Twilight reads an EXCITING book! Join her on this literary adventure!
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A grown Scootaloo lies on her couch. The droning of a radio is the only sound to be heard in the run down flat.

Rainbow Dash is dead.

A father talks to his son.

Daring Do goes on an epic quest to cross magnificent landscapes, to scale impenetrable boundaries, and to transcend herself.

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Celestia prides herself on preparedness. She expected the return of Nightmare Moon, putting measures in place to ensure her sister's return to her right mind.

Court thaumaticists theorized that the breaking of the Lunar Binding Charm would result in the release of Discord. So Celestia ensured that he could be resealed with comparative ease.

She put measures in place to warn her when Sombra's prison was weakening.

But there is another foe from her past, whose hostility she refused to acknowledge. And he is coming.

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This story begins shortly before 'Keep Calm and Flutter On' and follows canon up to but not including that point.
'Gore' in this story is limited to the prologue and the chapter 'Return to Canterlot part 2', and is very brief (and in my opinion minor) in both occurrences.

Alicorns—while long considered the most prestigious and blessed members of the Equestrian Aristocracy—in fact, suffer from a debilitating hereditary condition.

His Grace, the Duke of Ambeu, an aging and crippled Alicorn, ponders his own life, politics, and democracy in Equestria.

This is a side story to Rise of the Fluffy Ponies.

Image © Degrémont Anthony, free use allowed (GNU)

This story is a sequel to Twilight's Escort Service

Ratchette runs a one-pony fix-it shop for enchanted conveniences and devices, the only such facility in Ponyville. Some of her services are limited ones, and there are things she has to refer elsewhere -- but on the whole, she puts the majority of the repair traffic in order and in the two years since she first moved to the settled zone, Ponyville's become used to her. But strangers in town can still have a little trouble with her qualifications. Because her mark says she's perfectly suited for her occupation --

-- while her body claims exactly the opposite.

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group: new members and trope edits are welcome. While this story is technically a sequel, the earlier one just has the main character's first appearance, and this piece can be read as a stand-alone.)

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Cover art by EquesTRON.

Twilight's just received her official government escort license, which allows her to legally take on passengers during a teleport. Unfortunately, the fee was hideously expensive -- enough to completely wipe out all her spare bits. And there's a major purchase coming up which she refuses to put off. So what better way to raise the money than by giving her freshly-approved skill a workout? After all, it's winter, it's cold, ponies will get home all the faster, and since Twilight knows what 'escort' means, so will everypony else.

It's probably best not to bet on that last part.

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group -- but can be read as a stand-alone, and no knowledge of the other stories is required. New members and trope edits are welcome.)

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Current cover art by Harwick: please contact him for commission rates. Original cover art by EquesTRON.

While on a trip to Canterlot to do some research, Twilight happens upon a dust-covered book titled Insane Edicts: A Legal History of Equestria. Sure, the book seem innocuous enough, but when she opens it up she discovers that Celestia is far more eccentric than she'd like to believe.

Minuette is determined to have a nice date with a nice stallion, no matter what that takes.

Twilight Sparkle just wants her to stop wreaking havoc on the time-space continuum.

Things get complicated.

Edited by Exuno
Preread by Barbeque