Once, long ago, Equestria was full of life. Then the Nightmare came. She cast down her sister, sealed away the sun and cursed the world to an eternal winter.

A thousand years later in the ruins of what was once Ponyville you find hoofprints, traces of the last pony. You follow them to answers, tragedy, and the terrible truth.

Submission for the 2017 Nightmare Moon Group picture prompt contest.

Inspired by the poem Ozymandias by Percy Shelley.

Now edited and updated to a fine sheen.

This story is a sequel to Grounded

Twelve years ago, Rainbow Dash caused a tragedy in order to save her son's life.

The trauma of that day forever changed her from the happy, sporty, encouraging mother into a paranoid, overly cautious, overbearing hover mom. When Haze was a foal, he couldn't have known how strange this treatment was. As he's on the verge of becoming a young stallion, however, he can tolerate Dash's interference in his life less and less as the days pass.

All the while, Soarin is watching from the sidelines, wondering what to do about it. Before too long, something is going to give, and with two of the most stubborn, hard headed ponies in the world in this picture, somepony is going to get hurt.

To fix his own family and find a way out of this difficult situation, Soarin must first confront his own past: memories from long ago, haunted by the mother who abandoned him.

Set in my 'Bright Future' universe which diverges from canon after season 4.

Edited by the lovely Comma typer.

Igneous Rock Pie has strong opinions about the concert his daughter has dragged him to. But when an assassin threatens to disrupt the evening, it is time to remind the world who taught the Pie sisters how to defend family and friends.

Features Igneous Rock and Princess Luna, so brace yourself for maximum Ye Olde Englishe. I'm not even sorry.

An entry in the Ancestral Tribute contest.

Retirement had begun to grow boring for former princesses Celestia and Luna, until one evening Luna noticed a star was moving, and it was heading for their planet! With the aid of her sister, Princess Cadence, and even Twilight Sparkle, the four will embark on a small adventure of a lost race which sought to give the rest of the universe eveything they could for a brighter future.

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Edited by Hammerhead, thanks for taking the time!

Cover art is a modified variation of a piece done by Johan Swanepoel and used from a MIT website. Thanks to Cedric Bale and HalflingPony for confirming and taking the time to research for me.

Top of the Box of Shame, 5/1/2021.

This story is a sequel to And That's Good Enough

As the school year quickly draws to a close, Rarity – still down following her rejection by her best friend – attempts to talk things out, but finds Sunset Shimmer busy with her own work. Failing that, she finds herself conversing with the least likely suspect: Flash Sentry. Slowly the two realize they have more in common than they expected.

This story is part of Sunset's Recovery Arc.

Thanks to Nonchalant and CoffeeMinion for their help!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful—but Rainbow Blitz is out in it. And at two in the foundering morning, no less. 

Blitz wants to do something special for his first Hearth's Warming with his fiancee, Applejack. She works so hard to keep the farm running, and she deserves a break for once. Problem is, Blitz isn’t much of a farmer himself.

That’s not gonna stop him from giving it his all, though.

This was written for ROBCakeran53 as a part of Jinglemas 2019!
Prompt: Applejack and R63 Rainbow Dash.
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Pre-read by FanOfMostEverything! Thanks!!

In a desperate and costly bid to escape from his stone prison, Discord is left weak and helpless. Luckily for him, there is a nearby unicorn that he can hide in while he regains his power.

This story is a sequel to Timescales

Blurb

Boulder's journey into the cosmological future of Equestria, and what he took with him.

Author's Note

Sorry, had to get this out of my head.

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This story is a sequel to Twilight's Escort Service

Ratchette runs a one-pony fix-it shop for enchanted conveniences and devices, the only such facility in Ponyville. Some of her services are limited ones, and there are things she has to refer elsewhere -- but on the whole, she puts the majority of the repair traffic in order and in the two years since she first moved to the settled zone, Ponyville's become used to her. But strangers in town can still have a little trouble with her qualifications. Because her mark says she's perfectly suited for her occupation --

-- while her body claims exactly the opposite.

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group: new members and trope edits are welcome. While this story is technically a sequel, the earlier one just has the main character's first appearance, and this piece can be read as a stand-alone.)

Now with author Patreon and Ko-Fi pages.

Cover art by EquesTRON.

In Rainbow's world, she has been together with Fluttershy for two months.

The day she learned Fluttershy is with Pinkie on the other side of the mirror is the day that world turned upside-down.

And she's going to look in all the wrong places trying to fix it.