This story is a sequel to The Pony Guard: Rainbow Rocks

It is time for the upcoming Friendship Games against their long time rivals, Crystal Prep Academy. But, when the Magic Mirror in Equestria begins acting strangely and traps Kion and Twilight at Canterlot High, the rest of the Lion Guard come on over in an effort to figure out what happened. Along the way, they meet up with Sunset Shimmer and the Rainbooms, who are also struggling to understand how the magical "pony-ups" work.

As if preparing for the games and trying to launch the investigation isn't enough, their discovery has come to them discover that the two curious also investigating the magic mystery happen to be both... Twilight Sparkle and Kion's alternate human forms.

In the battle of competition, who will win? Or will whatever strange magic flowing around will cause more problems and uncover something that might be too powerful and sinister for both the new Twilight and Kion to handle?

There is a secret in Equestria. A secret the newly crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle doesn’t dare to believe. Like puppeteers pulling on marionettes, they have influenced Equestria for better and worse since the fall of Discord. So far they have been benevolent, but their potential for evil is vast. What’s worse, she doesn’t know their name. She doesn’t know their mission. All she knows for certain is one thing.

That they all seem to be zebra.

There has been a secret Within the royal family for many years and only two know it

This story is after the finale episode in the 3rd season
Editor: ultra1437

Queen Chrysalis and her changeling army have been defeated but it came at a price as Twilight Sparkle hurt and betrayed by her brother, friends, and mentor for abandoning them runs away only to loss her life after an unfortunate accident occurred on the way home.
Shortly afterwards, a new mysterious unicorn comes to town trying to settle down in Equestria yet unbeknownst to any pony she secretly has sinister plans up her hooves with a hidden agenda to take over Equestria.

This story is a sequel to Light and Dark

Following Tirek's defeat, Twilight Sparkle has reformed and is now the Princess of Friendship. Now she is spending her time spreading the magic of friendship across from Equestria while further proving her redemption to everypony and that she truly deserves her newly established power and position through the adventures she and her friends face during the events of Season 5 of Friendship is Magic onwards.

Just before, Princess Luna becomes Nightmare Moon, she gives birth to a little filly. When Princess Celestia is forced to banish Luna to the moon, she takes up the responsibility of caring for her niece.

This story is a sequel to G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost

In the weeks following their last Unity Quest, the Mane 6 begin to piece together that Allura still may be a threat, just in time for them to go on their next adventure... an out-of-this-world adventure at that.

This time, they make new friends in the Muppets gang for an all-new, zany comedy in hopes of helping the Great Gonzo figure out the mysteries of his past... only to discover Gonzo's relatives are aliens on a faraway planet!

Gonzo gets a message through his breakfast cereal that his relatives are searching for him, but word gets out on Miss Piggy's talk show, UFO Mania, and an evil government agent captures Gonzo and Misty (who understands how he feels) and will go to great lengths to learn when the extraterrestrials will arrive.

Now, only the Muppets and their new Equestrian friends, led by Sunny and Kermit, will be able to rescue their friends and make it safe for Gonzo to reunite with his alien family!

Hold onto your space shuttles for an all-new adventure for any far-out MLP or Muppet fan to enjoy!

(S3E2 of G5 Adventures)

This story is a sequel to G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and Krypto Too

To get over the trauma of their last adventure, the Mane 6 follow Violette Rainbow to the Swirlpool Starlight, a magical event held once every 10 years. But as the Mane 6 get their future told, they get summoned on another adventure... hopefully less dangerous than the last.

Upon exiting the portal, they join forces with Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for a talent show, some museum tours and whole lotta pizza! The windy city is home to the hit TV show, Talent Star, in which songwriting duo Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Not to be left out, Scooby and Shaggy have a secret act in the works, which they are betting will take the contest by storm.

Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful at this talent contest as the show is being broadcast from an opera house with a history of horrors and a particularly vengeful phantom that has cursed the show's production.

From costume changin' chases to collecting creepy clues, the Mane 6 and Mystery Inc team up with a trio of singing winged leopards to ensure that the show goes on, and with natural talents like the ponies and Scooby-Doo on the case, you can be sure that the laughs, thrills and adventure are always first place!

