Princess Twilight Sparkle has been faced with a difficult decision. Unsure of what to do, she seeks advice from her old mentor, Celestia. The ex-ruler of Equestria may not have an answer for her, but she does have a story. A story about guilt. A story about the greater good.

A story about the day after the worst day of her life.

Sunset Shimmer is Princess Celestia's most faithful student. The last thing she wants to do is disappoint her, and she's done everything in her power to make the princess proud. After a certain encounter, she finally figures out what she was meant for all along.

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Featured from 9/22/23 - 9/23/23!

This story is a sequel to Innocent Until Proven Cozy

Sunset Shimmer knows the risks of blabbing about Equestria. Especially to people whose counterparts are... unsavory. The human counterpart of Cozy Glow was a gamble, but so far she's paid off. A troubled girl struggling to stay good. All Sunset has to do is keep her trust.

Something very hard to do after a nosy native Equestrian shows up.

First Place Winner

of the 4th Annual Cozy Glow Story Contest, using the prompt "Cozy's got a secret!"

Ocellus doesn't like the way Hyaline looks. Neither do any of the other changelings.

She wants him to stop.

He doesn't feel the need to.

This story is a sequel to Pinkie Pegasus

Earth-pony inventor Twilight Sparkle and her friends discover a world unlike any they've seen before -- a world of fire. And it may offer clues to the history of all the varied worlds of the Space Beyond. But only if they can manage to escape its dangerously powerful inhabitants...

For more of this AU, check out the entire series, starting with:

• When Ponies Fly

Celestia has been raising the sun later in the day than normal, and setting it earlier than usual. Luna wants to find out why and help her sister with whatever problem she's facing. But help can be hard to give when your sister is in the middle of a depressive spell that will last for weeks more, one that she always faces at this time of year, every year.

Cover art by Mayhem Moth.

Legend has it that centuries ago, before Zephyr Heights existed, there was another desert town in the foothills, named Zephyr. It burned down long ago.

A companion, but by no means a prequel/sequel, to this story. My entry to 2023 Iron Author, with some edits.

On what seems like any other day, Sunset Shimmer stumbles upon an older woman that looks shockingly like her. Believing this to be her "human world" counterpart, she tries to connect with the woman, only to find that she has little interest in what Sunset has to say. While that does save Sunset from a few potential issues, it also raises an interesting question:

Why doesn't she care?

The Empress of the Crystal Empire has gone to horrifying lengths to protect her home against monsters that may not exist.

Since the acquisition of the Memory Stone, Wallflower Blush has become more and more forgotten by the students around her. Luckily, she gets the opportunity to become a “fairy” to whom anyone can talk about anything and be sure that the conversation will be forgotten.

To Wallflower, this is a perfect world. The garden and its fairy are her everything. If she has her way, this will stay forever.

But the world disagrees.

New chapter every fourth day.

Initially written for the New Blood contest as an invalid entry. Check out the official entries here.

Contest prompt: "A Secret Life"

Used bonuses:
- "Include a bug"
- "An unusual matchup"

Huge thanks to LysanderasD for proofreading this fic and to starcoder for making this cover art!