For years Trixie has been living with a secret that has drove her to challenge Twilight Sparkle for the title of Equestria's greatest magician. Till now, no pony knew what that drive was, and once it is learned, can things ever be the same for them again? Or will this revelation bring about a change? Whether if it is for better or worse is for fate to decide.

My second entry for the Everfree Northwest 2014 Writing Contest

Featured on 2/27/14

At what should have been a routine doctor's visit, Applejack learns that she can never bear foals of her own. After an emotional breakdown, her friends do their best to calm her.

However, as the discussion develops, nopony is prepared for Twilight's revelation: the grand event which brought them together has left a hidden scar within each of them.

Tempers flare, relationships are strained, and the strength of their friendship is tested as each must come to terms with her newfound sterility.

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Editors:
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After Nightmare Moon was purged from Luna's body, it left her completely and utterly weak. Struggling to perform even the most basic of spells, she has been spending a lot of time in her quarters trying to regain her strength, but recently she's been dealing with horrifying nightmares that assuage her night after night, each worst than the last.

After a particularly bad nightmare, Luna starts to lose hold of what is real and what is fake, and it is up to her caring and loving sister to help her through her ordeal.

Contains: Diapers

Even in the land of Equestria, with a powerful princess leading the nation, some citizens live their lives lost and neglected by the society around them. Unnoticed among the thousands of ponies working, playing, and laughing during the day, at night they may have an odd encounter.

Under the quiet blanket of night, a leader continues to watch over her little ponies.

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One month after the events of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Sunset Shimmer finds her life in the human world crumbling around her. As a dangerous new enemy begins to show itself, in the form of a powerful terrorist organization known as the Chrysalis Syndicate, Sunset finds herself with no choice but to return to Equestria.

Upon prematurely crossing through the portal, Sunset is arrested for her past crimes and brought to the Princesses. She finds a new mentor in Princess Luna, is reunited with a long-lost family member, and is sent on a mission that would redeem herself in the eyes of the Princesses and the rest of Equestria.

But everything is not as it would seem. Even now when Sunset has come back to Equestria, she finds herself facing great danger, including a sinister villain involved in her past. Will Sunset and her new friends be able to confront this renewed, improved menace?

Table of Contents (For the reader's convenience):
Return to Equestria arc: Chapters 1-2
Mission to Fillydelphia arc: Chapters 3-22
The Weekend Off arc: Chapters 23-37
Vanhoover arc: Chapters 38-65
The Big Night arc: Chapters 66-80
Epilogue chapter: 81

Update: Now has a TV Tropes article, which can be found here. If you happen to be a Troper, please add any trope examples you find in this story to the article.

Current cover art by: mrs1989

With the population of the changeling race crippled by their expulsion from Canterlot, and their queen powerless to salvage it on her own, Chrysalis requires outside help from Equestria to get them back on their feet. But reaching out to Princess Celestia proves troublesome, as she cannot risk returning to Canterlot, and the one pony outside the city with a direct line to her is also the least willing to trust her. The salvation of her kingdom may rely on her making amends... and perhaps making friends as well.

Now has a sequel!

Cover art by Nocturnal Melodies (No_M), drawn at my request for this story.

Sequel to The Return of Princess Nightmare Moon! After having made a full medical recovery Princess Nightmare Moon tries her hoof at wooing one of her subjects, Nurse Bandaid. Meanwhile, Chrysalis returns to feed on Celestia, still vying for the position of godhood. (Coverart by Mewaponny!)

After her duel with Twilight, Trixie set out on her own to try and restart her life. For the first week, things were looking up for her, she was putting on free performances in Manehatten's park, collecting tips, and never lifted a hoof against hecklers. For once in her life, Trixie believed that her life could get better. By the second week however, Trixie was plagued by severe nightmares of her past actions in Ponyville as well as painful memories from her past. Eventually, the nightmares get so bad that she is at her breaking point and in desperate need of help. Trixie decides to return back to Ponyville to seek help from the one pony who doesn't resent her, Twilight Sparkle. There, Trixie will find a new way to restart her life and both mares will discover hidden feelings for each other.

My first attempt at a Twixie fic as well as my first fic in general that was written on my iPad. Any helpful/ constructive criticism would be much appreciated.

Discord visits Celestia to try and comprehend why the princess does so many unusual and inane things. He simply just doesn't understand her.

This is one of the stories I had planned in the long run. I had thought that it would be an interesting topic to delve upon and it would be a good way for me to experiment with heavy dialog and drama. It also was a way for me to try and write Discord and see how I personally perceived his character and I admit that it's a rather different approach than what you'd normally see on this website. Overall, I guess I'm just testing some waters out here.

Celestia will be reprimanded hard in this story, just to let you know. I love Celestia, I really do, but there's truly little we know of her and by introducing specific headcanons to explain some discrepancies, it's possible to view her in a rather negative light. That being said, she is the protagonist of this story and though this may be A headcanon, it is most definitely not MY headcanon.

I wrote this sometime in the middle of the night (give or take, four or five in the morning) so the congruency of this story is slightly questionable. It's really just a conglomeration of different ideas that came to my head at the time that never really ties together in end. Essentially, I'm just warning that it may seem like an odd read when you're done.

I would've written this story much later – I actually wanted to finish the romance one I'm working on first – but I'm trying to get back into a writing mood. I haven't been on a computer in over a week and I just can't finish the last chapter of that other story. I feel that I don't have the gumption for it yet. I hoped that by writing this, I would be able to get back on track. We'll see how that goes.

As for the cover art, I would have given it one but I'd also need to get into a drawing mood for that particular shtick. Unfortunately, that usually takes longer for me to get into than wanting to write. If you're willing to make cover art for me, that would be fantastic and I would very much appreciate it. If not, that's fine. I can make it some other time.

Truth be told, I'm not sure if this story is even good. I guess I'll just let the masses decide. I hope you guys enjoy the story and a comment of any kind would be appreciative.

Luna starts up a Judge-Judy-like show. But, as time goes on she slowly starts to waste away from some unknown illness. Stubborn as she is, she won't allow it to keep her off the throne dealing with her duties as Princess. Will Equestria watch as she wastes away to nothing, on live television?