A letter from Celestia interrupts one of Pinkie's parties with disturbing news. Now friendships will be pushed to the limit as Twilight struggles to uncover which of her friends is not who, or even what, she appears to be.

(While not a romance, this does contain a shipped pair)

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Rainbow Dash, best pony, fastest flier in Equestria, all around awesome mare, was called upon to help with the wedding of her friend's big brother. And hey, she never leaves her friends hanging! Of course, when it turned out some kind of bug thing had replaced the bride, Rainbow was more then ready to fight. Heck, even after it seemed all hope was lost, the pegasus refused to give up.

So when she saw Shining Armor charge up a final spell, she smirked.

But when that spell reached her and flung her against the wall, her smirk devolved into shock...

Cover art is a combination of Deception is Magic vector by Helios and Sonic Rainboom Version One by SkyRings.

It was almost a century ago that the great kingdom of Equestria was founded. The brave leaders of the unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies finally learned to forgo their differences and live in harmony. Starswirl the Bearded has come to the newly-formed land to choose his new apprentice: An earth pony named Astelle. Astelle grew too fond of Starswirl during the time they had together, and ultimately refuses to perform the magical task he wishes her to complete. Astelle vanishes, and in her absense Starswirl has trained a young Celestia in her place. Now Celestia, Luna, and the Mane 6 have to face off against a scorned pony who re-appears in Equestria with an agenda of her own.

In a world where Rainbow became princess instead of Twilight, what would happen between the group? Would they all be happy or will tensions rise? Rainbow Dash reflects on all of this before her great coronation.

The wheel of time turns, as destiny and history clash together.

Fifty years into the future, Sunset Shimmer is Princess Twilight Sparkle's most faithful student. She is smart and eager, but doesn't always think things through. Her life had been perfect, right up to the End of the World.

With a ruined future, Sunset travels into the past to alter the course of history. With only her mentor's cryptic word to go on, Sunset and the Elements of Harmony must solve the riddle of the Dark Regalia and stop the mysterious Vesper Radiance from rising to power. But the further Sunset goes, the more she feels like she's been through it all before.

Is destiny set in stone, or can Sunset shape her own future? Only time will tell.

Featured on Equestria Daily 6/16/13
Gratefully edited by JustAnotherTimeLord, Icarus_Gizmo, Cerulean Voice and Bad_Seed_72

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This story is a sequel to Princess Celestia The Changeling Queen: Stories Behind the Mask

At the Royal Wedding, Chrysalis and the Changelings were revealed to all of Equestria.

But another mask was torn away that day. A mask born for a thousand years. A mask created on one promise. A mask, that has become synonymous, fused, to its bearer.

A mask that when ripped off, causes Twilight, her friends and Luna to question everything they ever knew about the one pony, one very important pony.

At the Royal Wedding, the meaning of the phrase 'Princess Celestia' changes forever.

NOTE: Chrysalis is NOT Celestia!!! That'd be impossible to pull off.

Credits to: Plainoasis for the design of the cover art
Note 2: Original cover art here: https://angelea-phoenix.deviantart.com/art/Contest-entry-Changeling-Celestia-337023552

Pre-read/edited by Zervziel,
Blankscape,
FinalFan,
Courage Fire
Aurora Borealis

Side Stories to this can be found: here.

An audio-reading on youtube up to Chapter 21 is up by StraightToThePoint Studios. I'm aware there are others but this is the nearest complete one: [embed]https://youtu.be/X3eMW673CSY[/embed]

There are also 2 print versions of Princess Celestia:The Changeling Queen. Nonexistent Publications run and Ministry of Image's run.

Contribute to the TV Tropes Page (thanks to Babs_Seed72 for getting it up)

Takes place after the episode "Keep Calm and Flutter On" while Fluttershy believes that Discord is truly reformed, Rainbow Dash remains skeptical.

Edit: I have fixed most of the spelling and grammar errors that I could find and extended the story a bit so, hopefully it'll make a bit more sense.

When the essence of fear itself knocks on ones door, one can only sink into the madness that is their own mind. Not a single soul will be able to escape the new evil that has been released on the surface of the land. But five friends -whether they like it or not- need to find and bring a stop it. All while they search for their missing friend. Things will only shroud themselves more in mystery as each of them loses themselves within their fears. ...And what truly is the cause of the fearful being? But above all, just who is behind all of it?

The answer to their questions might not be something they are willing to face, but they have to, no matter what. Though little do they know that the new terror that struck the land of Equestria, was somepony they knew very well. The frightful beauty that is nopony else than the dangerous Nightmare Rarity has been released over Equestria. With her, fear can dominate the land.

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The very first story on FIM that features the new comic villain, Nightmare Rarity
Cover image created by, Jaaaaaaaz
Others tag is for the fact that NMR isn't available as well as for minor character
OC tag is for the numerous original character's that make their appearance over time

We all have secrets which we keep hidden. Chrysalis contemplates her biggest one upon seeing a painting.

picture belongs to Cupidite on deviantart, done for the discorderly conduct tumblr

sex tag and teen rating is for one single sentence.

Co-written with my totally awesome sister, a-Phoenix-in-Avalon and theseventhdoctor, with some additional (yet vital) help from TheInvincibleIronBrony

Set in the same universe as my other stories Iron Mare and Flutterhulk but you don't have to have read those to read this.

The powerful but arrogant warrior Rainbow Dash is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst mortal ponies in Equestria, where she soon becomes one of their finest defenders.

Please note that the "Other" tag is to cover my bases, since this story has a lot of side characters (i.e. The Warriors Three and such) and I ran out of tags. And yes, even though this is a superhero story, most of the time is spent without kicking butt. This character driven more then action driven. I might add the tag as I see fit.

Rated Teen for Action Violence, Brief Language, and mentions of adult themes.

Cover art by Siansaar