At what should have been a routine doctor's visit, Applejack learns that she can never bear foals of her own. After an emotional breakdown, her friends do their best to calm her.

However, as the discussion develops, nopony is prepared for Twilight's revelation: the grand event which brought them together has left a hidden scar within each of them.

Tempers flare, relationships are strained, and the strength of their friendship is tested as each must come to terms with her newfound sterility.

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Cover artist
MuffinExplosion

Editors:
NotMurphy
Georg
Ping111
ocalhoun

Prereadering and suggestions from:
Eakin
Distaff Pope
John Perry
Cartsbeforehorses
JaketheArmyGuy

...and we all know what curiosity did to the cat

For the most part, the Cutie Mark Crusaders deal with bullying pretty well. Sure, they get upset and often end up in verbal arguments with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, but that's usually as far as it goes.
But sometimes, enough is enough.

Credit for Cover Art belongs to kp-shadowsquirrel

Luna's finally ready to get back out there into the world of Equestria, ready to see what's become of ponykind in the past thousand years. Except... she's not quite ready to go out on her own, amongst ponies that know only tales of nightmares and betrayal about her, and the one pony she knows personally is a little busy running a kingdom and raising the sun. When the offer for companionship comes from an unlikely place, Luna learns two great lessons. One, the risk to get to know a pony can lead to great rewards. Two, socks make everything better.

Octavia both dreads and is excited to visit the graveyard, but the graveyard tells a horrible truth that everyone will experience at one point in life. Some experience it sooner than others.

Artist: theartrix — commissioned for bullet25fxbx — 1610763 Derpibooru.

Thank you, FederalPony for finding the artist and who commissioned it!

“I heard you two mention the sickness. Nasty business, that.”

Applejack set her jaw. “Yeah. It is. Lotta good ponies who did nuthin’ wrong sufferin’ from it.”

“Good? Seriously? Those degenerate colt-cuddlers?” Spoiled Rich chuckled. “Well as far as I’m concerned, it has only one thing going for it – it’s killing all the right ponies.”

An Apple family member makes angry demands of Princess Twilight in the middle of a personal crisis.

Trigger warnings for HIV, the AIDs Crisis, homophobia and death.

I started writing this back in early 2018. It took me three years to finish because of the subject matter and the fact it's a non-linear narrative. All I ask is that you give it a chance to make sense and it will.

Many thanks to my pre-readers who looked at this in its various stages over the past three years: Clever Hooves, Suni, TheLostNarrator and Neighrator Pony

[EDIT] Wow, this stayed in the feature box from June 29th 2021 to July 3rd 2021! Thank you all!

A side story of "The Gates of Equestria" with permission from SapphireRose87.
There's also a little bit of romance, hypnosis, death, and war.
Like I said this is a side story of "The Gates of Equestria" but mostly focusing on Purple Artist my OC as a commando and later some other rank. I hope y'all enjoy it.
Thanks again for Sapphire Rose for helping editing this.

It has been twelve years since the devastating war between Olenia and Equestria ended with an uneasy truce, seeing the latter ceding some territory to the former. Poverty is on the rise, energy prices are through the roof, and darkness, in all senses of the word, is omnipresent.

In this story, a pony known by the name Ray finds herself deep into the Olenian north, with something scary, beautiful and, most importantly, shining, waiting for her ahead.

An entry for The Sixth Annual Equestria at War Writing Contest!

After defeating the Legion of Doom, everypony thinks that Twilight is ready to take on being the sole ruler of Equestria. When Celestia tells her this, she begins to think about her past and how she was never in charge of her own destiny. After spending some time alone and then with her friends, she realizes that she must make a huge decision, a decision that has so much at stake.

Some ponies might think that cutie mark magic has always existed but this is not the case. Like all things they had an origin. And this is the story of how they came to be.