Princess Luna arrived to me one night in my worst.

No matter what I told her, she would not leave.

Inspired by a hallucination.

Coverart used without permission from Loxotictoxic.

Luna goes to a party, and it's a place she's seen before.

a Lemon Demon song is something that can be so inspiration actually

Rainbow wakes up from a nightmare and she feels like she's back in Cloudsdale, far from safety. Fluttershy comforts her and reminds her that she's safe now. Hurt/comfort.

CW: past child abuse, PTSD flashback, self harm but not on purpose

With consciousness comes pain and torment. Even during times when life isn't crushing you blow after blow, the darkest thoughts that plague your mind are inescapable. Starlight Glimmer had oftentimes wondered whether she should even be alive, or if it would be kinder to the world and to herself to exterminate her existence. Now, she reflects on her feelings while she waits for the train.

CONTENT WARNING: Heavy suicide theme

Thanks to ArthurPaige for the new cover art!

Autumn is a season of transition…

This is an entry in Second Chances competition hosted by Sunset Shimmer X EG/MLP Villains Shippers's Group and Competitions.

Set as a spiritual sequel to Amphorae, by David Bryant – familiarity with that story is not required.

This story is a sequel to Why Do I Feel This Way?

After a long, long week for Celestia, she finally gets to visit Twilight. Many royal problems and tasks at hoof caused a substantial delay, but she gets to visit her faithful student again.

And what she saw was better than expected.

Twilight didn’t know what to say. How easy it sounded, to just not think about things that hurt, but thoughts were all she had.

Thoughts were the only thing that were hers, for better or worse.

Special thanks to lilfunkman for the cover art and for generally being the best support I could ask for.

Luna suspected something was troubling Twilight, but she didn't realize just how deep the hurt went...or how close she was to losing her.

Art by FidzFox

Featured from 4/5/2021 to 4/8/2021, peaking at #1. Thanks, everypony!

An audio reading of this story by Rainbow Infinity is available at this link.

Rainbow finds a trophy for a pony declared, "an honorary Wonderbolt". Curiosity getting the better of her, she asks about the pony.
She was greatly surprised to hear that, of all ponies, Derpy had gotten the honor, and respect, of the organization Rainbow idolized.

Written for The Wonderbolts Site Contest. I spent more time writing for the Sci-fi contest, with the goal of writing a one-shot for this one afterwards. In honor of it being a Speedwriting contest, I wrote it down over the course of two days and in under three hours total writing time. I hope you enjoy, and good luck to other contestants!

Battle scars are a constant reminder of what you survived. A scar simply means you were stronger than what tried to hurt you.

Now with a reading by Wubcake! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhBvVZo9DOQ