George Bush invades Equestria for weaponized cuteness.

Writen entirely as dialogue.

Teen for swearing.

“When the Moon fell in love with the Sun, all was golden in the sky, all was golden when the Day met the Night.”

—Ancient Equestrian legend on the meeting of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

Entry for the 2015 Everfree Northwest Pre-Con Writing Contest

Story Title and themes inspired by song with the same title, by Panic! at the Disco.

Fluttershy has always believed no situation is hopeless. When she meets an unfortunate orphaned unicorn foal, cursed with an evil shadow that haunts him, she might have just met somepony she can’t save.

Notes: This story was written for The More Most Dangerous Game Contest prompt “Past Sins”. I am rating it teen because much of the story will have a dark and sad tone and there also will be some violence.

The cover art is by me.

Sequel is coming in March/April 2015 and will be a Dark Adventure story. It will be the first of a Dark AU Adventure Series focusing on different nations and magics touched on in MLP.

I wish to give a big thank you to both of my editors for finding all of my mistakes and for their criticism that helped me improve various aspects of this story. Thank you Murder Knight and Marcibel!

Discord decides to present some parody Christmas songs he's written. But when everypony else gets involved, things go south rather quickly.

(Gore is minimal, and mostly alluded to rather than described. I just thought it was better safe than sorry, considering one of the songs.)

Alone in the Everfree, it feels dark, even in the middle of a summer afternoon. Darker than the chitin on the Changeling that fell victim to such a predicament. Normally, he would fly home. Normally, he would give self-sufficiency a long study. The only problem is a fear passed down throughout the Changeling race, generation after generation, so ingrained within their DNA that even the Queen must have a companion at all times in order to not break down.

Autophobia.

Inspired by this song.

Now has a sequel!

In the years after the dangerous Discord War, but before the banishment of Nightmare Moon, love is in short supply. Ponies are inclined to be fearful and mistrustful, and are only slowly beginning to adjust to a peaceful lifestyle, with kind rulers. This is bad news for changelings.
The hive is getting hungry and becoming weak. It is accepted that the ailing queen will die. However, this old changeling has one last trick; her death will come about giving birth to the new hive leader.
The changeling most closely related to her will step out of the woodwork and become regent to the young monarch. Strange that he was the runt of the hatch, and trailed the old queen like a weak shadow.
And yet, it looks like good times are a'coming to the hive! But not all is as it seems.
The child queen is weak in mind, as a normal young queen would not be able to survive on her limited rations. She is bullied mercilessly. The day she is granted her ritual Proving quest, no one expects her to survive. But if she does...she will gain her full rights as a ruler, and be granted a name, something rare among changelings. And she will wield her power supreme.

Edited by the awesome bobdat