One morning, Twilight doesn't want to get up.
By chance, she is an over powerful alicorn with godlike powers and there is no rule that say you can't use powers if you've got them, right? What is the worse that could happen...

Not much actually, but still.

Takes place during an alternate season two ending, simply for plot reasons.
Based upon The Stanley Parable, but no knowledge of it is required.

This is a story about a mare named Twilight Sparkle.

One day, Twilight discovers that all her friends have gone missing. It is this realization that sends her on her way towards an adventure that allows her to discover her destiny in the end.

Or maybe it doesn't. Maybe she finds a dark secret about her past. Maybe she finds a dark secret about one of her friend's past. Maybe she finds cupcakes.

Or maybe all she can find is the beginning.

This is the Twilight Parable.

Editor: ShadowblazeCR

Pinkamena Diane Pie (to her friends, Pinkie Pie) has a secret. By day, she's a fun-loving party pony, but by night (Well, also during the day. She's not picky), she's a hitmare, working for the sectors of the government the classified sectors of the government say don't exist. As the best assassin in the agency, she's the one they turn to when presented with an impossible task.

OBJECTIVE: Kill the unkillable. Assassinate Philomena, Celestia's pet phoenix.

Written as an entry for the F*** This Prompt 10 Contest.

Fun fact: I've never seen Kill Bill. Good thing this isn't a crossover.

Thanks to a friend for helping me work out just how to go about doing this. Hopefully it turned out well. If it did, please hit that like button! (Alternatively, if it didn't, I can't stop you from pressing the other button. We don't talk about the other button.)

Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Equestria, is still, above all else, a dedicated librarian and bibliophile. Books must be cared for. Books must be returned on time.

Books must be respected.

Now with dramatic reading!

There are some situations where being an Element-Bearer can help a pony in her daily life.

Getting a mailing address officially changed isn't one of them.

(Now with author Patreon and Ko-Fi pages.)

Blank Slate is the greatest thief of his generation. He has robbed countless nigh-impossible marks, and his talents as a master of disguise are beyond par - truly, nopony knows who he is.

And now he's preparing the greatest heist in mortal memory: the treasure vaults of the Princesses themselves.

But you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get one past the pony who defines when ‘early in the morning’ is…

Spoilers in the comments! Beware! Beware...

Audio Reading available - thank you ABagOVicodin
Czech Translation available - Thank you Keranis

Twilight's relentless study of Pinkie's strange abilities leads to a horrifying revelation.

This site really needs an existential horror tag.

Rainbow Dash, thanks to Twilight Sparkle, is transported to Earth. Now all she has to do is wait until Twilight tracks down her magical source and get her back to Equestria. Unfortunately, humans aren't too happy with a brash and daring flying pony popping out of nowhere.

There are few things that Twilight Sparkle is sure about but she knows for certain that Princess Celestia does not, and never will, play pool.

With thanks to Luna-tic Scientist, Lord of Dorkness, docontra, and JCatt for their help pre-reading. Cover image by Skyline19.

Only a few hours after she learned of the Griffon Empire's invasion, Princess Celestia surrendered herself to the griffon army and asked for an audience with the Griffon Emperor.

The Emperor thinks she's here to negotiate Equestria's surrender.

He's wrong.

Spanish Translation
Polish Translation