(S3E5 of G5 Adventures)

Profanity Warning: Sunset Shimmer isn't afraid to use pony profanity and expect that to spread to others later. While it is essentially kid-friendly profanity, profanity is still profanity.

Two weeks after her fraternal brother had gone missing, Sunset Shimmer encountered Twilight Sparkle, and ended up becoming the purple unicorn's surrogate big sister. This not only caused things to change for the both of them, but also it healed the hole in Sunset's heart in ways even the orange unicorn was unaware that she needed.

Welcome to the rebooted version of the "When Friendship Shimmers" universe. Things will be starting of differently here, with some fun HCs, a few surprises, and an altered opening. The surprises will be starting right out the gate though, if the fact that the story starting with "Season 0" wasn't already an indication that things are not the same from the original version of this universe. And here's hoping this time, people will enjoy the story I wish to tell. Oh, and let's just say...I've taken some creative liberities out of the gate.

Currently revealed HCs:
Sunburst is considered Sunset's baby half-brother, both sharing the same mother but two different fathers
Sunset has her own dragon companion known as Ray (named after the lizard pet she has in the Equestria Girls world from the original cannon, though only the name and color match)
A land north of what will become the Crystal Empire is part of the grand Eeveelution Kingdom known as Icicle Vally; making the kingdom neighbors to Equestria itself. Lightning Town & Team Strikers being from outside Equestria, but Raiden's fame of being a hometown hero is enough to basically allow them to be in equestria without any problems.

Currently revealed relationships:
Sunburst & Sunset being half-siblings
Sunset being Twilight's surrogate older sister
King Throsten; formally Prince Throsten; being an Equestrian Ally alongside the entire Eeveelution Kingdom.
Dragon Ray and Spike treating each other like brothers because of their unicorn companions being surrogate sisters
Scootaloo being Rainbow Dash's Biological LIttle Sister

Notice: While Throsten and his eight Eeveelution wives are part of this reboot, they will only appear in non-plot relevant episodes as side characters. This story is not about them, this story is about an alternate MLP:FiM world where Sunset Shimmer becomes Twilight Sparkle's surrogate sister

Update 8/12/2023 - This story now has a cover art, but this one isn't the long-term one. I did find the cover art that is up right now and thought it'd be nice to have up as this story before certain events happen. Plus, I think by having cover art for before Sunset becomes an alicorn in this universe, it adds to the progression of the story.

Update 8/14/2023 - Fanfiction author "Sunset JJ" is trying to repost this story on Fanfiction without my permission. The next chapter will have to now include the "Rob Snowden Production" notice to deter them away from copying more of this story. Please only read the version on this website as this is the only true official verison. The one on Fanfiction is being created by a story stealer.

Update 8/25/2023 - This Story has entered the featured story section as of today. Honestly, looks like this has become the popular story of this account.

Update 8/28/2023 - Someone made a comment about the way I'm portraying DID in this story. If you want the behind the scenes info, and have issues with what I'm doing with DID, read this blog post: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/1021373/marana-milissa-and-did-behind-the-scenes

Update 10/19/2023 - A death tag has been added for saftey reasons. Not all chapters will contain instances of death though. Only chapters with the specific warning attached will actually have deaths in them. Better to be safe then sorry though.

Update 12/19/2023 - There currently seems to be an ongoing issue where trying to change the cover of the story breaks the site. Until this gets fixed, you guys are just going to have to deal with the temporary cover. I apologize for this inconvenience, but right now, this is beyond my control.

Update 12/22/2023 - While trying to figure out how to upload the cover I wanted to put on this story, I came across this one, and this is much closer to what I originally envision AS the cover in the first place. So I consider this a win.

On a dark night filled with even darker magics, an insane cult attempts to give Nightmare Moon a body and life of her own, utterly separate from Princess Luna. But, when the spell is interrupted by Celestia, something unexpected is created.

Now, a little black alicorn filly named Nyx finds herself living under the care of Twilight Sparkle, only to be haunted by memories and emotions from her past. Is she Nightmare Moon reborn or is she simply a doppelganger with a soul and mind of her own? Can Twilight Sparkle protect Nyx from those who refuse to see past her dragon eyes and black coat?

Or, will Nyx be forced to inherit the sins that may not even be hers and become the greatest evil Equestria has ever known?