Just because the two sisters have led Equestria through thousands of years of peace doesn't mean there aren't those who think they can do better.

With a powerful artifact on their side, a group of rebels has sealed Celestia in her palace and stripped her of the majority of her powers. As the last of her guards fall, she hears the pounding on the throne room doors and knows the end is coming soon...

**Featured on the front page on 8/12/15; both surprising and flattering seeing as how this is the first thing of substantial length I've posted here. Thanks all!

**Now with a dramatic reading!

Twilight is a mare of science and magic. Everything exists in known quantities and values. So of course, mythological creatures such as humans don't exist, don't be ridiculous. So... what's that thing? Why is it following her? What purpose does it have?

A fiction where Twilight learns the truth about humans... and doesn't like the implications at all.

F**K this prompt: Your self-insert is shipped romantically with one of the mane six. Or something. Whatever, I lost the original idea.

Edited by the wizardly Izanagi!

The nation of Equestria has been exploring their little slice of the universe for some time now. From launching probes into deep space, to landing ponies on the moon. Sending things beyond the grasp of their planet has become almost routine. However, with every mission into space, there comes a time when the voyage must end. What happens when Equestria experiences the end of a voyage that they didn't begin?

Updated and Revised on October 5th, 2014

Princess Luna just wants things back to the way things were. Two months have passed since she was freed from Nightmare Moon. But it soon becomes clear that one cannot simply be 'freed'. Now Luna must prevent Nightmare from taking over again, while convincing her sister she is not a threat to Equestria.

Field Player is a traveling performer who specializes in audiovisual illusion. After a show in one of the friendliest towns he's been to, he decides to sample a little local flavor. One mare was especially dazzled by the show. Wooing her should be easy enough, right?

A much-expanded entrant in the July 2015 Writeoff Competition. Prompt: "Best Laid Plans."
Rated Teen for suggestive dialogue.

When Twilight receives a letter from one claiming to be a changeling, she is shocked. As she starts reading, however, she soon learns that there is far more to it than she ever suspected.

Reading by Goombasa.

The story had been translated to Russian: Here and Here

Special thanks to PoisonClaw for editing.

For the Weekly Prompt (changelings) of the Hazardous Writing Materials and Challenges

The princesses decide to have lunch together at the Canterlot Palace. As they enjoy their glorious feast they laugh, chat and generally have a good time.

Until… they come to a shocking realization.

They’re eating meat.

Link to cover art

EDIT: Now with a reading by the awesome CaptainBrone3y! Link to reading

Discord sits in a tree overlooking Fluttershy's cottage, as he has done for the past several days. Twilight Sparkle finally decides to confront him on this. Their friend has been returned to them after a long absence and they should be happy, right? Right.

Rated T for themes.

Lightning Dust's botched attempt to make it into the Wonderbolts set her back quite a bit. Desperate to show her stuff and find the action she desires, she enlists in the Equestrian Royal Guard.

Not possessing much in the way of patriotism, Lightning ponders what could be worth risking her life over, but a mission into the heart of a dragon hiding spot could provide the answer she seeks.

(My submission for Equestria Daily's Flash Fanfiction Event: Memorial Day Edition.)

Twilight asks her mentor why Canterlot was moved from the Everfree Forest to the mountain it resides on today.

I would like to thank Proud-Dust for helping me come up with the idea, and Nathan Traveler for editing.