You know the story: The sirens rampaged across the land, sowing havoc until Star Swirl the Bearded banished them to a magicless backwater of a universe full of naked apes.

The problem with historical narratives, as Clover the Clever can attest, is that the reality is rarely so cut and dry.

Technically part of the Oversaturated World, though no knowledge of it is required.

Thanks to my beta readers Daedelus Aegle, Masterweaver, and themaskedferret.

A few days after The Friendship Castle appeared in Ponyville, Rainbow Dash asked Twilight again if she could turn her into a Griffin, just for an hour.

At first, Twilight refuses, thinking Dash will use the form of a Griffin for mean-spirited pranks, but when Dash explains she just wants to know what flying like a Griffin feels like, she agrees.

However, Pinkie Pie bounces in at the last second, trying to warn them of the spell going wrong.

Something goes wrong alright. something that will make Pinkie and Rainbow wish she hadn't tried to warn them.

Image by thebiancoangelo.

Featured on either 17/5/2014 or 18/5/2014, not sure which

This story was started by Autum Breeze.

After being abandoned by her friends during christmas, Sunset Shimmer wanders the cold streets of town, alone, and with nowhere to go. After walking for hours, she eventually gives into the elements around her, only to be saved at the last second by the last ones she ever thought would help her.

Meanwhile, the truth about Anon-A-Miss has come out, and her five friends are desperately trying to find her so they can apologize for what they have done.

This story is a sequel to Empty Lake, Full Sky

Sunset Shimmer's choices after the Fall Formal lead her through a darkness she thought she'd lost. Sequel/adoption attempt for Empty Lake, Full Sky by Wayward Sun. Please read that first, in order to know what has lead to the events here.

Sunset's fateful choice leads her to question everything she once used to cling to, even as she recovers and returns to school. Particularly curious to the redhead - a rising attraction to a green-eyed blonde.

Teen for reasons, may change as the story progresses...
Featured? Yes! 8/20/2016, first story of mine to make the box!

Twilight Sparkle and Applejack, after an earthquake, escape to nowhere, and they meet a strange pony named Screwball. The pony talks to rocks, eats dirt, and hallucinates. They try to cure her of her hallucinations, while surviving.

16-yr-old Twilight has been held in stasis for a millennia, ever since her mother was banished. Now, she must wait. Wait for her mother to return, wait for justice on Celestia and wait for a kinder world. After all, who would trust the Daughter of a Nightmare?
Inspired by Polaris501's story 'Heir of the Nightmare'
Currently going through an edit.

Things have been going well for Sunset Shimmer since the Friendship Games. She's on good terms with the students at Canterlot High School, she has a close circle of friends she can depend on, and most of all, she now has a new friend and research partner in the form of the human world's Twilight Sparkle. With a brand new avenue in magical research now open to her, not even the prospect of her upcoming birthday can get in the way of her hope for the future.

Then her latest experiment blew up in her face.

Reduced to a mare in a child's body, Sunset has to find a way to reverse what she's done and return to what qualifies as normal in this world. But in a world where magic was a fairy tale until a few months ago, things are going to be more than a little difficult on that front. And as she struggles to maintain her adult mind against the immaturity of her current form, her friends are faced with the possibility that they may lose their friend forever.

Based off Don't Tell Me You're Too Blind To See by Susnet

Sunset Shimmer is tired of having to prove herself in front of those who won't give her a second chance. Her reformation seems more like a burden than anything. After a stressful day at school, Sunset decides it's better she just give up on Friendship. Feeling defeated once again, Sunset takes a late night stroll through the city....only to bump into...herself?

First featured on 4/18/2015!

This story takes place before Rainbow Rocks, making it AU since it branches off into something else, I believe.

Pre-read and edited by GaleSinger
Cover Art by 0Bluse (Bluse)

It isn't often that things go well for Derpy. Between her eyes, her clumsiness, and her propensity for disaster, it's hard enough just to make friends. Add to that a revolving door of jobs and a daughter to raise, it's a miracle that she has much time for herself at all. So when her date stands her up at a loud, flashy club, it hurts.

Maybe she should just give up. Or, maybe she just needs the kindness of a strange bartender in purple shades.

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Hi, my name is Evening Storm, the newly hired English teacher for Canterlot high. While I've heard some weird things about this place, I'm just grateful for a place to work. I've moved from my old town, leaving everything behind due to recent events. All I want to do now is get close to my students so I can better help them prepare for their futures.

I never would have guessed that my helping one certain student would lead to such a transformation in my life. How the heck did I go from a middle aged man to a teenage girl!?