September 26, 2016 - New York City

Six squads of the American Delta Force have been dispatched on a mission that could decide on the victor of the war against the Russians. Overlord, code-named Princess Celestia, leads the teams through the operation as they learn about their "friendship".

Characters:
Overlord (Codename "Celestia")
Breach Team (Codenamed "Pinkie Pie")
Bomb Squad (Codenamed "Twilight Sparkle")
Extraction Team (Codenamed Applejack")
Sniper Support (Codenamed "Rarity")
Air Recon (Codenamed "Fluttershy")
Air Support (Codenamed "Rainbow Dash")

How far would you go for love? Would you travel across the world? Face peril whatever the danger? Even sacrifice your own being? Rainbow Dash will have to answer these questions as she tries to find a forbidden mirror to bring back the one she both loved and lost. But at what price will it be?

Originally publish in 01-15-12. This story has been rewritten.

Summoned by a human obsessed unicorn Lyra, Otto von Bismarck appears in Equestria. The ever calm Iron Chancellor befriends many Ponies and encounters many new foes, all while trying to contain the power of his magical Pickelhaube, enchanted by the sinister lord of chaos himself - Discord.

In hopes of wreaking more wonderful chaos, said draconequus summons Montezuma, the Aztec Emperor. The man quickly starts to believe that Trixie is a goddess. Will Lyra and the moustached German Chancellor prevail against the evil forces of the egoistic showmare and her bloodthirsty servant, or will the whole Equestria drown in disharmony? Only time can tell, and the clock is right in Discord's left hand.

Big thanks to McNeil for proofreading and being generally helpful.

The year is 2756, roughly 200 years following the human victory against the Covenant Empire in the Great Interstellar War. We know for a fact that the Covenant, while they were massively corrupted, they were NOT by any means crushed altogether. Over the past two centuries, our UNSC Navy fleet has been assigning unmanned scout craft to and around the homeworlds of the major species of the Covenant Empire, and - while they appear to be living individually for the majority - new intelligence and scans of major systems still in "Covenant controlled" space suggest an ominous and inescapable truth: the alien menace has managed to regroup covertly, and they have massed a fleet FAR larger than anything our galaxy has ever seen before. We would assume that their most likely motive is vengeance, however other pieces of intel suggest that their intended target is not in fact Earth - or any of her colonies within UNSC controlled regions of space - but another, far more distant planet, lying on the outstretches of the Milky Way galaxy. Although their intentions are otherwise unknown, we cannot take any chances and allow the Covenant to advance to this new planet. A medium fleet of UNSC warships has been assigned a scout - and if all goes well - interception mission of this new planet, hopefully cutting off the Covenant in time to stop whatever plan they may have.

When the light dims and the flame burns out, the magic inside us all will forever endure.

Rainbow Dash finally builds up enough courage to talk to Twilight Sparkle about her true feelings for the purple Unicorn, and inadvertently uses the most romantic song of our (or possibly last) generation.

(And yes, I crossed it over with a song, just in case you were wondering.)

EDIT: First and probably only ever, added Author's Notes to address the frequent "Were means man" issue. Please read them before commenting.

"Fluttershy gets bitten by a werewolf from the Everfree Forest, but when a side effect of the changes limits her inhibitions, she starts to wonder if the cure is such a good idea. Even if she does start to behave a little 'differently' otherwise..."

A one-shot story in the spirit and style of an episode of the show itself.

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Cover image by ~Dragon-Fangx
(With one small edit to fit details of the story)

Twilight is an intelligent mare, and always has something to say. But when a group of bizarre creatures shows up at her library offering life long service and devotion, for once she's at a loss for words. Which is too bad, because she'd really love to ask: what's a human and why are they so weird?

Story Image by: Megan Lara

For almost a thousand years, the immortal Nightmare Moon has reigned over Equestria as Empress. To the average pony, Nightmare Moon is an overarching enigma whose rule is absolute and whose wrath is terrible. But to Twilight Sparkle, who as an orphan has never known her parents, the Empress is something else entirely. When the young unicorn is brought under the royal wing as an apprentice, she learns a great deal more about the supposed tyrant than she ever knew. But as Twilight is introduced to life with her new mentor, she is thrust into a world of political intrigue, conspiracies and secrets. Secrets that were never meant to be revealed. As allies and enemies plot against the very peace of the nation, will Twilight fall prey to the perils of her new position? Or will she prosper and find in Nightmare Moon the mother she never had?

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My eternal gratitude to my editor, LordOfTheWrongs, without whom Night's Favoured Child would not be the story it is today.

Now with added TVtropes!

Octavia is a high-class pony. Fine alcohol is her wont, and uncouthness her intense chagrin. Such is her surprise to find herself lumbered with an insufferable oaf of a DJ pony. However, sometimes these situations work themselves into a satisfactory ultimatum all the same.