Hated and shunned by the population of Canterlot High, Sunset decides that she's done with being their punching bag; being insulted and blamed everywhere she went for something that she wasn't even doing. Even after saving the whole school, they're still dumb enough to think that she was the one spreading those secrets. She goes to clean out her locker when a group of students decide to give her a not-so-good sendoff.

Lucid Storm imagines a world beyond death, where no pony will ever need to truly say goodbye to the ones they love. When all the magic and medicine of Equestria failed one young Sweetie Belle, he proposed a radical new technique--total brain recording, taken minutes before her death.

Years have passed since that day, years spent scrounging the funding for a body and experimenting with many failed machine intelligence models before tinkerer ponies all around equestria finally came together in the perfect synthesis.

After all this time, Sweetie Belle will finally have her second chance.

Written for Lucid on my Patreon. Edited by Two Bit and Sparktail, who also sponsored it. Cover by Magfen.

An archaeological dig in the Crystal Empire uncovers an ancient tomb built by the three pony tribes—long before they united as one. Its design is foreign, and the warnings are written in an ancient language. A full expedition into the tomb starts, but the ponies uncover a creature that was never supposed to be awoken. Supposed to be trapped in this tomb and forgotten for eternity, this creature is none other than the Alien…

As it ravages the empire, as well as Equestria, all hope to contain their plague-like spread seems lost, until Twilight Sparkle follows the Friendship Map to a remote location. What she finds is the only creature that can stop the horrors unleashed, but it itself is alien.

This creature is the Predator.

Yep, crossover of the Alien and Predator universes with MLP: FIM.
I own none of these three franchises (obviously).

Enjoy!

**Featured sometime recently (I put this part in on 10/13/21)

It was an average day, Zipp was out practicing her parkour skills when she happened to come across a pretty cool-looking stone. That stone's previous owner was one very special pony... a pony who once was, but now is.

Make sure to tell me what you think, feedback is encouraged and greatly appreciated, thanks!

Trolls and dragons stalk the plain
Seek for mischief they may wreak
Hush now child, they seek in vain
We are gentle, but not weak

When the night seems cold and frightening
And you know not what to do
They will be there, fast as lightning
So no harm can come to you

Do not dread the sun descending
Know that they are always near
And their vigil never ending
And they face the things we fear

For they are our good protectors
They are strong, and kind, and brave
While the Lance does still protect us
Little children can sleep safe

- Crystal Empire nursery rhyme, author unknown

After a thousand years of absence, the Crystal Empire has been freed from Sombra's curse and returned to the world. The crystal ponies can finally live free from fear and slavery, but their once mighty nation has dwindled to a mere shadow of its former glory. Still, their tribe was never known for a lack of tenacity, and with their chains broken at long last, the crystal ponies are willing to face any challenges the world might throw at them.

I these difficult times, the young crystal pony Ruby Chip has risen to knighthood, and proven herself to be worthy of joining the legendary Order of the Crystal Lance. It seems like she has achieved everything she ever dreamed of, but then she starts being plagued by dark and frightening visions from the Empire's troubled past.
To make matters worse, Ruby fears that the Order might come into conflict with the Empire's new ruler. As a former officer of Equestria's military, Prince Shining Armor is not very fond of the way the Empire's armies are run and organized, and sees them in dire need of modernization. It remains to be seen if the traditional warrior caste of the Empire still has a place in the military force he seeks to create.

Very soon, Ruby and her brothers and sisters in arms will have to prove that they are more than a misplaced remnant of a long gone era, and show that the knights of the Empire can still fulfill their sworn duty as champions and protectors.

However, whether or not Ruby herself will be ready to be the pony others need her to be, that is another question altogether.

Following the banishment of Nightmare Moon, Equestria as a nation was thrown into turmoil, never to recover.

It collapsed completely not long thereafter.

Now, a thousand years later, it'll be up to the inhabitants that have taken its place to finish what it could not.

Honorable mention in the Choices: A Species Change Contest.

Featured 11/27/2022

Twilight the dragon has never really felt at home in the Dragon Lands. Unlike most dragons, she values intelligence, and is seen as a pariah for it. But things change when she comes across a purple pony named Spike, who has come to the dragon lands on a "Friendship Mission."
But he must be in the wrong place. After all, dragons don't do friendship.

Written for the Choices Species Change Contest, November 2022

(OMG, This story was featured! I'm so honoured and humbled!)

