This story is a sequel to Terror in Equestria: Rise of the Dark Queen

The Dark Queen Twilight has just cemented herself as the sole and supreme ruler of all of Equestria. She is extremely powerful yet she thirsts for even more power. She thirsts for the ability to be able to see anything she desires in the whole world. To achieve this, she must launch an attack on a heavily guarded city that is protected by numerous Alicorns. Will she achieve her goal or will she be driven out and risk losing her own empire?

Equestria was not always the land of peace and plenty that it is today. Once, long ago, the land was filled with dangerous beasts and terrible monsters. But you’d be hard pressed to realize this from the history books, for records from those times are few and far between. In fact Equestria’s historical records are littered with gaps and spaces. Entire eras and civilizations lost to history, known of by only a few ponies.

Daring Do is one of those few.

She has learned that lies in those historical gaps; dead empires, extinct species, and monsters of immense power. More than that, she has learned that not all of those ancient monsters are dead and buried.

Some persist even to this day.

And some hide in plain sight.

Tenth Place in the July 2016 Write-Off Event: End of an Era.

"Lord" Tirek has been defeated, and now is once again in Tartarus. Yet even as he rails against his fate, one princess comes to ask some questions.

She won't like the answers she gets.

A small little story to fit one headcanon of where Tirek and Scorpan came from. Also the seed of a longer story, but I've got enough unfinished stories on my plate, so call this a little bit of therapy to put the idea to bed so I can work on something that actually needs to be finished.

This story is a sequel to Celebration at Twilight's

Discord wants to enjoy the Summer Sun celebration with the rest of Ponyville.

Sure, everybody's already dead by the time he arrives, but it's not like that's going to stop him.

King Sombra is dead....or that's what everypony thought at least. Spike managed to bring the crystal Heart to Princess Cadence and initially destroyed the shadow King. But something happened in-between Cadence intervening and Sombra being mere seconds from claiming his prize. A small part of the king's soul entered Spike's body when they met each other's gaze. Since Sombra's defeat, Spike continuously had visions of the foe and he couldn't understand them. During one such night, something ...different happened.

Unable to take the cruel and wrongful accusations of her being the secret-posting blogger, Anon-a-Miss, by her former friends and the rest of the students of Canterlot High; Sunset Shimmer runs away vowing never to return. When the true identity of Anon-a-Miss is finally revealed, it is too late. The guilty and remorseful students of Canterlot High set out to find Sunset. Little do they know that their holiday season is about to get even worse. Their mistreatment of Sunset has attracted the legendary punisher of the naughty, the Krampus. Krampus and his helpers begin hunting the students one by one with the intent of giving them a Christmas in Hell. Can Sunset Shimmer find in her heart to forgive all who've wronged her and save them from a fate that is probably more than they truly deserve?

Sunset Shimmer has been keeping a secret from her friends for a long time: When she was turned back from a she-demon, not all of her power was extinguished. It laid dormant, waiting for a moment to re-emerge and take control once more. For months, Sunset Shimmer has remained strong, holding it at bay and keeping it locked deep within herself.

Yet, no cage or lock is unbreakable and some locks can't be so easily fixed once broken...

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Proofread by 7th Outpost, RQK and Dusty Old Qrow

Fluttershy is known far and wide for her kind heart but what will they do when they find out it was all one big lie from the start?
The true one pulling at the strings, The will of the hive-mind....The bride of evil, Fluttershy.

'A heart can only take so much sorrow before it sinks into darkness.'

---inspired by my friend 'zalgano'

During an evening performance at a private manor, Octavia is shown one of the rarest and finest instruments known to Equestria, a Stellar Variance cello. Just being in the same room as one is a dream come true for Octavia, but then she is given the chance to play it. It is an opportunity Octavia can't pass up, no matter the consequences.

Yet, the next morning Vinyl finds herself at the same private estate, searching for the friend and roommate who never came back.

Twilight Sparkle has died. Now she is free from earthly bonds that once shackled her. Beginning a new life, one that can be compared to godhood, she returns. But for what purpose?