“When there is nothing left to do; you must set yourself on fire.”

Nopony quite knows what possessed Starswirl the Bearded to utter this odd phrase. Some theorise that it was merely a euphemism or a riddle, and means everypony has a purpose; and that if you don’t have purpose you may as well be dead. Others think it has something to do with boredom; that if you are bored you need to put in some effort to mix things up and be ‘not-bored.’

For Private Mercury of the Earth-Pony Shields Regiment and her friends – Privates Brute Force and Steel Block – this phrase always means the latter. Because what else is there for an earth-pony shield-bearer to do in times of peace other than to guard the palace? And guard duty often comes with boredom.

What better way to fight boredom than setting stuff on fire?

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During a playful conversation two friends accidentally open a portal to a different world and are forced through. They find themselves in Equestria and as ponies which in and of itself isn't terrible, but it turns much worse when they realize that they are children as well. Now they have to figure out a way to outsmart Equestria's Social Services, get along at school, earn a living, and keep up their cover as an independent set of brothers; all while trying to figure out how to get back to Earth or at least make themselves their proper ages again. Puberty sucked enough the first time around.

6/6/2014 Just hit the first time this story has been in the featured box. Thanks everyone for reading and supporting.

I'm Griffin, not much else to it. I've been bullied most of my life, which left me bitter and sarcastic. I'm a closet brony. What? You think I'm just gonna go out and tell a world that hates me that I watch a cartoon intended for little girls? I don't feel like giving the punks at school any more ammo. That's when cosmic powers decide I need to take a trip to my favorite fantasy land. But all is not sunshine and rainbows and it certainly won't be after I'm done with it. Equestria from the point of view of an extremely pissed off teenager, with a twist. Rust, the author of 'The Ballad of Echo the Diamond dog' is awesomesauce enough to have a cross over between our stories. Carnelian is a boss when it comes to art. Part of the 'Chess Game of the Gods'.

Violence, gratuitous swearing, and sexual themes. Reader discretion is advised.

After an unstable slipspace rupture destroyed the Glory Upon Salvation, the Ultra's life was turned upside-down in more ways than one. Now situated rather comfortably in Equestria, everything appears to be working out for the Ultra and his trusty companions, Pip-Pap the Unggoy and Bok the Kig-Yar. The Minor has been defeated, the ponies are slowly growing to accept their fearsome and war-like appearances, and Princess Celestia herself holds promises of a new life waiting just around the corner. The Ultra is ready to embrace this new hope after his old life was smashed to pieces by the truth about the Prophets and the humans.

But a storm is once again brewing on the horizon. Equestria draws closer and closer to a horror that has not been seen for a millennia: war. It is up to the Ultra and his company to defend their new home with honor and glory, but this time, evil did not come from the Great Beyond...

Act Two of the epic Lone Blades tale. Sequel to Solar Eclipse's In the Darkness, the Lone Blades Light the Way.

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Princess Celestia, tired of the constant pressure that ruling a nation puts on her, decides to take a day off and let Luna take her responsibilities for a day, something the younger alicorn is more than happy to do. She disguises herself as a pink maned pegasus pony named Sunny Skies and decides to go walking around Canterlot without any supervision. Unfortunately for her, not all parts of Canterlot are as safe as the palace, and she finds herself at the wrong end of a gang of muggers, who decide to kidnap her for a ransom when they see how much money she has on her.

Luna freaks out.

Celestia thinks it's hilarious.

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Edited wonderfully by sqarishoctagon and Cloud Hop

Updated cover art by Dominatore

Novel Tale is an author that's been living in Canterlot for about ten years now. That's a pretty good track record for a changeling. He's even included a changeling character in his latest book, and his fans have been loving his take on such an obscure mythological creature, especially his biggest fan, Twilight Sparkle. Things are looking up!

Then an army of changelings from another hive attacks Canterlot.

Now all of ponykind knows that changelings are real, and his readers are sure to realize that the changeling in his book was too similar to the real thing to have just been based on a myth...

earlier chapters have been revised as of 7/19/13 to be more inline quality wise with the later chapters.

Featured on EQD 10/5/13!

Let it be known that there will be extensive changeling world building in the chapters to come.

cover image courtesy of ackdari.

Much thanks to Nyerguds for proofreading and to all my fellow tropers on the TvTropes pony fanfiction thread for helping me develop this from a vague idea into an actual story.

Sunny is just a normal pony. He has a pretty normal life and a pretty normal job, but when ponies start turning into zombies and the streets run red, his definition of normal morphs. He and a group of ponies, thrown together by chance, must now brave whatever lies ahead. This is their struggle for survival.

This is their story.

[Author's note]: This was my first story, and the beginning chapters are sort of a rough grind. I'm working to better them, but until then they're not as good as I'd like them to be.

Orriginal cover art

PS: Comments contain spoilers! You have been warned.

Rust is the leader of the marine squad called ARROW. After an attempt to blow up a covenant jammer, he finds himself in the middle of a forest with no way to contact the UNSC INFINITY.

He soon comes across another species neither the human race or the covenant know about. Perhaps even a new world and discovers the meaning of peace for perhaps the first time in his life.

However he is not the only living being from Requiem who has discovered this new world. An old enemy that Rust had barely escaped from the covenant war years ago has found him once more.

*Cover image found on Google.*

This story is a sequel to Cheating Death

Equestria is a land filled with many amazing myths, legends, ponies, creatures, and monsters. But what happens when something new is thrown into the mix?

After the events of 'Cheating Death', Felix awakes to find he had survived his excursion into Equestria. Now a much different man then when he first set out, Felix decides to go and explore the Equestrian countryside. Change isn't the only thing that followed Felix though, as Death, or Harvey Stir in this universe, has been made his guardian until the ramifications of his actions can be fully calculated by the celestial bureaucracy. Harvey Stir keeps a close eye on him, hoping that Felix won't cause any major problems.

Such as, being involved in a bank robbery, starting random musical numbers, getting captured by a murderous cult, setting fire to a nest of changelings, or inadvertently releasing a dark god of destruction from ages long past...

...Not that any of that would happen... right?

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Special thanks to: Hortense, Wazaga, Fantoche the 13th, Sallythemanatee, munomana, and Alamais.

When Ken, a highly trained archer, is teleported into Equestria during his latest mission, armed with only his longbow, arrows, and daggers, he must survive in the Everfree Forest hiding from the town of Ponyville. But when timber wolves attack a nearby group of fillies, he has two options: Leave the three to be eaten, or expose himself and save them.

Tags and characters will be added as I go along, I don't plan the story ahead of time.