“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, a messenger lost. For want of a messenger, the message was lost. For want of a message, the battle was lost. For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost.”

“All for want of a horseshoe’s nail."

Like many other timelines, the Sonic Rainboom fails to occur. But, Harmony is tenacious. Even without what seems to be a key event, it will have it's bearers. Just perhaps taking a long, winding shortcut around to reach them.

An alternate timeline story inspired by A Minor Variation by notMurphy where the Mane 6 have their elements shuffled. Different events lead to different ponies, so OC tag is here because of how wildly different these Mane 6 ended up.

Cover made by Me.

If you would ask creatures what they thought of Twilight Sparkle, most might say she is one of, if not the most successful mare in the country. Along with being a princess, living in a castle, and running her own school at such a young age, she has the most amazing group of friends she could ask for. They have helped her get to where she is now, and they enjoy helping her, right?

All of Equestria is united in celebration for the return of their beloved Princess Nightmare Moon. But when Celestia and everypony else recieve her she's skeletally starved, filthy, and very nearly dead. Meanwhile, while everypony's eye is turned, a lusty Blueblood pursues Twilight Sparkle, intent on adding her bloodline to his own so his family might step closer to godhood. (Alternate Universe, there never was a Princess Luna)

Canterlot Royal Academy: a prestigious university with an ancient and honorable origin, and the primary destination of Equestria's elite.

Student council president Twilight Sparkle and vice-president Rarity are in love, but they can't bring themselves to admit it to each other. The only path forward is to get the other to admit her feelings. Thus begins a battle of wits the likes of which has never been seen at the academy.

Inspired by the anime/manga Kaguya-sama: Love is War. Note that the characters aren't intended to be one-to-one matches, and this is in college instead of high school. No characters or settings cross over, so this isn't tagged as a crossover.

Cover art by Jay-551.

This story is part of the First and Only Raritwi Bomb. A week's worth of stories and art all centered around Rarity and Twilight. If you liked it, the previous story posted is How I Met My Marefriend, and you can find a master list of all Raritwi Bomb content here, The RariTwi Bomb Masterpost.

It's Hearth's Warming and Human Twilight came up with the fun idea of her and Pony Twilight swapping places for their respective parties without telling anyone. When they meet up afterwards, they realize that this wasn't the best idea.

Twilight, as a result of a magical experiment gone wrong, has disappeared. Several months pass with no sign of her whereabouts. Hope was nearly lost until a faint whiff of her magic was felt in a far away universe. Discord takes it upon himself to rescue the young alicorn. However, many years have passed for Twilight. Long enough for her to nearly give up hope in seeing Equestria again, and long enough for her to build ties to this new world. Now, Twilight must choose where she belongs.

With time short and a life on the line, Twilight goes to a forgotten corner of town seeking out an urban legend in the desperate hope it can help her. What she finds is all that she expected and more. A creature of darkness that offers favors for blood. But first it wants to know how Twilight found it, and why.

In the process, Twilight learns a valuable lesson. It's frightening enough to know that supernatural creatures actually exist, but what is truly terrifying is when those creatures know you exist. And one of them takes an interest in you.

Pre-read by RTStephens and TheAlbinocorn. Cover art by S-I-REN

Twilight Sparkle and Potion Nova work to make the Cosmos Elixir, but after an embarrassing moment makes Twilight run away, she discovers that Potion Nova may have quit making potions altogether.

Set both before and after Pony Life season 2, though no knowledge of that season is needed. Familiarity with Pony Life season 1 is needed, however.

An entry into the May 2021 Pairings contest.

Preread by Undome Tinwe.

Cover art by Ninny.

Twilight and Spike are rewarded some earned vacation time. Their chosen Destination? The land of Saddle Arabia, where Twilight ends up getting more then she bargained for when she's given a beautifully crafted bottle made just for her. Spike and Twilight find themselves in a situation they never thought was ever going to happen. And with such limited time, Twilight has to make the hardest decision of her entire life.

This is the fanfic version of the Origin Story from the Ask Genie Twilight Tumblr blog.

This story is a sequel to Dusk Shine in pursuit of Happiness

Second season of the adventures of Dusk Shine, with more characters, more villains, more drama and more romance