Married to her rival turned lover, Twilight Sparkle's life is pretty great. A year ago she was kidnapped from her home, by a vengeful and angry Trixie, and now they live together in harmony.

Or So Twilight thinks.

It's always darkest right before dawn, and Twilight is about to learn some of the harshest lessons she'll ever encounter.

A series of dangerous and deadly accidents begin to befall Ponyville. Normally, something Twilight would chalk up to simple coincidence
Only Twilight is beginning to suspect foul play going on.
What's worse, is she's beginning to suspect Pinkie Pie.
And there is something very wrong with Pinkie Pie

*3 AM Rarity Short*

Octavia a mare of class and of deep regret, has come to a decision to end it. She just has one last thing she must do. She must write her last letter to Vinyl. Then she can finally stop.

Twilight Sparkle is dead.
Twilight Sparkle is only slightly inconvenienced by this.

“I heard you two mention the sickness. Nasty business, that.”

Applejack set her jaw. “Yeah. It is. Lotta good ponies who did nuthin’ wrong sufferin’ from it.”

“Good? Seriously? Those degenerate colt-cuddlers?” Spoiled Rich chuckled. “Well as far as I’m concerned, it has only one thing going for it – it’s killing all the right ponies.”

An Apple family member makes angry demands of Princess Twilight in the middle of a personal crisis.

Trigger warnings for HIV, the AIDs Crisis, homophobia and death.

I started writing this back in early 2018. It took me three years to finish because of the subject matter and the fact it's a non-linear narrative. All I ask is that you give it a chance to make sense and it will.

Many thanks to my pre-readers who looked at this in its various stages over the past three years: Clever Hooves, Suni, TheLostNarrator and Neighrator Pony

[EDIT] Wow, this stayed in the feature box from June 29th 2021 to July 3rd 2021! Thank you all!

It's the anniversary of a very important day in Apple family history. Important, but tragic. Granny locks herself in her room, reminiscing about what happened that day and why none of her grandchildren will ever be told the true tale.

A Full-cast reading can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74nfWdVlkso&t=1s

Applejack recounts the events surrounding her cousin's death to an interested stranger over a bottle of hard cider.

A short tale of unspoken retribution, wild-west style.

“I’m not making you do anything, Flurry," Cozy murmured. “I’m giving you a choice. Me or your empire. And we both know what the right call is.”

Winner of FanOfMostEverything's "Imposing Sovereigns III" contest, using the prompt "Flurry Heart/Perseverance" (and technically "Cozy Glow/Determination" as well).

Roseluck's been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. Everytime she's about to fall asleep, an overwhelming sense of loneliness swoops in and snatches it away.

The fact that she's looking after a creature from the stars doesn't help.

With nothing better to do, Rose heads out to her greenhouse for a little late-night gardening, hoping that a little time with her beloved flowers will help her fall asleep. As she works in the greenhouse, she sees her unusual houseguest is also having trouble sleeping. That, and he's holding a noose...

Special thanks to TheMarvelousMrM for proofreading and editing. I couldn't have done it without him!

Another special thanks to the Finnish indie band Poets of the Fall for the two songs that inspired this fic. Look 'em up, why don't 'ya?

A collection of (mostly) unconnected one-shots all based around pairings as chosen by the Wheel of Shipping. Each day throughout March, I will spin the wheel to produce a pairing and then write a one-shot about that couple. Some stories will be long, some short, some comedy, some drama, some tragedy, some serious, some not etc.

Wheel of Shipping, turn, turn, turn, show us the pairing that we should burn ...

[Note: Not all tags are in all stories. They represent an overview of what the stories as a whole include. Check description for brief notes on the genre of each day's ficlet.]

Day the Twenty-Fifth: Derpy Hooves/Nightmare Moon
Day the Twenty-Fourth: Rainbow Dash/Princess Luna
Day the Twenty-Third: Trixie/Pinkie Pie
Day the Twenty-Second: Apple Bloom/Apple Bloom (grimdark)
Day the Twenty-First: King Sombra/Gilda (comedy)
Day the Twentieth: Trixie/Starlight Glimmer (comedy/romance)
Day the Nineteenth: Discord/Sunset Shimmer (comedy/action)
Day the Eighteenth: Fluttershy/Spitfire (romance/uplifting)
Day the Seventeeth: Cadence/Nightmare Moon (slice-of-life/darkfic)
Day the Sixteenth: Photo Finish/Princess Celestia (darkfic)
Day the Fifteeth: Princess Luna/Gilda (sadfic/drama/uplifting)
Day the Fourteenth: Golden Harvest/Braeburn (sadfic)
Day the Thirteenth: Sunset Shimmer/Fluttershy (fluff)
Day the Twelfth: Noteworthy/Fleur De Lis (sadfic)
Day the Eleventh: Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon (darkfic)
Day the Tenth: Limestone Pie/Starlight Glimmer (comedy/slice-of-life)
Day the Ninth: Sapphire Shores/Countess Coloratura (fluff)
Day the Eighth: Rainbow Dash/Celestia (comedy)
Day the Seventh: Cadence/Tirek (grimdark)
Day the Sixth: Flash Sentry/Spitfire (sadfic)
Day the Fifth: Fleur De Lis/Big Macintosh (slice-of-life/uplifting/drama)
Day the Fourth: Marble Pie/Prince Blueblood (slice-of-life/uplifting)
Day the Third: Fancy Pants/Svengallop (fluff)
Day the Seconde: Rarity/Shining Armour (drama)
Day the Firste: Queen Chrysalis/Noteworthy (tragedy)

If you wish to spin for your own random pairing, the Wheel of Shipping can be found here.

Cover art of the author drawn by Tranzmute in lieu of something more appropriate.