The entirety of Golden Oaks Library has been demolished by Tirek's hand and while Twilight and the others are searching through the rubble for anything that survived the attack, they're all horrified to find Sombra caught up in the rubble.

Now in the hospital, fighting for his life, Sombra lies unconscious with little chance of waking up. During his sleep, Pinkie waits for him to awake as she reflects on everything they went through together as a couple, including the fight they had not long before Tirek's destruction of the library.

Sometimes you don't realize how important things really are until it's too late.

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This is a side story to The Not-So-Normal Adventures of King Sombra and Pinkie Pie.

This story is a sequel to Princess Celestia: The Changeling Queen

This story is a direct sequel to Princess Celestia: The Changeling Queen. Reading that first is necessary to understand any part of this story.

Co-authored by vren55 and Zervziel

Alternia, sister to Chrysalis, ruled Equestria for a thousand years, disguised as Princess Celestia, while the alicorn slumbered in a healing sleep. Now revealed, Alternia prepares to become Equestria’s first changeling princess, and prove herself to the ponies she loves at the side of her co-rulers Luna and the newly-returned Celestia.

But even as the crown descends onto Alternia’s head, something is stirring in the depths of the Eastern Sea, something that will turn the surface world onto its head. Some power that could destroy Alternia, and all that she loves, before she can even regain the approval of her own ponies.

Will Alternia restore the trust her ponies once placed with her? Will she found a hive? Will she find love?

All that is certain is that Equestria, and the world, will never be the same again.

Now with a TV Tropes page.

Empress Tethys and the Kelpies Created by Zervziel

That Fantastic Cover art is by Plainoasis

Pre-read and edited by:
Blankscape,
FinalFan,
Courage Fire
Cosmic Cowboy

Status of Audio Drama Production:
Episode 1: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZau4TYL2s[/embed]
Episode 2: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFn0-DyeVuk&t=32s[/embed]
Episode 3: In Production

Based on The Veggie Tales episode "Esther: The Girl Who Became Queen" and the actual Biblical story of Esther. Long ago, when Saddle Arabia was young and new, a chaotic king takes in a shy pegasus as his queen. Will she have enough courage to face the perils and dangers ahead?
Cover Art by fanshipping713 on DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/fanshipping713

Cast:
Fluttershy as Esther
Discord as King Xerxes
Twilight as Moriyah
Trixie as Hamana
Rarity as Queen Vashti
Rainbow Dash as Keshet
Pinkie Pie as Simcha
Maud Pie as Tsoori
Applejack as Ruth
Spike as Scribbler
Diamond Tiara as Ali (Leader of the Cutie Jewel Sisters)
Silver Spoon as Kalli (Follower/Second in Command of the Cutie Jewel Sisters)

Winner of The Best Audio Drama Fics Contest.
First Prize winner will receive an audio drama adaption of story.

Featured on Equestria Daily: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2018/03/the-mare-who-became-queen-episode-one.html

Fan Art:
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(By Moonlightsong on Fimfiction)

This story is a sequel to Crystalline: Her Destiny

Ever scholarly Princess Twilight Sparkle can't wait to finally embark on her own arctic quest with her friends to find evidence of Starswirl the Bearded's life.

But what if things don't go as planned? When Princess Celestia orders a new companion who is a master magic user to accompany Twilight she's thrilled until she finds out on who it might be.

Her fears come to life when it turns out to be none other than Sombra. Will this ambitious Princess and the snarky loner be able to refrain from killing each other? Ancient magic awakens and history becomes vivider and its participants a little too alive as things play out.

Book Two of Sombra's Odyssey. Takes place in between MLP:FiM seasons 4 and 5. Proofread by: ElderXelpud and an anonymous user. There are many unmarked spoilers in the comments, and many more containing excerpts may not be relevant any longer because of the changes made in the updated version. Find the old version here! Cover art is by matrosha123 and has been edited by me. Contribute to the TVTropes page!

Twilight lives her life as The Princess Of Friendship, and whole heartily submits to her duties. Though she is grateful for all that she has, she still feels that something is missing. While Cadence plays match-maker for Twilight, Princess Celestia gives the young alicorn a special friendship task of her own. Twilight must find her passions and pursuit her dreams once more, and with the help of two strangers, what could possibly go wrong?

::Sex Tag For Suggested Content::

Edited Chapter(s) 1--5 by JadeCrossroads
Proofread Chapter(s) 6 Gapeagle

A Tale as Old as Time...
Radiant Hope wants more out of life than the small town of Ponyville can offer. There she stands out from other ponies with her unique point of view, her love of helping others, as well as her love of books, not to mention her crystal coat. Hope longs for travel and adventure, for a life as exciting as the stories she reads.

But, when Hope's beloved father, Crystal Hoof, is taken prisoner by a cruel shadow pony in an enchanted castle, her path in life is forever changed. Risking her freedom and her future she takes her father's place secretly vowing to escape, but the more she learns about the shadow pony and his mysterious castle, the more she realizes there may be more to his story -and her own- than she ever could have imagined...

There are many who say that evil has no place in the world. These people are wrong. There is a place for everything, but evil especially. Without evil, we wouldn't have any context for what is good. The world needs villains so that it knows who its heroes are.

But as someone very unhelpful once said, there's evil and then there's evil. Some villains go over the edge, and instead of quietly filling their role as the natural antagonist, they try to overturn the chessboard. Instead of conquering, they destroy.

It's these sorts of villains that give evil a bad name. It's these sorts of villains that King Sombra is dedicated to hunting down.

Made as a birthday present for the utterly brilliant Evehly.

King Sombra survived his defeat, but just. By the time he returned to form, Twilight became the newest princess of Equestria and the Crystal Empire was restored to its former glory.

He cannot take over Equestria the same way he tried before, but he has a card up his sleeve. Twilight won't see it coming, and Sombra might gain a powerful ally in the process.

And it will all begin...with a book.

Edits on Chapter 1 done with the help of TempesttheDragnix.

Major props to InuHoshi-to-DarkPen for letting me use this. That artist is really good.

When ponies are being killed in Ahuizotl's tribe, he relies on Daring to find the killer, but when the archeologist see their mutilated bodies she comes to realize there is something dark lurking with them.
Editors:
nioniosbbbb
Leapingriver

A young girl, having been robbed of her childhood and very life by illness finds herself given a second chance in a strange world and with an even stranger body. With a new life, family, and even a brother, she tries to cope with the bizarre world she's found herself in while also trying to embrace her role and become worthy of the gift she has been given.
Being a princess can be hard however, even if it's only an honorary title, especially when you're the twin sister of Prince Blueblood.

Warning, very slow burn.