A filly Twilight Sparkle forgot to bring a book to read on the train, and now faces a horribly boring afternoon...

Or, she does until she notices another filly reading. Surely she can sneak a peek, right?

...have a tendency to go awry in the most unexpected of ways.

When the Crystal Heart's power destroyed King Sombra, all of the Empire rejoiced. Little did they know, they had played right into the ancient tyrant's hooves.

Having over a millennium to plan, Sombra knew that if a pony managed to get past his traps before he could reconquer the Empire, their was little chance of him surviving. So, he let himself be 'killed', in order to get closer to his true goal undetected; the Umbrum trapped beneath the Empire.

Hiding as just his horn, Sombra laid low in the very heart of the Crystal Palace, biding his time, until the entrance to the underground section was opened by the new Crystal Princess and another princess with a purple coat and familiar magic. Recognizing that magic as that of the pony that foiled his most recent efforts, and knowing of only one princess-to-be with a coat that color, Sombra swears to make Radiant Hope pay for moving against him once again.

Using his magic to reach the deepest depths beneath the Empire, Sombra reached the sealed Umbrum undetected, and reformed his body. Having devised a way to free them during his own imprisonment, Sombra began so, fulfilling his goal even without controlling the Empire. Bursting free in a wave of shadow that left no doubt of their return, Sombra gives Cadence a message for Celestia before following his own subjects into the night:

“Give this message to the Two Sisters. Deliver unto me the princess that yet again hindered my efforts to free my people to me within a week, that I might exact my revenge against that traitorous Radiant Hope, or I shall show all of Equestria why the Umbrum were so feared!”

However, when a week passed, and Sombra found out that the princess in question was not Hope, but rather a new princess named Twilight Sparkle, he finds his plans for revenge derailed. Bound by his word, when she offers to go with him to prevent a war, he finds himself with a 'prisoner' against whom he holds little ire.

And as time passes, Sombra begins to see that he and his 'guest' have more in common than he initially thought.

AU as of Chapter 34 of the 'Friendship is Magic' comics.

I deserve no forgiveness. If I could take it back, well... I would never have met her. Somepony who could forgive me. I think. Look, it confuses me so stop asking!

I hate him and what he did to the Crystal Ponies is something I will never forgive. So why is it that I care when ponies scorn him? When they hurt him, why does it make me cry? When I see him, why does my heart skip?

Is it just me or has Twilight gone crazy? Dude's a jerk.

Can we please change the subject?

Author's Note: Other is flagged due to the character flag limit. Expect Cadance, Shining Armor, Luna, and Discord at least!

Apart of the Spirit Trilogy

Spirits: Sunny's Displacement
Spirits: All you need is a Sunny Day
Coming Soon

My name is Heather, a 16 year old girl from Hot Springs, Arkansas. I may not have been the most popular, but I had a loving family and wonderful friends. That changed, however, when I got sent to Equestria. Only to make it worse, I don't remember a thing. Oh, that and I'm a pony...

Please note that this is only my second story, so please rate accordingly.

The time has come for Celestia and Luna to move on to the next state of being, and for the younger princesses to step into new roles. The time of succession is at hand. But change bring new challenges for Equestria.

It is time for a second Age of Miracles, or a second Age of Chaos. It depends on who the winners are, because the winners will write the histories.

All characters copyright Hasbro.

Twilight Sparkle has looked a bit different since getting back from a recent trip, and she's been acting oddly too. Her friends are determined to find out what's going on, but none of them are prepared for what they learn (well, except for Pinkie Pie).

Chronological Note: This story diverges from canon and is set late in Season 2.

Hi, my name is John White, and I am stuck in Equestria, in the form your favorite princess, Luna.

Nothing special about me really, I'm pretty much just a regular guy who happens to be a brony. I got a few friends here and there, pretty good ones at that, satisfied lifestyle, and quite the creativity.

Apparently that didn't stop the universe from being a butthole and decide to throw me into another universe entirely, in the most subtle way possible (in my point of view). And it just had to be the world every brony fantasizes to be in, the world of My Little Pony.

Now when I said "subtle", I mean that I was just sleeping peacefully in my bed one night, drifting in my own thoughts, and when I woke up, BOOM I'm everybody's favorite alicorn, Luna.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is my messed up story.

Author's Note:
This story is pretty much something I'm doing for my own pleasure. Don't like it? Fine. I'll stop if you want. I just don't want the comments to get too salty so to say with this thing. If this story does well, if just a little bit, maybe I'll do a little more. Also, if I do continue this, I'll probably edit the tags along the way.

Twilight was always fated to be the savior of Equestria, along with her friends. But fate can be so easily altered. What happens in one alternate realm when instead of marrying a unicorn, Twilight's mother had instead married an earth pony, resulting in her daughter being hornless? Without her magic, Twilight's future and destiny are far less certain, as is the destiny of all of Equestria.

However, destiny is not so easily set off course. When the princess of the night returns, can one little earth pony hope to be the one to help her damaged heart?

Now with a TV tropes page! Thanks to redandready45.

This story is a sequel to Sage of Harmony (Season 1)

The Princesses have sent out summons and requests to all of Equestrias allies the gauntlet has been thrown by an unknown enemy but they will not stand alone. Together the tribes of ponies bovines and all manner of other creatures will stand and face this new foe. the gathering has begun.

Instead of stone, the elements of harmony turned discord into a draconequus foal who imprinted on twilight sparkle as his mother, nothing wrong with that, right?

Written for Equestria Daily's The More Most Dangerous Game Writing Contest

Prompt:

-"An old foe is reincarnated in the body of a young pony. What will the Mane Six do when they find out?" (Past Sins)