Locating an artifact buried deep underneath one of the ancient places of study. An artifact is discovered. Though unlike many of his other artifacts there are no legends about it, there are no words or even vague writings save for one small message that they believe was written in blood found with the obsidian mirror
"some powers are not worth studying"
The only piece of the page able to be read. Naturally Starswirl the bearded's biggest fan nearly abuses her authority to be able to be first to study the artifact and of course gets sucked into the mirror to find a land filled with strife and danger. A land that the powers of friendship are not very well able to help anything with. Join the princess of friendship as she grows up, learning real lessons of honor, duty, and more mature lessons of life and the cost of ruling a nation. Will she triumph over her trails or fall victim to the many MANY dangers of Nirn.

There are consequences to every action, but we can't always predict what they will be. I stay up at night wondering what I could have done differently, but I've already paid the price for my actions. All I can do now is deal with the consequences, and I've got several great friends to help me do it.

Edited by: Neko Majin C, 314, Kleora, Dash The Stampede

The hundreds of trees of Sweet Apple Acres silently hold many secrets. The deaths of Big McIntosh's parents and the origins of his cutie mark are only two. For generations the trees have kept their watch over the Apple family and the sleepy town of Ponyville. And now one secret, long thought dead, is about to return and make the ponies of Ponyville wonder what really is in: the Blood of Apples.

Sequel to Mac's Tale

Original editing by Corwin Freiss and thanks to SusieBeeca and BradtheBronyfor the help with the revisions and later chapters.

When Princess Celestia is taken from her world to a planet of humans, she is immediately housed by a human named Alex. Promising to take care of her until a certain portal would open, he only asks her to stay in the house until then. Celestia however doesn't completely trust this alien creature and his sudden hospitality. She wants more than words before she'll listen to him.

Spike has always been in love with Rarity. But when Rarity announces she's found her one true love, Spike is left devastated. In a surprising twist, the one to mend his broken heart may be Princess Celestia.

This, of course, doesn't sit right with Twilight Sparkle.

But Twilight may put too much focus on Spike that she may not notice a certain Apple mare trying to tell her something very obvious ...

Chapter 5 proofread by Troubleshooter, who does not necessarily support the shippings and views expressed in this story, and given another once-over by Indeliblink.
Chapter 6 and 7 proofread by just Indeliblink.
Remaining chapters proofread by Kuairu.

Life can be challenging for humans born in Equestria, but it's especially tough for a human raised by ponies. Rainbow Dash overcame every obstacle life had thrown at her to become a hero of Equestria, the Element of Loyalty and make five of the best friends ever. Life couldn't be better, or could it? When she saves the life of an orphaned filly named Scootaloo she realizes she may have more than just awesomeness to offer others.

(Thanks to my great friend Steve for the editing and feedback on this story.)

(Cover art by the very talented Captainpudgemuffin and used with his kind permission. This picture was the inspiration for the story.)

Featured on Equestria Daily 12/29/16! Equestia Daily-Under Her Wing

Midnight Song: A Royal Guard on vacation. She was looking forward to a picturesque town with calming beaches, cute little cafes and even cuter ponies~ She wasn’t expecting to be robbed, targeted for death and get caught up in a plan involving some of the worst criminals in Equestria.

But hey, at least that little thief is cute~

Pickett Midnight: Wanted thief, amazing pickpocketer and all-around Best Pony. Well, in her opinion anyway. But when she steals the purse of a seemingly common tourist, her life is turned upside down.. But all's not well in her home. Corruption, deceit and murder is commonplace, even if nopony sees it. She wants to change that and a certain Royal Guard might just be the key she was looking for.

The fact that she’s pretty hot doesn’t hurt either~

Collab work with the amazing Ausbrony! Check him out: http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Ausbrony

Check the sequel! Midnight Mares, Crazy Canterlot Catastrophe

Rainbow Dash isn't having a very good day. First she was in some dark place, then it turns out she's in the hospital. Oh, and she's apparently blind now.

Eventual Twidash!

SEQUAL IS HERE!!!

Inspiried by the cover art, which belongs to the awesome 8-Xenon-8 on deviantart! Also inspired by the Ask Blind Rainbow Dash tumblr blog by Jykinturah.

Youtube reading, by the awesome L0RdZovChAoS, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6S23CkL48EM

Twilight moves to Ponyville, learning about friendship with the help of her five best friends. Little does she know that one of these friends has always wanted a little more than friendship. Can she learn about a new kind of friendship? How does 'Pinkie Sense' work? Will two of the most polar opposite mares in the town ever realize what they mean to one another? Find out in the story of the Party Animal and the Bookworm!

Edit: yes, I've changed a few things if you are re-reading this. I'm trying to get it all updated and fixed up; please let me know if anything's wrong. Gwg is a HUGE help in editing this among all my other work.

If you don't like it and give it a thumbs down, please let me know; I like to learn what I did wrong to either fix it or grow from it.

This story takes place in the same 'universe' as all my other stories; The Cutie Mark Crusaders - Fillies on a Mission!, A 'Not So Simple' Simple Life, Taming the Storm, and Tank's Monologue. Reading the others isn't required but it helps to give a fuller picture of what's going on.

The sequel is A New Kind of Party. Enjoy!

Twilight never cared much for romance, but after falling for Rainbow Dash, she's ready to make her move. But what happens if those feelings are unrequited? Should she hold onto hope? Is it even possible to let go and move on?

I've read a bunch of shipfics that are all happy resolutions after the confession so I wanted to try an alternative. So here is a slightly darker TwiDash fic because I am a terrible person who must make ponies suffer. Oh God Why?!

Edit: Now with addition of new cover pic used with permissions from aeroytechyon_x
Reformatted with less walls of texts and less Lavender Unicorn Syndrome as of 03/20/2015

Sequel here.