This story is a sequel to Monsters

You might think that Equestrian nights are but serene exhibitions of Luna's work on the sky. You may believe that you can just lay out on the grass and admire the beautiful stars as a warm evening breeze caresses your mane. And you would be wrong.

Equestria is a magical place, and where there is magic, there is chaos. Dead rising from their graves, inanimate objects coming to life, strange apparitions making your foal cry in her room... sounds familiar? No? Then I'm doing my job right.

I'm Twilight Sparkle, and I work the Night Shift.

This follows canon up to the end of season 2.
Check out the Fanart Repository for lots of awesome Night Shift art!

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Special thanks to Nonagon and Wise Cracker.

(Currently in the process of being edited and revised for flow. Story content will not change)

Rainbow Dash gets accepted into the Wonderbolts just as she had always wanted. The fame ,wealth, success all achieved as imagined. She is living the life and after dealing with some trouble adjusting, she finally is enjoying it. Until one day during a show a letter arrives one that changes everything.

Will Rainbow Dash be able to live on as a Wonderbolt while knowing what her absence has caused and can she make things right? Or will her loyalty waver on the final hour?

I got permission to use the art that is now the cover. The guy who made it is named ~Skyline98
check his work out if you want.

Don't forget to leave a like or dislike and tell me why you liked or disliked it. I won't change the story but I can use your feed back to do better on my next series of stories I will be making. This story now has a sequel known as To be a Wonderbolt: Family and Friends
Link:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/122653/to-be-a-wonderbolt-family-and-friends

Equestria, known for it's love and harmony, finds itself in a war against a dark alliance that knows no bounds. All hope seems lost when a pony loyal to Canterlot is corrupted and joins the alliance. Can Equestria survive this war or will it be shrouded in darkness and hatred forever. Warning: This story is not canon. For those who dislike non-canon stories, this one may not be for you.

For a thousand years, there was just Celestia. Then Cadance appeared, Luna returned -- and now Twilight has ascended. There are ponies who are very curious about just what happened, why -- and how. Especially the how. Twilight herself is on that list, a freshly-minted princess with far more questions than answers, about to face a brand new one: what truly makes an alicorn?

And what happens if it goes wrong?

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group. New members and trope edits welcome.)

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Cover art by Harwick.

Twilight has spent the last two decades fighting against the dark forces which threaten the peaceful kingdom of Equestria. As a Royal Alicorn Princess, she has no choice in the matter. She is the greatest magician Equestria has ever known, but it has all come at a cost, both physically and mentally. She resents her friends for the happy, carefree lives they've been able to lead. Somepony will have to breach her walls of isolation and sorrow before she does something foolish.

Death's job is simple. When somepony dies, it's up to him to make sure they pass on smoothly. Equestria isn't that large, and so his job is normally simple. A few here and there aren't ready to move on, and he helps them as much as he can. For him, life, or whatever it is you want to call it, is simple. Until Princess Luna, the only living being who can freely acces his little office, shows up with a request.

After all, Twilight is an alicorn now, and certain pieces of paper need to be filled out.

Celestia has become emotionally withdrawn and disconnected from her little ponies. The imprisonment of Luna compounded with the constant loss of any who got close to her, she has forgotten how to connect with another pony. Until a small, injured filly who is equally distant after the loss of her parents stumbles into Celestia's life. Now, both ponies will help the other heal and rediscover once more what it truly means to be a pony.

A 'Mommylestia' story, the concept of which has been in my head for some months. I will be sticking rather close to canon for events, the major differences are that Twilight's parents are dead, and Shining Armor is a few years older and already dating Cadance at the time of this incident. I plan to keep mostly everything else the same.

Twilight wrote a letter to Princess Celestia explaining her thoughts on her new self.

Celestia is struggling to come to terms with her true feelings for Twilight.

Unwilling to watch her sister suffer under apathy and indecision, Luna takes it upon herself to help Celestia confront her newfound feelings.

Spike is taking care of Twilight as she is on her deathbed. her friends have all passed away and only he and a mare named Dizzy are still there to take care of her as she passes away. As they wait Spike tells Dizzy about the ponies that had once meant so much to him and Twilight.
*note* this is an edited version if you want to see the unedited version that was written for the EQD memorial day flashfic event click here.