Luna is gone. Big Mac had been happily married to Luna for several years before tragedy caused Luna to revert back to Nightmare Moon. His delicate mare has become brash and aggressive, and he must learn to love her for who she is now.

Sequel: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/547792/nightmare-moon-visits-her-in-laws

Aphelion is a young unicorn raised by an anti-royal organization called the Crescent Pact, which aims to take over Equestria by getting rid of Princess Celestia. As he undertakes a strange mission for the Pact, he begins to uncover the truth about the people that raised him, as well as their true goals.

This story begins a week before the first episode of the series.
(Potential spoilers in the comments)

Hearth's Warming Eve is nearly upon Canterlot once again. The city is abustle with holiday shoppers and busy little ponies, but they all have the same thing on their mind: The Hearth's Warming Play!

Ponies from all across Equestria come to audition for the distinguished honor of being in that year's playbill. Whether it's as a stagehand, a contributor, or the coveted actor, it was just an honor to be listed. This year however, an even greater honor was on offer: to share the stage with Princess Celestia herself!

Well, it wasn't yet decided what role she'd be playing, but she was auditioning! Of course she was going to get a role! Why wouldn't she? It was a shoo-in. Especially with her sister Luna waiting in the wings to support her.

Featured 12/1/2023. Much thanks!

Art done by the fantastic minekoo2.

Star Wars (Legends) / MLP fusion.

The Dark Times are over. The Rebellion has become the New Republic, and the Galactic Civil War seems to have foregone conclusion; the New Republic will win. Yet not all evil has been destroyed, and even on the verge of triumph it can still strike back.

Twilight has lived a quiet, happy life. The little world of Equus has been sealed off from the galaxy, leaving its few inhabitants untouched by the Emperor and the Warlords who appeared in his wake. The young zabrak watches the stars, wondering what she might find, and it comes in a form far darker than any she has imagined before; a nightmare hunting her.

Guilt and shame are daily plagues on the smuggler who goes by 'AJ', though her brash, rainbow haired pilot is almost as much of a problem. Aboard the Rainboom, Dash and AJ carry goods legal and illicit from one end of the galaxay to the other, chasing their own secrets and pasts along the way. Neither expected to be burdened by a runaway Jedi with no idea about how the galaxy works. Business is hard enough without bounty hunters on their tail, each more psychotic than the last. Unfortunately for them, that's what they got.

Queen Chrysalis had won. After years of scheming and hiding in the shadows, feeding off scraps of love scavenged from innocent, oblivious passers by, she had finally succeeded in infiltrating Canterlot Castle and the city itself for her own.

Struck down by an unforseen attack, Celestia finds herself catapulted across dimensions and into a bizarre new world of magic and power. A world where she, herself, is the student.

Welcome to Twilight Sparkle's Equestria; a land where magic is might and nopony can escape the clutches of her strict and absolute rule.

Many thanks, as always, to Word Worthy for his unending support and editing skills. Coverart commissioned from Mr-Tech.

All Luna wanted was a nice day off. Being bothered by hotheaded young dragons was not part of the plan. And trying to deal with it only lead to the dragon becoming even more annoying.
Something is going on, and Luna does not have the patience to figure it out.

The foolish drake is going to get tired of getting flung off mountains at some point.
Right?

Written for the May Paring Contest

Nothing is more of a temptation to Luna than secrets. But one secret Luna uncovers goes back to the earliest days of Equestria, one which Celestia is trying desperately to keep hidden.

Now, Luna must walk into her sister's dreams to understand the past she missed... and save her sister from the the same darkness that once consumed her.

CW: implied thoughts of suicide

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Originally done for a Quills N' Sofa's speedwrite on "Second Chances" in September 2021, where we took a story that we were not happy with and re-wrote it. The original version of this story was done in July 2020. Thanks to Lofty, Vis-a-Viscera,and Draconequus for encouragement and edits.

Cover Art by Yakovlev-Vad.

Notes on the story in this week's MT File.

Sometimes, decades of your life go by without a single pony noticing any of your efforts to move up the ranks. Sometimes, you fall into a hole in the ground, wind up trapped in a political plot, and meet a cute librarian in the middle of it all.
The last part's nice.

Due to the nature of the AU, the story deserves a [Dark] tag, but it's not a good fit for the story's genre. I also strongly hesitated between Mystery and Adventure.
Mild [Profanity] included (but not enough to warrant the tag).

Huge thanks go out to: Everfree Pony, for saving this fic in at least a dozen different ways, Sir Mediocre, for holding my writing to a certain standard and correcting my broken English, Aisteru Fìre for pre-reading, and Cyeion, for his detailed and thought-out critique.

When the stars aligned to give their power to the Queen of Nightmares, something else over rode that power, sending her to a far off world. Now in the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D., she has a choice. Join the Avengers, or be kept as a science experiment. Seeing the fame Tony Stark and Steve Rogers have, the choice is clear.

Featured May 25th of 2022: Thank you guys so much! I just posted this, and you guys really seem to like it.

Featured May 31st of 2022: Again?! Y'all are insane, thank y'all so much for liking this so much.

Featured June 6th of 2022:
Y'all really like this story that much, huh? Well, as long as y'all keep reading, I'll keep writing.

Featured June 24th of 2022: Why does this keep happening?!

The Grand Galloping Gala! An event that six mares had looked forward to for a long time, only to be met with disappointment when their dreams failed to come true. But what if they had gotten everything they had wanted?

Well, that would leave poor Spike all alone for the rest of the night, with only bad vibes and Pony Joe to keep him company. That is, until a certain Princess makes her royal return....