Nearly a century after six mares united under Equestria's greatest ideals, one is left to ponder her dreams, her life, and her legacy. In doing so, she may realize that friendship - much like magic - truly never dies.

Spanish translation thanks to SPANIARD KIWI.

It's a shipping story between Princess Luna and cellist pony Octavia, touching the theme of mortality versus immortality. What would go through your heart when you can't age but you see your loved one aging before your eyes?

2022 REWRITE IN PROGRESS

After being rudely awoken from Cryo-sleep, John-117 finds that the Forward Unto Dawn has been sucked into a gravity well, causing it to fall towards an unknown planet. In the crash, he is separated from Cortana and falls alone into the Everfree forest. In addition to this new complication, old memories from a scarred and tragic past haunt his dreams, putting his remaining sanity on edge.

However, he has little time to ponder these thoughts, as he encounters the planet's... peculiar... inhabitants.

First 19 Chapters proofread by Bravo 539 and Shadownamesto.
Credit for the intro sequence goes to Blaze Spectrum.

Current rewrite will not necessarily follow the old story but certain events and details may be reused.

It has been several months since the disappearance of Twilight Sparkle..

One night, after watching her sister raise the Moon and set the heavens alight, Princess Celestia begins to bed down for the night, only to be interrupted by portal forming in her room. From out of the portal comes none other than Twilight Sparkle, garbed in strange armor.

Princess Celestia, along with Luna, Cadence, and Shining Armor, are overjoyed by the Element of Magic's return, but are justifiably curious as to where she had been and what she had been doing. And so, Twilight begins her tale. A tale of survival against impossible odds. A tale of a people fighting for the most basic right of all sentient beings. The right to exist.

Octavia Philharmonica is a desperate mare. Her involvement in the ill-fated "pony pokey" at the prestigious Grand Galloping Gala has left her blacklisted among the elite of Canterlot who form her clientele. Faced with the possibility of being evicted from her apartment for inability to pay rent she decides to take a temporary job at a local nightclub. Of course, she's never set hoof in a club before and has no idea what she's getting involved in . . .

Ditto, a changeling from the attack on Canterlot, is flung far from her home and lands in Ponyville. She crashes into Twilight's library, and finds it a nice place to stay, quiet, abandoned, and peaceful. Until, of course,Twilight returns from Canterlot and finds her.

How will Ditto survive? She is lost, hungry, and far from her swarm.

Will the ponies find it in their hearts to help this poor, injured creature?

(Special thanks to Teapartycannon, who's story, Smoke and Mirrors, inspired me.)

Note: This story is no longer under revision, but there will still be a few spellchecks and such :)

This story takes place anywhere from a few months to a year of Frostfyre's birth in Motherhood is Magic. In this story, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle will have to face their own hardships on their way to motherhood. The question that stands now is, will they be able to handle it?

Thanks goes to celestail-lights (http://celestial-lights.deviantart.com/) for the cover art.

A/N: I would like apologize ahead of time if the time lines don't add up just right or some events are missing out of a story that were in other stories, it can be somewhat difficult and irritating to get them to line up perfectly AND have them flow with the story. And if you get confused about the age differences, it should be this: Frostfyre is three months older than AJ's kid, AJ's kid is three weeks older than FS's kid, FS's kid is a month older than RD's kid, RD's kid is two months older than PP's kid, and PP's kid is a month older than TS's kid.

Spirit Shine lives a mundane life in a small town. He has always struggled with being different from all the other ponies around him. He hides his true self away from others that would be quick judge him. This has stopped him from finding his special talent and having a happy life. But now he has discovered somepony that might be able to help him accept himself for who he truly is.

cover pic by Ironwolves21

http://ironwolves21.deviantart.com/
synopsis
by nerdrugger on funnyjunk

Celestia has been murdered and left Twilight and the others with just an old letter and news of an Alicorn aside her and her sister being alive and quite possibly Equestria's only hope from an enemy thought to be long gone.

big thanks to soarinbolt from Deviant art for the cover image and Thedudwiththeface from Funnyjunk who is helping with pre-reading chapters

Getting a college roommate is random chance.
Sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes you get a pony.

Rainbow Dash enrolls at an Earth university.

Update: and then some other stuff happens.