Edit: Well, it was supposed to be a one-shot, but because of the overwhelming response for more and all the positive reception its been getting, I'm going to continue this a little more! Just a little bit. It's still going to be a short story, nothing major. I hope you all enjoy it! Please leave a vote/comment if you took the time to read!

My contribution to the holiday, a short, silly one-shot I wanted to do, featuring Shining Armor and Fleethoof. How would you go about telling somepony you liked them? How would you leave them a little token of affection? Hopefully not this way.

Happy (belated now) Valentine's/Hearts and Hooves Day, everyone!

This story is a sequel to Skyfall: Treason

The Everfree Forest. The myths that surround that dreaded place are just that: myths. Tales of monsters, cursed creatures, and evil magic are just stories made to scare foals at night.

But every story comes from some truth, and some answers are better left in the dark.

Inspired by Story of the Blanks.

Special thanks to my pre-readers Jake The Army Guy, irobern2857, Treilacl, and USMCbrony0311.

Characters and locations belong to their original creators.

This story is a sequel to Skyfall

From the author: Chapters with ♫ have music to accompany them. Check the Author's Notes at the bottom.

Following the events of Skyfall, Shining Armor has moved to reform the Royal Guard into the intimidating fighting force it was always meant to be. Skyfall Team is on hiatus, a long-earned respite. For the first time since the Griffon War, Equestria is recovering and growing substantially, no longer living in the shadow of danger.

But when an allied unit goes rogue and new threats loom from the shadows, Equestria's harmony is thrown into international turmoil that could bring about a world war between old enemies and allies. It is left to Skyfall Team to cover up the incident, and eliminate the defectors, before chaos can erupt into full scale conflict that could spell armageddon. Facing off against their comrades, Skyfall will learn that sometimes the toughest fights we face are against our own brothers.

All characters belong to their respective creators.

A Changeling is ordered to go to Canterlot to create peace between ponies and changelings, but ends up getting sidetrack and ends up meeting new friends.

Sequel to Of Princesses and Changelings.

A month has passed since the events of the last story and now Cadence has been taken to the Changeling lands in the hopes that getting to know the Changelings better will help her get over the deep seated bigotry she holds. Everything is not peaceful in the Changeling ranks, however, and tensions between the species' hives could spell doom for Cadence.

Meanwhile Shining Armor, not wholly convinced of his wife's actions, sets out to discover what really happened to Cadence during her attempts to take down Chrysalis.

Princess Celestia has returned from a diplomacy mission with the Changelings, and she has a big surprise. She and Queen Chrysalis have fallen for each other and are now a couple. Cadence, more than a little distraught over what has transpired, plans to separate the two and prove that Chrysalis is still the evil enemy she was at the Royal Wedding.

Sequel: To Cast the Doubt Away

Twilight expects a lot from Discord, now that he has been 'reformed'. While he hasn't destroyed all of Equestria by making it a chaos filled wonderland, he does tend to annoy and lie to her and her friends about almost everything. As such, she has learned to take anything he says with a grain of salt. But imagine her surprise when the prideful Discord not only comes to her, claiming he wants to help other ponies but he begs for the her help to do so.

What was he planning?

This story is a sequel to My Enemy's Enemy

Rainbow Dash is staying in Canterlot for a few days to perform in a Wonderbolts show, and she decides to take Scootaloo with her. Scootaloo finds herself becoming a celebrity of sorts at Central Canterlot School and begins basking in her new-found glory - but she soon notices a young changeling, Pupa, is being left out and tormented by the other students. Will Scootaloo be forced to put her popularity aside to help a filly in need?

(The prequel isn't necessary reading, all you need to know is changelings and ponies aren't enemies anymore, and the changelings live in Canterlot now, alongside the ponies :3)

Have you heard the tales of the gallant Sir Talon? Equestria had never seen his like; a warrior without peer, and a gentlecolt with a wit sharper than his sword, he defended the land from countless threats! No trouble was too minor for such a humble servant of the realm, but no threat was too great for his courage, either!

Though he had been born and raised in a foreign land, he felt destiny call him to Celestia's court; through his mighty deeds, he came to be recognized as one of her greatest agents, but such accomplishment engenders dangerous envy. Even for a noble knight of the realm, things were rarely as straightforward as they ought be; what awaits you are tales of derring-do, intrigue, betrayal, and the burden of a hero whose secrets were darker than Luna's night, so the fainthearted should turn away now...

... for the tale that awaits you may not be all that it seems.

(( The story stands alone proudly, but perhaps it is related to the Iqqelverse, which can be viewed by clicking here. ))

Octavia Melody isn't what you'd call a particularly adventurous pony, but even she can't resist the temptation to investigate a good mystery – especially when that mystery involves one of her greatest musical influences.

The identity of the great composer 'Cecily Cambirvir' has gone unknown for more than a decade, but Octavia heard a rumor that suggested more information could be found in the Changeling Hive Chrysalis. Against her better judgement, she signs up for the changeling cultural exchange program, and rides the train to the hive with her best friend, Vinyl Scratch.

(( This fic can work as a standalone, but it is an epilogue for The Queen and I Book 3. Consequently, it has massive spoilers for that story. You can check out the entire series by clicking here. ))