Applebloom wakes up to see that she has both a horn & wings! Will she have to leave her friends & family for a boring life as princess? (My first fanfic, people. Don't be too shy on the comments.)

(...Don't look at me like that! I am NOT trying to gain readers by cashing in on the "alicorn" cliche! Which reminds me...)

(AllponiesarepropertyofHasbroandLaurenFaust.IownnothingexceptthisTOTALLYORIGINALfanfic.)

(Huzzah! The rights have been doubled!)

As the newly coronated princess of Equestria, Twilight attempts to go back to the everyday life with her friends that she had grown used to.

...but being a alicorn princess living with her newly acquired royal retainers in the small town of Ponyville can lead to some... problems.

Celestia likes her routine. Tax reforms, grants, laws and construction projects are all a princess needs to be content.

It's just her luck that for Pinkie Pie, "content" is not nearly enough.

After a miserably failed spell and failed attempts to fix it, Twilight gets a visit from a less than pleased Princess. Having failed her test, she gives the Princess no choice but to not only deny her the chance to become a princess, she also takes something away from Twilight and gives her destiny to somepony more deserving.

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Written as a counter to all the Alicorn Twilight fics! Don't get me wrong, I'm completely fine with Alicorn Twilight!

It isn't the introductions in life that are hard to come by, but it is often just saying goodbye...

Hope is the thing with feathers,
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all...
-Emily Dickinson

An outsider's look into Twilight's mind while she is in the midst of the starry nebula with Princess Celestia, highlighting her thoughts as she discovers what the future has in store for her.

This is a third-person retelling and reinterpretation of the penultimate scene in the Season 3 finale, written to, and directly inspired by, the soundtrack of the So Great and Powerful tribute album, Sori 52. Listening to the whole album at least once before or while reading is recommended, but not required.

A short, on-the-fly one-shot I couldn't stop writing until I was finished.

Twilight Sparkle, becoming anxious at the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration, which she believes marks the return of Nightmare Moon, beseeches Princess Celestia to do something about it.

Celestia, however, has another, more important task for her; making sure that the Summer Sun Celebration goes off without a hitch. Every year, a different town is chosen to receive the honor of hosting the grand festival.

And the lucky city chosen this year, for this fateful holiday, is none other than the city of Manehattan...

Cover image by Conner Cogwork.

A terrible new day rises when a tragedy, foreseen only by Celestia but preventable by none, occurs right in the middle of Canterlot, turning Twilight Sparkle's world upside-down. Now, all of Equestria is looking to her to hold the broken nation together, all while she tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life.

Coverart used with permission from: metalpandora

Old coverart may be found here.

A/N: Yes, the title was based of the Dragonforce song of the same name, you may stop postulating about it now.

When one strives for a goal, whether compelled by personal passion, a sense of atonement, or either with a touch of obsession, how easy is it to lose sight of what is truly important? When all is said and done, and a dream is accomplished, when does one take inventory of their actions and choices? Could it be that in the pursuit of the greatest kind of good, one could become the worst kind of monster? Fortunately, there can be those who stop us from taking the horrific life altering risks that could make even the brightest angel into the most abominable devil. What can last an eternity but be born in an instant, and can be both so very close but far away. What can bind both many and few, big or small, the young, the old, and the ancient together? The answer is the magic of friendship.

This is an appendix to A Journey Unthought Of, however it is not necessary to read the original work to enjoy this story, as it can stand on its own as a separate piece of fiction that enhances the established canon of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This story was written before the Season 4 Premiere took place.