This story is a sequel to Another Side of Friendship

Daybreaker is defeated and Equestria is saved, but for Twilight and her new group of friends, the adventure doesn't end there. Join Mane 6 as they face bitter rivals, annoying pests, high society, and the challenges of everyday pony life.

Cover art done by Those Kids In The Corner

Part 2 of the Another Side of Friendship series

It's strange how a single change can create a massive difference in somepony's life.

Somewhere in a different world, Twilight Sparkle is thrust into an unforeseen destiny with the most unlikely (and possibly unstable) group of friends to fight the forces of darkness and bring the magic of friendship back to Equestria.

That's if they don't kill each other first.

Inspired by Lets Do This’ “Not Exactly Friends” series

Cover art done by Kids-In-The-Corner

Check out the rest of the series here:

Part 2: Pony Tails

Maud Pie's tried to balance her family, friends and bearing the Element of Laughter for so long. But now, in Las Pegasus's biggest casino, her house of cards starts tumbling down.

This entry is for both NitroIndigo's Secrets: A Swapped Roles Contest and the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group's 'Hot off the Press II' speedwrite.

Pic credit goes to bakki.

Thanks to TheHatMan, PearlescentTT, Snow Quill, and Speccer for proofreading/editing.

WARNING: Maud's good at craps, but crappy at being good.

Doctor Whooves, Lyra Heartstrings, Derpy Hooves, Octavia Melody, Vinyl Scratch, and Bon Bon are background ponies. They've been those ponies who sit in crowds, watching everything that the Mane Six do, singing along to their songs, and cheering for them when they win against an enemy. But they have lives, too.
Now rogue changelings are showing up in Ponyville, dimensional rifts are opening up, ponies are disappearing, and the Mane Six are nowhere to be seen. Can six background ponies stop all this madness, or is Equestria doomed without its main characters?

WARNING: Major shipping between the Background Six. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

EXTRA CHARACTER TAGS: Vinyl Scratch, Original Character

This story is a sequel to The Elements of the Crystal Empire

Note: this book will take place following this timeline, not canon.

All credit for cover art goes to xebck.

Sunset Shimmer's pretty content with her life. She's the Bearer of the Element of Magic, the Crown Regent of the Crystal Empire, and has a great group of friends to fall back on when times get rough.

She thinks that her life will return to being pretty normal - well, as normal as it can get with all those titles and the publicity.

She's wrong.

She's very, very wrong.

In fact, there is no such thing as normal life in Crystallia, capital city of the Crystal Empire. Who in Equus put such a dangerous idea inside your head?

All credits for cover art go to xebck
Original story idea was Alphamon_Ouryuken's.

Long ago in the magical land of Equestria, the righteous King Sombra ruled the Crystal Empire in peace, but there was a time when three others also ruled along side him. Chrysalis, his beloved - who went into hiding because of a curse placed on her - along with Celestia and Luna - who sadly became drunk on their own power, and he was forced to banish.

A thousand years later, his prized student Sunset Shimmer is given the task of make sure the Crystal Faire goes as it should, as well become more social with the citizens, but sadly that task is derailed by the disappearance of the Crystal Heart, and the return of Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon!

Now Sunset must find a way to stop the two tyrannical Queens before they bring the Empire to ruin! But she might need a little help . . . from the most unexpected sources . . .

This story is a sequel to The Most Dedicated Student

Sunset Shimmer goes to Ponyville to check the preparations for the winter moon celebration and make friends. But, Daybreaker escapes from her prison, and it's up to Sunset Shimmer and her new friends to go to Everfree Florest to find the Elements of Harmony to defeat her.

Background belong to Evilbob0
Sunset Shimmer vector belong to Light262
Daybreaker vector belong to Drakizora

This story is a sequel to The Return of Daybreaker

After Sunset Shimmer defeated Daybreaker and Celestia returned to rule along with Luna, Sunset Shimmer must learn about the magic of friendship and send letters to Princess Luna about what she learned.
Coverart belongs to PencilSpark

Twilight Sparkle was annoyed to say the least, when her mentor Princess Celestia dismissed her warning of the Mare in the Moon and assigned her to go to Ponyville to supervise the Summer Sun Celebration. 'Make some friends' she says.

The thing is, Twilight already had friends. Friends she's had ever since she got into Celestia's school for gifted unicorns, friends she's taken for granted for many years, friends who she just happens to bump into before leaving Canterlot and invite themselves along to the celebration.

Between the crazy ponies in this little town and the crazy ponies who call themselves her friends, she finds herself at her wit's end while being constantly sidetracked in trying to prepare for the fabled Nightmare Moon's return. After all, it's not like these old schoolmates of hers are going to be able to help prevent eternal night and the end of Equestria as they know it, right?

The day of the Rainboom affected more ponies than just the canon Mane Six. Almost ten years later, Princess Celestia sends her personal student Twilight Sparkle and one such affected pony to Ponyville. Meeting four others, they must work together to achieve what Princess Celestia could not: defeat Nightmare Moon and save the long-lost Princess Luna from the monster she was trapped within.

It's also a shameless excuse for me to partner Twilight with five of my favorite ponies. Welcome to the Differentverse.

(Extra character tag: Coco Pommel.)

Author note: All five chapters were fully written prior to initial submission and final publication.
Featured the day of its completion... woohoo!
Tropes page is here.