This story is a sequel to If You Came to Conquer

Princess Nightmare Moon had tried to keep it secret. She had suppressed her power, feigned ignorance, played the outdated fool at every opportunity. She should have known that something like this would happen. A threat that would reveal her, whether she played dumb or not.

If she had to reveal herself, then at least she could protect Equestria in the process. She nocked the arrow. The bow felt so flimsy, but she could not risk him absorbing a spell. She laced magic across the arrow and the string and the air, enough to make it fly faster and aim smoother. She sighted him easily; Tirek was a large target. Now he only had to turn around. An arrow to the spine would kill him simply and instantly, no matter how much magic he had absorbed.

Once he was dead, the hard part would come: explaining herself to Celestia.

Prereading thanks; Meta Four, Blank!, Yami Vizzini, and especially Craine

Russian translation by Doof
Chinese Translation by Dreams Set Free

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Nightmare Moon won. She defeated Celestia, broke the Elements, banished the sun. This all happened a very long time ago. So long ago, that she has had plenty of time to change her mind.

Of course, fixing our mistakes is never so simple, and never without consequences. Even with particularly potent help.

"If you came to conquer, you'll be king for a day. / But you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away."
— "No Control" by Bad Religion

A big thanks to Craine, Sorren, and Idylia for prereading and editing. If you enjoyed the story, don't forget to check out their pages.

Equestria Daily
Royal Canterlot Library (FIMfic version)
Russian translation by Doof
Chinese translation by Dreams Set Free

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Olenia won against the Changelings, Chrysalis is presumed dead and the country lays in ruin.
Queen Velvet has tasked 16 Individuals, most of them Deer, with the administration and rebuilding of the Changeling Hives.
Will the Changeling lands enter a new era of prosperity and peace together with Olenia? or will the Administrative Council fail and the Changelings fall to infighting once again?

Following the banishment of Nightmare Moon, Equestria as a nation was thrown into turmoil, never to recover.

It collapsed completely not long thereafter.

Now, a thousand years later, it'll be up to the inhabitants that have taken its place to finish what it could not.

Honorable mention in the Choices: A Species Change Contest.

Featured 11/27/2022

Discord lives in a world where the Pegasi control the weather, the Earth Ponies make plants grow, and the Unicorns even control the very sun and moon.

Everything is controlled by ponies. Everything is orderly.

There is no chaos.

And that is a problem.

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Written for Choices: A Species Change Contest.

The White Star Line remains today one of the most remembered shipping companies, for all the right and wrong reasons. Most notably, the sinking of the Titanic. What would happen if the Titanic sank but was transported to Equestria and no one knew that happened until it arrived in Manehattan two days later?

A re-done version of the original story.

Equestria is a husk of what it was before.

Friendship never existed, the windigos took over the world completely.

All that remains are insane alicorns, gods, and monsters.

As the remaining ponies cower in fear and hide away from the constant battles, two alicorns clash once more only to experience something new.

Now, Midnight Sparkle and Nightmare Moon must work together to uncover what could have been. They start with the other alicorns.

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It wouldn't be easy. They didn't care.

An experimental AU. Set to be less than 20k words, and uploads will be as I write the chapters.

Romance will come in later chapters. You have been warned.

A young bullied kid who escapes from his pursuers ends up in a convention shop. He goes to a merchant and gets a limited offer of a Pokémon backpack, Pokédex, box system, and six Poké Balls for free. Later on, he ends up in an abandoned messy convention, along with several survivors who're hiding from the monsters. Now he and the survivors journey into the unknown dangerous world and survive by helping each other out. Especially going up against foes and creatures that really want to tear each and every living beings apart, one by one.

Twenty-three years ago, Equestria endured the final crisis. The last three great villains have been apprehended, Celestia and Luna retired, and Twilight Sparkle took the reins of the country.
Twenty years ago, Equus was shattered. The planet cracked in a great purple flash, bits and debris hurled into sinister cold void.
Seventeen years ago, the first Äther-trains took flight.
Sixteen years ago, the species of Equus reunited.
Fifteen years ago, creatures took off to explore their new world in the sky.
Two weeks ago, a Sky-Captain made a discovery that might change the world forever.
Three days ago, Gallus the gryphon received a cryptic letter from the Crystal Empire, urging him to come.
Now, he sits on the train and ponders, what future holds for him...

A Sunless Skies inspired story.
Big thanks to my delicious friends, Chayn and Kryostasis for help with editing and pre-reading.

As a teenage pony, travel you back and forth in time in order to save Equestria from a devastating future, while also learning how to accept the magic of friendship and leave behind a painful past.

2nd POV story in which your OC is the main character. Each chapter will have three alternatives based on your OC's pony race. References to the OC will be gender neutral in writing.

The story takes place in the same universe as "Apostle", though little to no spoilers will be present.