An older, bitter Pegasus stands on the edge, pondering her life and questioning her decisions - but Scootaloo has only one final choice to make. Will her haunted past finally make her take that final step, or will she find a different way out?

The Royal Wedding of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor is an event that will be remembered by ponies for generations to come as not only the day a Princess married a Captain of the Guard, but also the day that the Changelings almost took over Canterlot- a day when the Elements of Harmony and the Princess of Love stood up against the horrifying horde and somehow won a fight that Celestia herself could not.

However, for Fluttershy, it will stand out for a very different reason.

Because it is at the reception after the wedding and after several very strong glasses of wine that she is finally, after almost a year of pining in silence, able to speak her feelings aloud for a certain white unicorn of exceptional grace and beauty. Finally, after a year, she is able to tell Rarity how she feels, to let her heart's desire be seen beneath the sun and moon. But will Rarity return her feelings the way she hopes... or will clouds of hidden hearts and unspoken words keep her sealed beneath them, unable to reach the beauty beyond?

In Cloudsdale they have a saying- "Every cloud has a silver lining."... but will Fluttershy be able to find it?

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[A/N] This is a fic written for a good friend of mine to showcase a character she designed so beautifully, who is used in the cover page. This one's for you, Bri- I hope you like it. ^^

When Twilight Sparkle first arrived in Ponyville, she thought every pony there was crazy. Nowadays, she fits right in. This is the story of a normal day in her new home.

I'm rewriting the story. To my fans, I'd say it'll be worth re-reading.
Minor tweaks in some events, such as extension. I want this to be featured on EqD at some point, and they demand 3,000+ words per chapter. That'll be easy on everything but Ch5 which is currently 1,100 or something. I might combine it and Ch4.
Thanks for all your devotion, and keep in mind that I love your comments and PMs!
Oh, and Jecht finally has a cutiemark, and I'm coming up with names for her parents. Yeah.

Scootaloo has long since grown up and now lives in solitude on the edge of Ponyville. When she finds four foals stranded in the middle of a blizzard, she takes them in. To pass the time, Scootaloo tells them a story filled with danger, adventure, and impossible places. But, is the story really fiction?

A horrible Cataclysm has turned all of Equestria into a Wasteland of barren ash and twilight desolation. The Sun and the Moon have been destroyed. Everypony has died--including Princesses Luna and Celestia. But one pony miraculously survives; she is a lone wanderer, the last of her kind, surrounded by menacing creatures that hate her. She navigates the Wastes in an airship and scavenges off the blighted landscape to keep herself alive.

Then one day she meets an old companion who grants her a gift, the chance to go back in time to the warm and sunny days of Ponyville, where her dead friends live in happiness. How far will the last pony venture into this joyous age of Equestria, even if she fully knows that there is no way to change the horrible fate of everypony she loves?

2013 Edition: Smaller Chapters, Better Grammar, and a Few New Scenes

(A shout-out to Vimbert, pre-reader and gentlecolt)

As night falls over Equestria, our gloomy cast reflects on their troubled lives and find happiness may not be so unreachable an outcome as they had previously thought.

Feedback appreciated.

Twilight Sparkle has a lot of difficulty getting a good night's sleep. She has to keep it a secret from the ponies who care about her, because they might disown her. Worse, they might try to help...

WARNING: The first five or so chapters are, on reflection, properly grimdark. If this makes you run away like a puppy that just laid a brown egg on the new carpet, that's your prerogative entirely. Please don't tell me that I'm objectionable for having written it, though, because that's not very nice. Or accurate. At all.

The shiny new art is a commission by this lovely person, so do feel free to check her out for all your creepy-pony needs.

The Elements of Harmony are six of the closest friends in all of Equestria. But when a sudden tragedy strikes down one of the elements, how will the other five be able to handle their lives? Will they find the strength in themselves and each other, or will their inability to cope cause more tragedy for the group?

Featured on Equestria Daily December 30th, 2011

Luna's life since her return to the world has been more than she could have hoped for; her sister welcomed her back with open hooves and has done everything in her power to make Luna happy. On top of that, the Moon Princess has even made some friends in Twilight Sparkle and the ponies from Ponyville. Luna is the happiest she's been in a very long time, and she can't help but hope that her life has seen the end of its trials.

However... not all remnants of the past are willing to stay there.

One night, high in the mountain capital of Canterlot, Princess Luna is confronted by four ponies who all share a very deep connection to her; and the past that Luna thought was buried forever is suddenly unearthed and threatens not only her new life, but also the lives of Twilight Sparkle and her friends, as well as that of Princess Celestia.

Hatred has come to Equestria, and its power may be more than even the magic of Friendship can endure.

Sequel Stories:
"Of Thistles and Honey"
"The Chronicles of Dark Star: A Blade of Redemption"