For years, Twilight never wondered why ponies randomly broke out into song.

When Spike asks why and Twilight doesn't have an answer, she decides to go to the one place she'd never been led wrong, where she could always get a clear, concise, and trustworthy answer.

Princess Celestia.

Celestia doesn't help.

Featured on 4/30/2020. Holy hell.

Life for Sunset Shimmer took a turn for the worse when Anon-a-Miss single handedly sowed the seeds of distrust amongst her friends and the entire school, but things got worse when the identity of Anon-a-Miss is finally revealed. Unable to forget how those she thought were her friends and family were quick to assume she had relapsed to her old ways of being a bully, Sunset turns her back on them as they once did to her and is prepared to live a life of shutting out friendship entirely. That is until she happens upon a kind stranger who not only could be the friendly ear to listen to her problems, but even teach her things about friendship that even the Princess of Friendship herself could never teach.