[Complete! With TVTropes apparently!]
Also, apparently, an animated trailer.

In a world of brass and steam, Twilight Sparkle had thought she had made a life-changing discovery with the invention of the telescope. For better or worse, she was correct.

Now her discovery has not only changed her life, but the lives of those she seeks out in her desperate attempt to contact the only other creature as lonely as Twilight herself.

It all would have been much simpler, but it had to be the one Twilight could only call The Mare on the Moon.

Decidedly not within walking distance, then.

[Featured on EQD before story was meant to be submitted. 4/03/2015]

[Editing team: Southpaw, Wolfvenom, Maskedferret, SwanSong and BluePaladin42, without whom this story would be a fraction of its current state.]
[Special thanks to Novel-Idea for the updated cover]

This story is a sequel to Thorn of the Rose

Cadence has settled in to her new home and new life in Clockwork World, as an Orphan: a pony trained to step in and protect other worlds when threats appear beyond what they can handle. Possessed by a force known as the Swan that will not allow her to remain dead, it gives Cadence a chance to use her powers for good and find meaning in her life. Her new life, however, all too soon brings her into contact with specters of her past who desire the Swan for their own ends, putting everything Cadence cares about in danger.

Final story in the Songs of Lost Children series.

Princess Luna had many Children she took under her wing, those who were forsaken and abandoned. But one night Luna found a foal who was different from all of her other Children she cared for. This Child was day-night-walker, or more commonly known as a Two-World Walker, a Child who could walk between the night and the day without needing magic.

Luna was the only other pony closest to the young filly, and understood how she felt to be misunderstood. The Other pony was a young colt named Dracula, who envied the filly he named Twilight Amila Sparkle. Many other Children of the Night envied her as well, for she was half vampire half unicorn, but stronger than both, but Little Twilight wasn't stronger than a werewolf pony(were-pony).

What happened when Twilight left the Children of the Night for some unknown reason? What if Cadence knew of Twilight's secret, never told anypony?

Twilight was adopted by Twilight Velvet and Night Light after her 100th year of living, but she never told them what she really was for she didn't trust them enough with her secret... They wanted to help Twilight with her problems, but she always hid herself within the shadows of her room or the forest out side of Canterlot. She hated the fact that she was a half-breed and no pony she knew was around anymore. Twilight often ran away from home, hoping to find her brothers and sisters of the Night but she never did...

inspired by: Children of the Night

When Celestia went on sabbatical into the west, she promised Twilight it would be only a couple of months. A year and a half later, the sun resists control, the country is in ruins, and her teacher is lost in the wilds. Twilight has become the apostate, her faith in her teacher and her teachings waning. In the wake of tragedy, her resentment blossoms into fury and she vows that something must be done. Shadows gather around Canterlot, and old things that should not have been awakened are on the move. The Student goes west, her hope restored by friendship and righteous fury.

The night, at long last, is passing.