"Windfall izt been asked to introduce his own story. His voice izt quiet and poor spoken in all tongues but Breezen, but begs reader to not judge too harsh. Windfall promises he dozt not narrate any part of fic proper and only monologues only when needed. And now izt needed. Now Windfall offers hizt solemn confession: He regrets nothing and stands by all acts he doezt. Ze ponies he hurts, ze creatures he manipulates... he revels in it all."

Entry written for Jake The Army Guy's Friendship Beyond Equestria short story contest. The prompt is to produce something that spotlights societal workings of one or more underexposed species from the show, so I picked Breezies and Kirin. This story is just a couple of character vignettes and a plot hook at this point, but I'm fond enough of these OCs that I definitely want to revisit and finish their saga someday.

There's a couple instances of swearing, but the vast majority is in untranslated Swedish, so I figured the "Everyone" rating was fine.

The newest and hottest game on the market is Sword Art Online, or SAO. A VRMMORPG, Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Sword Art Online takes the player into a virtual reality world of swords and shields. Only 10,000 copies were sold online or in stores. But quickly, things go wrong and the fight goes from fun, to survival.

To escape the game of death, the game must be cleared. All 100 floors of the floating iron castle, known as Aincrad, must be conquered. If you die in game, you die in real life. The NerveGear will fry your brain. The same goes if the NerveGear is removed while you are in the game, you die.

Sword Art Online is a game of swords and shields with no magic. The game isn't designed to handle their Equestrian Magic. Sunset Shimmer must make sure that her friends and guildmates escape the game, or at least survive long enough until the game is defeated.

This story is a Serial Novel Society story: Updates will be at least on a weekly, Tuesday, basis.

*Pre-knowledge of Sword Art Online is not required. The Pilot Episode covers all you need to know.
**First Featured Tuesday, November 12, 2019. Also on 12/3/19, 12/10/19, 01/14/20, 2/11/20, 2/18/20, 2/25/20, 3/3/20, 3/10/20, 3/17/20, 3/24/20, 3/31/20, 4/14/20, 4/21/20, 4/28/20, 5/5/20, 5/19/20, 5/26/20, 6/2/20, 6/9/20, 6/23/2020, 6/30/2020, 7/28/20, 8/4/20, 8/18/20, 8/25/20, 8/27/20, 9/1/20, 9/8/20, 9/15/20, 9/22/20, 9/29/20, 10/20/20, 10/27/20, 11/3/2020, 11/10/20, 11/17/20, 12/1/20, 12/8/20, 12/15/20, 12/22/20, 12/29/20, 1/5/21, 1/19/21, 2/2/21, ICE, 2/23/21, 3/2/21, 3/9/21, 3/16/21, 3/23/21, & 3/30/21.

Want to know what is happening outside the SAO in the real world? There is a story for them! Link to the Asides.

A big thank you to my editor, Void Runner.
A special thanks to SuperSonicHeroes and Wildfiretiremile. Each helped a lot with Beta Reading!
Also, a special Thanks to Badwolf231. He helped me as this project got started.

- Sword Art Online is owned and created by Reki Kawahara.
* Cover Art created with art elements from Orin331, Frye-Medi, and flutterdashrarijack.

Set only a week after the banishment of Princess Luna to the moon, the realm of Equestria is in a state of upheaval. Celestia's royal guard attempt to regain control over the vast empire once ruled by dual monarchs, and the young alicorn's actions as a ruler have become a subject of scrutiny after her sister's attempted coup. Two factions have risen in the turmoil: The Knights of the Sun and The Bright Moon.

Far away from the political infighting and sword rattling exists a small mining town on the outskirts of Equestrian territory. Where once the royal guard would have no trouble fending off raids from bandits or other criminals, the panic of the capitol has caused a withdrawal of military forces to more essential cities and trading ports. Completely undefended and without a spell or sword amongst them, this town was soon overrun by a band of bi-pedal canines calling themselves the Diamond Dogs. As brutal as they are lazy, the Diamond Dogs have forced the local population to work until collapse to collect gems from the town mine.

Outraged by his inability to fend off these bandits and thieves, a young unicorn named Bone Marrow tries with all of his might to find his purpose in life - his cutie mark - and hopes that it will be enough to drive off the invaders of his home. He will soon discover that his special talent is far more than he bargained for.

((A Sequel will begin for this story as soon as I finish I Am a Pet Changeling. Stay tuned on Discord! https://discord.gg/nDXd3AB ))

This story is a sequel to How To Raise A Kirin In 12,371 Steps

Kunzite was the daughter of Twilight and Spike. An Equestrian Kirin, carrying the traits of her parents in a form rumored to never exist. Moonstone was the son of the Dragon Lord Ember. Just as tough as any dragon, but something unseen set him apart. They seemed to be as different as they could, but like their generation before them, they would still find common ground. Namely, the feeling that they would need to work together to stop a threat in the future.

