It has been weeks since the defeat of the Dazzlings, and Sunset Shimmer's friendships have only gotten stronger. Whilst finally relaxing in the times of peace, Sunset discovers an old enemy: Sonata Dusk. Strangely alone and apparently homeless, Sonata's luck seems to be at its all time low.
Seeing a little of herself in the former siren, Sunset embarks on a mission to help Sonata find friendship.

(For anyone who liked the old cover art, here's a side-by-side comparison of the old and new: http://daniel-gleebits.deviantart.com/art/Go-Compare-Twiddles-moustache-581352606 )

TV Tropes page: Feel free to add whatever tropes you find
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/TheEveningSonata

Isolated from her friends and taken prisoner in the middle of a war, Twilight must deal with the very real dangers of being percieved as an enemy as well as the nightmares of her arrival on 'Earth'. Can she overcome her own fears and the fears of her captors? Will the wayward unicorn's assistance be a boon or a curse to the 'humans?' Most importantly, will she ever find her way home?

"In short, it's a story of friendship and plasma rifles, with the emphasis on the friendship. The characters are well written, the XCOM setting is fleshed out very well, and the story is compelling. If you love XCOM, you'll love the story, but even if you've never heard of it, it's more than worth giving the first 3 chapters a read.

There's excellent action later on, but the real strength lies in the collision between the friendly and naive world of Twilight Sparkle and the desperate world of humans fighting a losing war for survival and willing to do anything to turn the tide."

--Arzoo

(XCOM/FiM crossover)
(Cover art commissioned by a friend and created by the magnificent FoxInShadow!)
(Original cover art by the amazing Carnelian can be viewed here!)
(Gore tag for blood and some violence)
(Many thanks to the studius OminousTen, Arzoo, xXFluttershyForeverXx and finally Setokaiva for giving my rambles a once-over)
(Now with it's own TV Tropes page! Get to tropin' folks!)

After asking her father where babies come from, Diamond Tiara sees Scootaloo leaving the baby store, and finds out she's up for adoption. Wanting to know what it would be like to be a mother, she decides to adopt Scootaloo, and vows to give her a loving home.

Editing by Mudpony, the sexiest editor in existence.

This is the first story taking place in the Mother-verse

Cover art by Almas.

Discord's been settling in, if you can call anything Discord does "settling", to life as Fluttershy's housemate. He's friends now with both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, he's become an extraordinarily annoying second mentor for Twilight, he and Celestia are even making attempts to repair their old friendship. But what comes as close as Discord can get to "ordinary" life is haunted by a secret he's not willing to share with any of his new friends. He's been exiled from the Q Continuum because he's on trial. And there's a very significant chance they're going to take his powers away.

Crossover with Star Trek: The Next Generation, though don't expect to see much of the TNG characters or see the crew of the Enterprise interact with the ponies. Part of my "Next of Kin to Chaos" series, where Discord is Q. This is what happens immediately prior to and during the TNG episode "Deja Q" from the perspective of Discord's pony friends. Or, why would someone take refuge with "the closest thing" they have to a friend when they have actual friends they could go to instead?

A page for this series now exists: Next of Kin to Chaos

There is now a Progress Bar at my writing journal.

Rainbows at night. Strange apparitions in the sky. Seismic disturbances. Bizarre rumors.

No doubt about it...there's definitely something strange going on at Canterlot High School.

Twilight Sparkle is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery.

But are the Rainbooms ready to deal with this Twilight Sparkle?

They say that there is a level of terribleness that, once attained can destroy anyone who dares to observe it. That level of awful was thought to be just a legend, but like bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and Bill O'rielly, some legends really are true. Enter the show simply known as "Birdemic: Broadway", and although it sold a grand total of two tickets and critics universally labeled it as "an earnest show", its existence is a scar on human history we shan't soon forget, or maybe we will, I dunno.

Despite His prior knowledge of birdemic's bad reputation Jonathan P. Jafari and his bird Jacques made the foolish mistake of purchasing tickets to the show, forever sealing his fate. A mere ten minutes into the show, Jon suffered from a case of spontaneous exploding sending both him and Jacques to the magical land of Equestria. Now armed only with his wit, a bird and a game-boy color Jon must find a way home.

Will Jon make it home? Will Jacques finish that show he was working on? Will Egoraptor ever get to be player 1? I dunno, google that shit.

Rated teen for language

From the deepest reaches of the cosmos, a force is gathering. The infinity gems are being gathered once more and if the gauntlet is empowered again, the pure annihilation will follow. Every thing that exists in all realities is on the line! Only two beings stand against this threat. Twilight Sparkle, princess of magic and Equestria's greatest hero, and Dormammu, all-powerful magic despot and Dread-lord of the Dark Dimension! This bizarre duo will journey across the multiverse, traveling to incredible places, facing foes both good and evil, and wage a war to end all wars. That is...if the Dread-lord can keep his darker tendencies at bay long enough.

Fluttershy, a kind hearted mare, is about to show Diamond Tiara the errors of her way, she is going show Tiara that sometimes being a bully isn't the best of idea's, this is going to be a hard and long journey to get her to act better, but to Fluttershy its worth it.

editor/proofreader Never2muchpinkie

After Twilight's second trip to an alternate reality, Fluttershy becomes interested in the idea of other worlds filled, not with ponies, but with humans. Would she be able to interact with these hairless apes like her animal friends, or would she view them like she does other ponies and hide? Not only that, but all of her friends have gone on solo adventures that she doubts that she could ever go on without them. But with some encouraging words from Twilight, and a little help from discord, Fluttershy resolves herself to have an adventure in a human world. Lucky for her, discord has chosen a world filled with over a hundred and fifty species of new animals that she would love to find and meet.

This story takes place in the first generation of Pokemon, just slightly ahead of Ash's adventures.

[SPOILERS! This is set right after The Amazing Spiderman 2. You have been warned!]

Edited by the lovely PhilliChez

Shortly after the arrival, and subsequent arrest, of the Rhino and the Green Goblin, Peter finds himself in a lucrative position at the Daily Bugle and despite everything that has happened for him, things are going well. That is until a new villain is in town and this time not only threatens the safety of New York but of the fabric of reality itself! It's all Peter can do to don his mask and defend reality itself.

Meanwhile, Princess Twilight Sparkle is getting used to her new home after the destruction of her precious library. She decides to come to terms with her new position as the Princess of Friendship and tries to figure out what her duties are and what they mean to her life now. So, how can she cope when a stranger literally drops from the sky, causing trouble almost instantly?

Art cover by Bakki. Check their work out, it's awesome! Somewhat NSFW