Desperate and out of options to stop the crisis of their declining population, Equestria created a portal to the human world to convert the population to supplement their own; only that this was not the world they had planned.

Thera, a world that barely survived the Great War that lasted a hundred years and numerous Xeno incursions, now find themselves connected to a magical fantasy world of mythical creatures via a dimensional portal. A surprise to be sure and pleasant one at that, considering the numerous others that appeared to their world with ill intent. Little did they know how wrong they were before they discovered the truth.

As tensions rose, armies mobilise and civil unrest escalate; war is now inevitable.

Inspired from a conversation with Rated Ponystar and set from my fictional world of Thera based off of the Paradox game Stellaris, TCB: Thera dives into various perspectives within the conflict through exchanges of letters, correspondents from both sides, recorded meetings and propaganda.

See the conflict progress through the eyes of an observer as Equestria challenges the world who declared to the galaxy that all who threaten them will know that they came to the wrong neighborhood and knocked on the wrong door.

Are you new to Silverstream's story? Start listening to her messages here.

I am Silverstream and I am meant to suffer. The stars don't shine for me anymore. Neither do the sun and the moon. They are gone, just like all of my friends are gone. I wish I would be gone, too, but I have no choice than to stay.
I can't leave because I am meant to suffer in this world, by the whims of the force that brought and keeps me here.
All I can do is to keep searching for them. But I know, even if I find them, they will be taken from me again. I make recordings of my suffering with my mobile phone. If you find them, please listen to them. All I want is to be remembered.

This is a list of all the first messages that Silverstream has recorded each day since she left the dorms:

Day 155 in the Apocalypse: Three Months.mp3

Day 156 in the Apocalypse: Cracks.mp3

Day 157 in the Apocalypse: Lethargy.mp3

Day 158 in the Apocalypse: Woke Up.mp3

Day 159 in the Apocalypse: New Day.mp3

Day 160 in the Apocalypse: Ready.mp3

Day 161 in the Apocalypse: Pun.mp3

Day 162 in the Apocalypse: Solid Black.mp3

Day 166 in the Apocalypse: Something.mp3

Day 167 in the Apocalypse: Returned.mp3

Day 168 in the Apocalypse: Sacrilege.mp3

Day 169 in the Apocalypse: Blisters.mp3

Day 170 in the Apocalypse: Foul.mp3

Day 171 in the Apocalypse: Stars.mp3

Day 172 in the Apocalypse: Day.mp3

Day 173 in the Apocalypse: Forced.mp3

Day 174 in the Apocalypse: Keeping Together.mp3

Day 175 in the Apocalypse: Avoiding.mp3

Day 176 in the Apocalypse: Observation.mp3

Day 177 in the Apocalypse: Safety.mp3

Day 178 in the Apocalypse: Zoned Out.mp3

Day 179 in the Apocalypse: Dark.mp3

Day 183 in the Apocalypse: Over.mp3

Day 184 in the Apocalypse: Light-filled darkness.mp3

Day 185 in the Apocalypse: Hill.mp3

Day 186 in the Apocalypse: 30%.mp3

Day 187 in the Apocalypse: Woke Up.mp3

Day 188 in the Apocalypse: Out.mp3

Day 189 in the Apocalypse: Outskirts.mp3

Day 190 in the Apocalypse: Behind.mp3

Day 191 in the Apocalypse: Change.mp3

Day 192 in the Apocalypse: Eternity.mp3

Day 193 in the Apocalypse: Morning.mp3

Day 194 in the Apocalypse: Again?.mp3

Day 195 in the Apocalypse: Seafood.mp3

Day 196 in the Apocalypse: Answers2.mp3

Day 197 in the Apocalypse: Gotten Away.mp3

Day 198 in the Apocalypse: Sunrise Time.mp3

Day 199 in the Apocalypse: Awake.mp3

Day 200 in the Apocalypse: No.mp3

Day 201 in the Apocalypse: 7th Floor.mp3

Day 202 in the Apocalypse: Red.mp3

Day 203 in the Apocalypse: Slime.mp3

Day 204 in the Apocalypse: Try.mp3

Day 205 in the Apocalypse: Awake.mp3

Day 206 in the Apocalypse: Southwards.mp3

Day 207 in the Apocalypse: Gone.mp3

Day 213 in the Apocalypse: Still Sailing.mp3

Day 218 in the Apocalypse: Light.mp3

Day 219 in the Apocalypse: Arrived.mp3