Long forgotten at the top of the world an ancient prison rests beneath the ice and snow. Built for one purpose, it has held a force of nightmare at bay for over a thousand years. Now the spells are broken, and the nightmare dragon Insomnia has escaped and she is determined that all of Equestria will taste of her wrath. The small town of Glendale must field its best to contend with the dragon, for they are Equestria's first and only line of defense against this great evil.

The story of Country Fiddle's (or also known as "Fiddlesticks" or "The Fiddler Pony" or, appearantly, "Greensleeves" or "Viola") life. All her adventures, from when she is born, up until the "Apple Family Reunion" is told here.

"Life is a pic-nic en costume; one must take a part, assume a character, stand ready in a sensible way to play the fool."---The Confidence-Man, Herman Melville

(I want it to be let known, that as far as I saw, I was the first to take on any major or minor deep intrest in this pony, in story or art, in an original way (e.i. not just seeing her as a minor background pony with the same design as Octavia)--save perhaps my first fan-fic, The Fiddler, which was written a week before the Apple Family Reunion episode, and posted on-line the day before that episode aired. I hardly mean this to sound vain, but merely that I am very happy and proud to have done this before any major or minor hype about her; despite its, so far, unpopular legacy....)

(And, for any pony who may read this story as it grows steadily into what will surely be quite the didactic tale of a young pony's life, from famous fillyhood to forgotten marehood, and her younger sister's hard life with thier family grown torn and indifferent, may, before its yarn is complete, want to refer to a hint to her life as told from her own mouth in The Fiddler.)

As one of the royal guards, I feel it entitles me to call myself a hero to my fellow reindeer, someone they can look up to. I was going to spend my last breaths on my land, abiding by the oath I swore by for my kingdom.

I had no idea the true hero was half my size, had little training and was the only one who really stuck with the oath.

Brilliant artwork by Archonix, check out the source for his dA page.

(Entry for the World-Building Alliance contest for February in the "reindeer" category. Features barbarian ponies and reindeer.)

When reports of ponies disappearing into the Everfree Forest, the Royal Guard sends in five ponies into the darkest denizens of the unexplored forest. Upon entering, the group attempts to find the source of what is causing ponies to turn up missing, but unravels a new mystery along the way, one that will test the will of each of the guards.
(Teen for language)
(Damn writer's block got to me on this. Might be a while before I update it. Sorry.)

The supernatural: Ghosts, zombies, werewolves, spirits... vampires...

Twilight Sparkle always thought that the supernatural was just a bunch of superstitious nonsense, just some scary stories to tell around a campfire. She couldn't have been more wrong.

After an occult ritual gone horribly right, Twilight finds herself among the ranks of these so called 'myths', whether she likes it or not. Due to the same force that changed her, dark shadows have begun to spread across Equestria, bringing to life these ancient fairy tales. And Twilight might just be the only one that can stop them...

For better or for worse, Twilight has been changed. Will she embrace this dark gift and become the hero Equestria needs, or will she eventually succumb to temptation and become the very thing she fights?

In the aftermath of her defeat, Queen Chrysalis awakens to find herself in the claws of a monster that has terrified Equestrians for as long as they can remember. What's it going to do?

It's gonna do the best it can...

Every hundred years, Luna departs from Canterlot to launch an inspection of the mighty prison complex known as Tartarus. This time, though, the new Chief Warden has something different in mind: he thinks it's high time somebody inspects the way Luna runs things.

She's got a feeling it's going to be a long week.

Thanks a ton to Silverguard for the awesome cover!

Using ancient magic, Trixie summons the Pooka, the legendary spirit of the wild, to help her get revenge on Twilight Sparkle. As usual, things don't go as planned, and she learns just what happens when you mess with old magic. Now the Pooka is loose, and is determined to reestablish himself as the rightful ruler of the Night.

(Originally titled 'Wrath Of The Manxome Foe') An attack in East Trottingham has left a villiage in ruins. Twilight fears that it's the start of another dragon war, but soon she and her friends discover that it's much worse than that: An ancient nightmare of a beast has seemingly returned from the dead, and proceeds to rampage across Equestria with unrelenting fury. Panic soon overtakes the country, and Celestia's once peaceful kingdom is set on edge with fear as they flee from the creature's wave of destruction. But amidst this chaos, some try to subdue the beast as the heroes of legend have done before. But can they stand against something that even dragons fear?

Shortly after defeat at Canterlot, Chrysalis crashes into a desolate castle where she discovers powerful and ancient beings from Equestria's early days holding a meeting. Predictably, they are curious about her, and after a brief confrontation, come up with an idea involving her and her counterparts, Discord and Nightmare Moon.