It could have been just another night. Instead, Vinyl Scratch leaves a show to find herself suddenly presented with a chance to make a difference in the life of a filly no one else will look twice at. Now if only she can convince Octavia she's not making a huge mistake...as usual.

Note: This story now has an indirect sequel set several years in the future in The Most Unlikely Places. Cover art by SonicDash777.

This story is a sequel to Falling Backwards

Most ponies Twilight Sparkle’s age would never dream of being in her position. Then again, most ponies can safely say they’ve never been a princess of Equestria, Element of Harmony and are currently raising one of their best friends after a traumatic brain injury left her completely helpless. No, she can safely say that she’s alone in that regard.

Now edited by Schadenponi.

Alternate timeline sequel by DG Games found here: Raising Rainbows

This story is a sequel to Rainbow Drab

This story is a sequel to Pinkie Pi

Like its prequel, this story takes place in an alternate universe where Fluttershy, known as Fluttersky, has Rainbow Dash's personality while Rainbow Dash is actually called Rainbow Drab.

Meet Pinkie Pi. She's a nerdy-genius scientist with a lot of smarts about things nobody besides her and the other smart ponies care about. Now, meet Twilight Sparkler. She is the super-fun pony party planner of town. These two are spending today together; it can't be that bad.

After the events of Simple Ways, Trenderhoof tries to shrug of the embarrassing events of the Ponyville Days Festival by going to Manehattan to write an article on the latest musical. However, when he meets the musical's costume designer, what he hopes would not happen again does.

Trenderhoof just can't stop falling in love, can he?
And who better to bring the two together than the grumpy cat pony?

READING done by The Living Library Player Society

Note: This was originally written between Seasons 1 and 2, and may ignore conflicting lore established by Season 2 or later. THIS IS REALLY OLD WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS

Twilight Sparkle and her friends are snowed into the library one evening, and they happen upon that rarest of specimens - a book Twilight doesn't recognise. However, the ancient tale of adventure and intrigue they find inside ends up shattering their worldview and sending them on an adventure of their own.

This is basically what came to my mind when I heard that Lauren Faust's original concept for the show was of a more arc-based, magical girl style (this turned out not to be true, but my mind ran with it anyway), but this story ended up a long way from magical girls and well into high fantasy by the time I started writing. Also draws on select Homestuck and Dungeons & Dragons themes, and plays with a lot of things the canon leaves unexplained.

Tag update: Reduced character tags to Mane 6, CMC, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash. While the Mane 6 and CMC provide most of the ensemble cast, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are the primary viewpoint characters.

Additional Tags: Anthro, conspiracy, high fantasy, gryphons, war.

Sequel now posted!

Everypony enjoys myths and ponytales, even if they know such things aren't real. Alicorns fighting against a spirit of chaos? An ancient princess trapped in a library under a tree, waiting to be found? Quite enchanting and fantastic tales yes, but nonetheless as fictional as Daring Do and other such stories. At least, that's what Rarity used to think.

She doesn't anymore.

Dedicated to Annuska for being as amazing a writer as she is a friend.

Now a physical book!!!
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Based on an old oneshot.
Chapter Art by Arctic Waters // Graphic Design and Typography by Swan Song.

Sunset Shimmer has finally rebuilt her life at Canterlot High. She has friends, she's in a band, people like her, everything's going great...

And then out of nowhere, she turns back into a small talking unicorn.

Now, with the help of her friends, she has to figure out why she's suddenly a pony in a human world, and whether or not she can become human again...or will have to leave her new life and go back to Equestria.

(Cover art vector sources: Elsia-pony, TheShadowStone)

Now with a TVTropes page!

So... I've been a Soarindash writing mood.
Anyway..

What do you think of when you hear "Rainbow Dash?" Athletic? Cool? Braggy? Loyal? Two-Dimensional? In this story, she is all of that, but more.

Cover art made by Eilemonty

As Rainbow and her soccer team get ready for the big game, she startes to feel weird around a certain boy she's been friends with for years. But it can't possibly mean..
Could it?