As it turned out, Autumn Blaze has been hard at work uniting all the kirin tribes over the years. It's gone rather well, except she's had difficulty finding where two of the tribes have gone. When a stray kirin comes out of hiding and claims she ran away from the lost tribes, Kunzite thinks that might be worth investigating. Roping Moonstone into it, the three of them set out to find what happened to the kirin village, not sure what they'll find...

Part 3 of the My Little Kirin saga, set 21 years after Shadow Play. Reading the first two parts is not required, and you can read the Recap if you want to start here, or just need a refresher. Part 1, Spike Finds Love At Last, can be found here. Part 2, How To Raise A Kirin in 12,371 Steps, can be found here.

Edited with the help of Salnalus.

This story is a sequel to Siege of the Crystal Empire

The reign of Dragon Lord Torch has come to an end. With his daughter, Ember, having inherited the title, he resigns himself to die in the heart of a volcano.

That is until, five years later, he awakes to the sight of three mysterious ponies. They are the Cult of the Dragonflame, and they fully intend to restore Torch's rightful position of Dragon Lord. In doing so, they will help to raise an army of undead dragons, all for the purpose of waging a war of conquest and destruction across the whole of Equestria.

Can Equestria's newest Alicorn, Stellar Shine, ammount a force strong enough to resist the undead hordes? What will this mean for the future of dragon and pony relations? And what is the Cult of the Dragonflame's true goal?

Only time will tell, now that Equestria is on the cusp of the greatest war the kingdom has ever known.

Set 10 years after the beginning of season 8. Sequal story to Siege of the Crystal Empire. Reading that story first is recommended, but not necessary. Chapters released bi-monthly.

This story is a sequel to Good Trooper Gilda

Gilda has been a fugitive, a refugee, a prisoner of war, and a bat-hen to Equestria's fussiest unicorn. But it wasn't until she took 'the Princess's bit', that she began to know something about what it meant to be responsible for the welfare of others, even if the others in question happened to be the pack of imbeciles, blackguards, con-ponies, and bat-ponies who had been fool enough to answer her captain's call to the standard.

A crystalline standard which had not been seen in the living world for over a thousand years.

And although Captain Gleaming Shield and her motley band of raw recruits and shifty bat-ponies aimed to do nothing more exotic and dangerous than put a foreign princess on her proper throne, there are other things stirring in the shadows.

Like calls to like, and the revival of ancient battle-colors may lead to the revival of other, darker memories upon which the rays of Celestia's sun lay lightly and infrequently.

The Society of Secret Sorcery. A domain of magic bent on helping Equestria in the shadows, or so its members believe. After causing terror in several cities, Twilight Sparkle takes charge in finding the culprits. The good news is Twilight doesn't have to deal with the society alone. Moondancer and Sunset Shimmer, one a former member, the other an infiltrator, are more than willing to help. Working together, they must find out the identity of the mysterious leader and put an end to the society.

Takes place at a random point after the Season 7 finale.

Crafted cover art by the wonderful Little Tigress!

Daring Do lives a life full of adventure, danger, and excitement at every turn. She would gladly give it all up, though, if only for some time to read her favorite book about a colorful pegasus and her many friends.

Twilight Sparkle wakes up after getting blasted in the face by Tirek and finds herself thrust into a world of unusual magic, underhanded politics, and cute boys! Only, the cute boys aren't after her, they're after the Heroine, Rina. The only thing in her future is a Game Over, and she doesn't even know it! Can she survive her role of Villainess?

Super Pure! Finding Love in Magic Academy! (An original game, not for sale)
Back of the Box:
The Kingdom: A land of swords and sorcery, Avande has been peaceful for the past two hundred years. Avande is a kingdom of tradition: to be noble in the kingdom is to live in the city of Grace-Shine and study at its Magic Center.
The Heroine: In exchange for the endorsement and a stipend to send back for her family, Rina of Gune has sworn to remain at the Magic Center of Grace-Shine to be an assistant and test subject for one of the senior researchers due to her unusual lack of elemental affinity. When she came to the Magic Center, she not only finds new frontiers, but some cute guys!
Will Rina succeed at becoming a fantastic mage? Can she find time to find love?
Find out!

A wave of suicides sweeps through Canterville. Sunset and the girls can't stop it.

But maybe Wallflower Blush can. She just needs someone to show her how.

A crossover with Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Edited by DannyJ and Dubs Rewatcher. Cover art by Scampy.

With acknowledgement to Morning Sun, my resident Madoka Magica loremaster.