Seventeen years have passed since the day of Sunshine and Rainbows, and the New Canterlot Republic is stronger than ever. But with success comes greed and ambition, the various factions within the Republic jostling for the right to decide the future of this new civilization. Now their ambitions drive them to gain control of one of the most ambitious projects yet faced by the NCR, a project two hundred years in the making... peace with the Zebra Empire.

In a sunburned Equestria, Rarity leads the pleasant life of a clothier in the tiny town of Spurhoof. She’s got a successful business, a capable assistant, and the respect of the place she’s called home for six years. Maybe she never achieved her foalhood dreams of fabulosity, but at least she’s comfortable. What more can a mare ask for?

Then a band of outlaws decide to pay Spurhoof a visit, and their leader’s eye has settled upon Rarity. Soon she’ll have to fight not only for her life, but maybe her very soul. Will her diamond turn dull under the hot Equestrian sun, or will adversity make her shine all the brighter?

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Inspired by Fallout: Equestria and the song Bulletproof Heart by My Chemical Romance.

Other stories inspired by music:
Escape
Ordinary World
Bed of Roses
Drops of Jupiter
How to Save a Life
Forgive Me, Friend
Time for Tea

A big thanks to my brainstorming fellow and ever-awesome friend SorenPixels, who has helped me ponder the plans for this story since its inception.

Additional kudos to Danger Beans and Cerulean Voice for their help with the first few chapters.

Big thanks to the fantastic author Viking ZX for taking time out of his busy schedule to be my Alpha pre-reader.

Last but certainly not least, my gratitude to my gang of Beta pre-readers: Babroniedad, Lord-Commander, Merc the Jerk, Snowybee, Soge, and Wanderer D!

I was not prepared for the absolutely stunning world building or the incredibly well done characters. [...] This is a work of absolute art. — Equstarte Marine Sebaste

Reading and re-reading (and re-reading) this story was an amazing experience. It will always be one of my favorites! — Wanderer D

I dare say this is a masterpiece of the fandom. — FanOfMostEverything

It's a gorgeous, vivid-drawn setting you've crafted for this, and it hits its gritty Western beats and epic scope with aplomb. Rarity's character journey in this is a stellar one, and her gradual sink into (and recovery at the brink of) [...] darkness was wonderfully and believably told. — Carabas

Cover art commissioned from the fantastic bakki, with title work generously donated by Novel-Idea.

This story is a sequel to Little Lost Raichu

It has been over a month since Nica woke up in the Everfree Forest, lost and devoid of memories of her past. Twilight and her friends accepted her, nursed back to health, fed her and provided her with a place to live, and she put her own life on the line to protect them.

Now with more pokemon being summoned into Equestria and Twilight researching a way to send them back, Ash’s Pikachu finds himself lost in a dangerous forest far away from his home. How will he react to the residents of this new world and their culture? And how will he react to a kind female Raichu who wish for nothing more than to make his stay as memorable and pleasant as possible, showing him the kindness that the ponies showed her.

Will their friendship bloom as Nica shows him the wonders and magic of Equestria and introduce to befriended ponies, or will their clashing ideologies and Pikachu’s competitive spirit towards his evolution lead to awkward situations and get in the way? Only time will tell.

PS: Reading prequel is not needed to understand this story, but I encourage to check it for those who want to learn more about Nica, her backstory and her time in Equestria.

Proof-readers:
Jay Tarrant - Thanks for full and passionate proof-read of the entire story.

"Georg" - Thanks for improving Prologue and chapter 1, as well as small improvements of random scenes in the story.

DrakeSlayer Thanks for pre-reading it prologue and chapter 1.

And special thanks to UnknownGiggs for extremely detailed proof-reading of the later part of the story, you have a lot of talent when it comes to proof-reading.

Also, thanks to DJSkywalker for helping improve this story.

It seems like it's going to be another normal day in Cartown for Putt Putt, until a malfunction at Mr. Firebird's lab sends him to another dimension, and transforms him from a talking car to a unicorn colt.

Everything is not as it seems though, and Putt Putt will have to make a choice that will effect him for the rest of his life...

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This is something random I came up with and may surprise you.

This story is a sequel to Changeling Space Program

Twilight Sparkle's experimental interplanetary drive has malfunctioned, stranding Starlight Glimmer, Spitfire, Cherry Berry, a changeling and a dragon on a hostile planet in another universe. With limited food supplies, very little magic, no communications with home, and no way to leave the planet, they must survive until somepony rescues them.

Fortunately they crashed right next door to another creature with the exact same problem- a creature named Mark Watney.

They're going to science the buck out of everything- and do whatever it takes to survive Mars and get everybody home.

TVTropes page here! Thanks to GymQuirk for making it!

Commissioned art and fan works from the readers! Thanks, everybody!

This experiment in an updates-daily story was made possible by a generous grant from Canary in the Coal Mine and viewers like you.

(Sex tag for crude talk about sex, but no actual sex in the story.)