No important political meetings to attend? Check! No letters to answer? Check! A magical and child-safe gift for Flurry Heart that she's sure to love? Check!

Her schedule was clear. Shining and Cadence were off on vacation. She'd prepared all her materials. Twilight Sparkle was more than ready to spend a fun-filled weekend babysitting her favorite niece.

But she wasn't prepared for King Sombra's return. Nopony could prepare to be trapped with him inside a storybook of fairy tales.

And nopony's ever ready for an unhappy ending...

Proofread by: Alicornpriest

Winner of November 2017 NaPoWriMo: Goal of 50k smashed!

Now Featured on Equestria Daily - First hit the Featured Box on April 28th!

Twilight isn't having a very good day. An experimental spell blew up in her face, an army of changelings is attacking Canterlot, and she just died. Yet somehow, it looks like it's going to keep going downhill from here.

Given the chance to correct what's gone wrong, Twilight swears she's going to fix all this even if it kills her. Which it will. Frequently.

Cover art by Pixel Prism
Spanish Translation
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Written by Nerf Stranger and myself. We work on all the chapters together as a team.

After his reformation, Discord had finally warmed up to the idea of having friends, but friendship without trust and mutual understanding means nothing. His latest attempt to gain Twilight’s ends in a magical catastrophe. Injured and left without his god-like powers, Discord has to work with the obstinate alicorn to find a solution.

It soon becomes apparent that a misguided spell isn’t the only wedge driving the pair apart. When those wedges are removed, it’s up to Discord and Twilight to repair the damage. They never imagined it would go further than that . . .

Dark tag for emotional dark scenes, not for grimdark.

This is a stand alone novel. It is NOT a sequel or branch story to my completed work, This Cruel and Random World.

Amazing cover art a gift from Nerf's friend, Madelee. Thanks so much! It's amazing!

Editing for the first chapter courtesy of my buddy Nomad_Sigma.

"Three's A Crowd" endcap. In which Discord hates his life, Cadance is a bit of a troll, and Twilight learns an important lesson about friendship and the concept of negative vs positive attention. Also, a draconequus makes a tolerable kite when necessary.

Progress Bar at my writing journal.

Twilight Sparkle never thought too hard on love and didn't really contemplate on her experience with romance. She begins to when a conversation with Rarity brings her to think about finding somepony special to love, changing her life résumé. There are complications, though, as she discovers the difficulty with herself and others of maintaining a relationship told to be better than the ones you have with friends. She's supposed to know when she loves somepony, right? The way they look at you, the way they act around you..? The signs become less clear and lines become blurred when Twilight seeks for the thrill of love.

Twilight and Discord knew the time had come. They must leave the planet and the magic they had clung to for centuries. And yet, this was one journey they would not see through the end. Saying goodbye would not be so easy . . .

[My experiment delving into emotionally charged, non-romantic shorts. I was on a sci-fi kick, so I went for a genre I don't normally touch with a ten foot pole.]

Thanks to treegrowth for encouraging me while I wrote this. Wouldn't have finished if not for his help.

[Part of my Aberrant Harmony Universe]: No need to read any of the novels to enjoy this though.

Ever since they began dating, Discord felt an undeniable connection with Twilight: intellectually, emotionally, magically, and even spiritually. But they never considered the other factor: could a Draconequus and a pony ever find a physical connection?

Set before Twilight gets her castle. Contains AU headcanon and backstory from my Aberrant Harmony universe.

Pre-reading graciously provided by my good buddy, CoffeeMinion. Thanks a million!

Full cover link here! Cover art a V-day commission by Zee-Dee. Check her out on deviantart!

Anypony would have laughed if you'd told them that Discord was flirting with Twilight Sparkle a few weeks ago. She'd never give him a chance, right?
Well, once his spectacularly obvious advances on her commence, Equestria is shocked; she isn't out right rejecting him. In fact, she may even be interested.
The HORROR!

WARNING: The dark tag is for a reason. Ye be warned.
[Other] tag is to accommodate additional characters.

EDIT: Featured 10/22/14! Thank you so much! I didn't expect this to happen at all.

The wonderful people who edit and proofread my story ^^

Another follow-up to In Search of the Sun, coming after Diplomacy!

Discord, in a bit of a crisis over his recent decision to leave chaos behind him, attempts to live the Ponyville life while trying to find his place in a normal world.

You can probably guess how well that works out.

Following the events of "In Search of the Sun", Discord has returned, seeking citizenship in Equestria. However, he has entered a rather strange condition in the contract...

It is highly advised that you read "In Search of the Sun" first!

If you missed it, here's the skinny: Celestia gets sick, Twilight and the elements (+ Spike) have to travel with Discord to get a cure, ????, Celestia gets better, Discord is set free, and everypony lives happily ever blah blah blah! You're now up to speed, but you're still missing a lot of dynamic!

edit: This story is now has a follow-up, the slice-of-life/comedy fic A Normal Day!