This story is a sequel to The Darkness of Love

Spike saved the Elements of Harmony, but a past mistake had caught up to him. He died a week later, leaving Twilight heartbroken, holding a crystal that contained half his soul from before he succumbed to dark magic.

Now, some months later, Twilight has spent her time searching for the key to bringing Spike back. With everything in place, and Cadence assisting her with Spike's resurrection, will everything go as planned, or will something falter and leave Spike half of or twice what he used to be?

Opening theme for this story is: Awoken - Sound of the Aviators

Rated 'Mature' for Violence and Sex. To see sex chapters, click on the link here.

There are many theories on where the Draconequus come from. This story follows the transformation period of one such creature...

This story has been riffed in Doctor and Ditzy's science theatre by Rixizu. You can find it on his user page here

Spike has been missing for three years. Why he disappeared is a mystery to everypony. What caused him to leave in the first place, and why is he suddenly back now? He's acting cold towards his old friends and won't reveal why. He's lost his love for Rarity and is treating everypony he comes across the same way Gilda did.

Opening theme for this story is: Constellations - Sound of the Aviators

Rated: Teen for language and potential sexual outcomes.

Warning: Self-harm is described in this story. If you are prone to self-harm or know someone who is and feel uncomfortable reading about the subject, then I don't recommend reading the story.

A month or so after the Battle of the Bands, Principal Celestia calls Sunset Shimmer and friends to her office, for a long-overdue discussion.

Edited and smoothed over with help from the ever-patient Little Jackie Papercut.

This story is a sequel to Shadowbolts Adventures: Desperate Hearts

Lemon Zest and Vinyl Scratch have been happily dating ever since their dance-off through the streets of Canterlot, but when Octavia Melody spots them in a record store together, she passes a disturbing warning on to Lemon. A warning she simply can't ignore. When she confronts Vinyl Scratch about it, she hears the entire chilling tale of their ill-fated relationship.

Rated T for mild violence and mild language

This story is a sequel to Shadowbolts Adventures: Regrets

Twilight Sparkle isn't used to having friends, so when she receives invitations to two Hearth's Warming parties, she's thrilled until she realizes that she can't attend both at once. She tries to bring her Canterlot High friends and Crystal Prep friends together for the holidays, but tensions and bad blood boil over, and Twilight finds herself as the grand prize in the newest Friendship Games.

This story is a sequel to Shadowbolts Adventures: The Real Friendship Games

One cold snowy night, Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle chance upon three faces from Sunset Shimmer's past who have lost their way.

This story is a sequel to Shadowbolts Adventures: The Sound of Silence

During a lazy night alone at Twilight Sparkle's house watching a movie, Sunset Shimmer feels the time is right to deepen her relationship with Twilight. But when she makes her move, Twilight is caught off-guard, and it could mean the end of their friendship if they can't figure out exactly where they stand.

All was rather well in the young Princess Stella Nova's life. She was happy with her mother, Princess Twilight Sparkle and her father, Prince Flash Sentry. The day continued as usual until her mother received a heartbreaking message, and thus started the chain of events that would change Stella's life forever. Are these good events? Bad?

Or is there more on the young filly's mind that she's not speaking aloud?

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Special thanks to my wonderful bf Tarbtano for helping me with this! QWQ

One week after the Friendship Games, a small group of Crystal Prep Academy's Shadowbolts meet at Sugarcube Corner for the first, and possibly, last time.

What they did today, they did with no regrets—and their actions will change the course of the Canterlot High/Crystal Prep rivalry forever.

Editing duties courtesy of nanashi_jones. Cover art graciously provided by uotapo.