What Spike saw in the doorway of King Sombra's crystal palace hasn't left his mind. The fear of Twilight abandoning him haunts him through recurrent nightmares. Anxiety taunts him when he's at his most vulnerable, reminding him of all his failures, all his inadequacies, all his wounds.

One night, this fear and anxiety manifests itself in a full-blown nightmare, dragging Spike face-to-face with his greatest fear. What if Twilight never needed Spike in the first place?

Takes place right after the Season Three opener (before Episode Three).

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Rated Teen for some dark elements.

When their final plan has failed, what can the bearers of the Elements of Harmony do against an unspeakable evil who is holding all the cards?

A pony's impending death causes her to reflect on some of the recent developments in her life. But such revelations rarely last, and the chains of daily concerns are not easily cast aside once the danger has passed.

Meet Lavender, a rare offspring brought into the world by a loving dragon and a beautiful pony. She is told constantly by her parents that she is a beautiful gift of nature, but she is reminded everyday about just how different she is from the rest of the world. She is going to learn very rapidly how cruel and unforgiving the world can be for anything different from them.

Follow the journey of Spike, Rarity, and their offspring Lavender from birth to adulthood as they try to survive prejudice, natural impulses, and even their relationship between each other.

The character of Lavender and the artwork included all belong to Carnifex
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Someone actually thought this fic was worthy to be in the Twilight Library. Well... if you say so.

On Nightmare Night Doctor Whooves doesn't celebrate, instead he grieves for his lost home, reminding himself that he is alone in the universe.

Tonight Derpy will remind him that he not as lonely as he thinks.

One day, Spike is alone in the library tidying up when he receives a letter carrying a confession of love from his own affection, Rarity. But as he soon finds out, it's not what it seems. Caught up in a prank war, he then teams up with the lovely mare to exact revenge on the one who wronged him, and in the process, finally clearing the air between himself and the fashionista.

Twilight Sparkle is stressed, for some very good reasons: it's only been a few weeks since she was moved to Canterlot Castle to assume control of the duties of a princess, and she's still getting used to the constant stream of paperwork; she's trying to figure out when and how she'll be able to see her Ponyville friends again; and, to top it off, her first day off from princess duty is the night of her first date. So, seeing her obvious stress, Twilight's one and only BBBFF Shining Armor decided to tell her how his life started down the road leading to his crowning Prince of the Crystal Empire...

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Cover Art © 100yearslater@DA

After her face and body are permanently scarred, Rarity seals herself off in her room with the lights off and drapes drawn, too disgusted by her own appearance to be seen. The only comfort she has comes in the form of daily visits from Spike, though she keeps the room dark to hide her deformities from the baby dragon. Can he convince her that she has nothing to fear; that her beauty is not limited to what she looks like?

My entry for the Feature Box Crusaders' Contest due on March 20th.

Thanks to BubblepipeWrangler for the initial story idea, and the help writing and editing it.

Additional thanks to: Twi-Guy and Featherprop for their help with the editing.

Rarity has a rather unladylike moment of panic when she thinks Spike has moved away without telling her. Twilight is amused.

Short oneshot that just sort of fell out of my head this evening.

This story is a sequel to A Filly's Heart

It has been a few months since Princess Luna returned from exile and she is very excited to meet with her very special somepony again. She's kept him waiting for far too long so she wants everything to be perfect, and with a little help from her sister Celestia, this might just be Luna's best Hearts and Hooves Day ever.

Check out the sequel to this story entitled I Give You my Heart here

Cover Art belongs to SuneGem on deviantART