(This fanfic is a direct continuation to IDW's comic book miniseries Feats of Friendship. It is highly recommended you read that first.)

Long, long ago, before the unification of the three pony tribes in the very first Warming of the Hearth, a fourth tribe of ponies, the Thracians, were forced into the shadows of history. Their very existence forgotten by the ponies of Equestria.

One such Thracian pony, Swift Foot, has found herself in a crossroads between her family and her tribe, and the friends she had made during her time in Equestria. Can peace truly be made between these long separated factions? And what role does Swift Foot and her friends have to play in all of this?

Usually, the more skilled one becomes, the more the audience gets amazed.

However, for Trixie it doesn‘t apply. But why? No one knows how she does her tricks, so why are they not in awe of her? Is it because of her lack of real magic?

No, it wasn‘t, even if it‘s easy to blame it on it.

Thanks a lot for ChudoJogurt for proofreading it!

After Planet Aether has been brought to peace and stabilized, Samus Aran doesn't get much rest when she's sent to reconnoiter a nameless planet on the edge of Galactic Federation space. Ostensibly, she was supposed to determine the size of a Space Pirate operation that was mining Phazon on this planet... and mark the place for a quick strike by Federation forces if it came down to it.

But when things become much more complicated beyond what her mission brief had stated, she may find that her fate and those of some unlikely allies may be intertwined. The battle that rages on the ground in a fight for survival and duty may have Samus questioning herself when a new front in an undeclared, nameless war is opened... in her mind.

-This is in no way related to Metroid Equis. No required reading, no relation, nothing. Pretend it does not exist.
-Takes place between Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime 3. Metroid Timeline can be found here.
-Art by Pridark, sourced to her DA. Full picture is there.
-Story assumes very basic knowledge of Metroid universe, but I'll be doing my damndest to make this as accessible as possible.

A Metroid Crossover

A meteor, resistant to magical manipulation, crashes in Equestria, Planet Equis, and soon spreads an unknown poison throughout the land. Containment is all but failing and the Princesses have little power to stop the spread of the Great Poison. The Elements of Harmony are of little use as no knowledge exists of this threat that consumes all life. Help comes from a certain Hunter, clad in metal.

Samus Aran will not only fight for her life as always, but her own sanity as well as these ponies that she begrudgingly starts seeing as allies. New horrors and abilities await her as a reason to fight slowly festers within her, possibly unlocking something she had been denied for so long: Friendship.

Notes and Resources:

This takes place after Echoes. The events of Corruption will have not happened yet. In terms of MLP, consider everything up to and including the Crystal Empire. Princess Twilight does not exist here, etc. The official Metroid Timeline can be found here.

As well, this story references the manga in many places. Reading of it is not required and I try my best to explain the context, but if you're interested, both volumes can be found here.

EDIT: This story was written over two and a half years, beginning in 2013. You'll probably notice the difference in writing as the chapters progress.

Equus... peace and prosperity, the advent of a new era, one whose effects would last eons on end. And yet amidst it all, amidst an entire world's known history and apparent approach to its golden age, out there in the stars there are beings with ambition born out of ingenuity.

Once creation themselves, humans have become creators of entire galaxies, of entire lives. Defining and building up entire worlds who, like them, built nations and empires under their care. Gods they are not, creators they most certainly are.

But like gods who look down on their creation, so too did humans look down on them, whether it be to observe what their own creation had done, and maybe, just maybe... even learn from them.

All of these events happened before Twilight’s ascension as Ruler of Equestria, sometime after the defeat of the Legion of Doom.

Like my other story, I am doing this on my own and for fun, this was an older story I had written a while back, might improve on it, plus I'll do minuscule edits from time to time.

Edit 1: Did a bit of cleaning up for the short and long descriptions, hopefully, It doesn't look clustered now (IMO).

A sin of omission isn’t lying.

An assassination attempt on Princess Mi Amora Cadenza is made, thankfully, the attempt was made during her wedding with Shining Armor, and as it turned out, a changeling had taken her place and they, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), took the hit for her, even if the whole wedding was a flop when it was interrupted by the changeling invasion.

After all of that commotion, Equestria had a suspect for the attempted assassination, but it only raised more questions, with the very real possibility of it happening again, the grim thought of what could have happened if the real Cadence was there if everything went to plan, what could have happened if the real princess or any pony else had their life on the line for that matter.

Today and the days that would follow, Equestria is faced by a creature who was peculiar in motive, with a muzzle that reflected the everyday average pony.

Is this some sort of statement?

An attempt to gain power?

Was it just a skit gone wrong?

Or is it old blood rising back from the past?

Well, they might just find out soon enough.

They could only hope their resolve is greater than this stallion, because the lives of several others may lay on the truth that he might speak.

This COULD be considered a prequel of sorts to “The Informants Job” that I have going.

But this is a completely separate story for a reason.
So, yeah… ;-;

Constructive criticism would be nice along with corrections.

Subject Delta, an Alpha Series Big Daddy, has been through a lot in his life. But this is his last stand, he and his Daughter Eleanor are going to escape from Rapture. The Pairbonding destroyed, his body tired from all the fighting ... Subject Delta won't live to see the world beyond Rapture. The ending coming near, he finds himself escaping Rapture ... to only awake in a stranger place. Will Equestria be able to handle Subject Delta?

--Crossover with BioShock 2--

Author's Note: First, criticism is highly appreciated. Second, this isn't my first fanfic rodeo, but it's the first time in English. Errors will ensue, so feel free to correct me! Third, I hope you enjoy the story!

Copyright: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Hasbro), BioShock 2 (2K Games), Cover Image (The BioShock Wiki).

Tags: Crossover, Alternate Universe, Human, Dark. --Will be updated--

Characters: Subject Delta, Eleanor Lamb, Sofia Lamb, The Family, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Augustus Sinclair, Yi Suchong, Andrew Ryan, Shadow Stalker. --Will be updated--

Ponyville is a small, charming beach town on Equestria's coast, but it has a tragic history for Rarity. Despite this, she moves with her family to Ponyville to start her fashion business. While she begins to adjust to her new life she still does not believe the "Legend of the Mermare" that visits the Ponyville beaches and docks. Giving trinkets and gifts from the sea in exchange for a book. Especially if everypony in town, even her sister Sweetie Belle, seem to believe it.

So, when she goes one sunny afternoon to relax and read a book by the sea she very quickly realizes that the legend is not only very true but the mermare intrigues her like no pony has ever before.

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Here we go again! Earthsong 9405 draws amazing artwork and a bit of AU world building and I cannot help myself! Her Mernerd!AU idea just seemed too cute and sweet to resist. So here we are once again!
Really though, go see her Tumblr it is amazing.

All kinds of thanks to @Carapace for the pre-reading and support!

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?

Rainbow Dash finds out that Twilight's mother is the real identity of Silky Dusk, the author of the Daring Do books.

Excited by her discovery, she writes a fan letter.

Things only go downhill from there.

(Written before Daring Don't)

Proofread by RainbowDashie1001.

(Russian translation courtesy of Korryamber)

(Audio reading by KhaosSparkz)
(Audio reading by Ironwolf)
(Audio reading by Landon)