Dusty Armor, though he prefers Dusk Armor. Only thirteen years old but full of adventure and even showing a talent for magic...today is his fourteenth birthday and Princess Twilight is pulling out all the stops to make it the best yet, but when a gift sparks questions she doesn't want to answer, he seeks out the answers on his own. Learning more and more about his father takes him down a path that Twilight can only pray he rejects....

( Little something I made for Dusty Armor because I like the idea of Dark Magic and punk ...)

Sequel based off of Kiss of the Dark by Soothing Stone

Art by Izeer

King Sombra survived his defeat, but just. By the time he returned to form, Twilight became the newest princess of Equestria and the Crystal Empire was restored to its former glory.

He cannot take over Equestria the same way he tried before, but he has a card up his sleeve. Twilight won't see it coming, and Sombra might gain a powerful ally in the process.

And it will all begin...with a book.

Edits on Chapter 1 done with the help of TempesttheDragnix.

Major props to InuHoshi-to-DarkPen for letting me use this. That artist is really good.

As you walk through Ponyville, the first ponies you notice are the ones that really stand out. Namely, the mane six. But every time you saw that pony brushing past you or singing in the chorus or sitting in the crowd, it was one of us. One of the background.
A fic centering around the background mane six: Doctor Whooves, Vinyl Scratch, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon Sweetie Drops, Derpy Hooves, and Octavia.
Doctor Whooves as Twilight Sparkle
Derpy Hooves as Pinkie Pie
Vinyl Scratch as Rainbow Dash
Octavia as Rarity
Lyra Heartstrings as Applejack
Bon Bon Sweetie Drops as Fluttershy
And Roseluck Tyler as Spike the Dragon

Special Thanks to:
ThunderChaserCreate
SkyStorm
eXtaticus

King Sombra, after witnessing the fall of Twilight Sparkle, manipulated her emotions to make her his apprentice. Over the years, Twilight's knowledge of dark magic excelled at an astounding rate. But with such power has a toll on the body. Her hair and tone colors lost their hue, her eyes began to glow of dark magic, her horn glowed red when using magic. The power of shadows was so great within her, she could match her power with the Elements of Harmony. No longer was she Twilight Sparkle. Instead, she was the Herald of Shadows...

[humanized] The greatest cultural authority in the land of Equestria, a group of young minds chosen directly by the two High-Princesses: Celestia and Luna; to be represent them. Six young women who holds a great influence on their land's future.

How were they chosen? This fanfiction holds the tales to answer that question.

A side fic/prequel to my Apple Scratch series written by the common effort of six enthusiastic writers following that thread from the Apple-Scratch Verse group.

Cover art made by me with original drawings of Zantyarz (Twilight in this fic is dark skinned, it's just that I wanted to keep the same artist for the whole hexagon ;) )

So many close calls, so many potential hesitations, so many things that Twilight and Spike could have done differently, and they'd have failed. It doesn't matter what they did wrong or didn't do right, only that a split-second is all the difference Sombra needed. Now, Twilight is completely at Sombra's mercy, subject to whatever mind games he has planned for her...

Recent viewing of The Crystal Empire is helpful but hopefully not necessary. Special thanks to Mickeymonster for drawing the image that inspired this story.

Love is the most sacred of magics, possessed by all but commanded by few. It is the driving force behind life in Equestria, the lifeblood of pony civilization.

But when a new kind of magic arrives in Equestria, it is up to its bearer, Twilight Sparkle, to decide its fate...
or perhaps it's up to the magic to decide hers.

Featured on Equestria Confidential: 8/30/2013

Special Thanks to iOctavia for being an awesome bro and prereading for me! He also does writing of his own, so go check him out!~
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Rainbow Dash's son learns that unexpected surprises may come from those we underestimate. A story on father/son bonding.

Updated with self-drawn/colored coverart.

A direct sequel to my other story "A Dash of Fire", This story includes what was occuring in the last two chapters and beyond through Spitfire's perspective.

Based around the memories of Spitfire and the events occurring during and after the last chapters of A Dash of Fire.

Teen for language.

(Original A Dash of Fire http://www.fimfiction.net/story/7362/A-Dash-of-Fire)

Rainbow Dash is finally accepted into the Wonderbolts, her favorite acrobatic team, over the past months she helped the wonderbolts as she could, first up by saving the 3 majors of the team and Rarity with the Sonic Rainboom; then by, literally, saving a pie that Soarin dropped when talking with Spitfire; and last, but not least, by showing her authority to Spitfire when she quited the Academy, but then re-joined it. She deserves to be in the wonderbolts, but someone in the wonderbolts deserved her, and Rainbow Dash will not believe who is it

Couple: Soarin X Rainbow; my first story EVER!

AN: At some point of the story, I might change the rating to mature, the cause you already know why