Well, this is an interesting development.

One moment, I'm lying in bed watching the final episodes of the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 before bed, the next I wake up in Equestria and not only have I somehow wound up in another world, I've turned into Gwen Tennyson from the original Ben 10 series... but I'm wearing the Ultimatrix?

What in the world is going on around here?

And why do I feel a strange spark of hatred and sadness inside me?

Here's hoping the ponies can help me figure this out.

Sex tag because MC was originally a dude, so is going to have to talk about that shit at some point.

Violence because, well, have you watched Ben 10 in any form?

And Gwen's Ultimatrix symbol is normal when in alien form, not like the odd cat ears version from her Omniverse design, nor does the cat have that dumb 10 like her Omniverse self does.

Plus, her alien forms like Four Arms, Diamondhead and Grey Matter more match those from the Classic series episode they were in, as do their voices.

Will see about editing the image later on to look more like Gwen's wearing the Ultimatrix instead of the Omnitrix, but it was the best image I could work with without needing to use someone's fanart... not that I think anyone's actually done any fanart of Gwen with the Ultimatrix.

Okay. Featured 18-19/5/2025. Did not expect that.

There's a saying among the Royal Guard: "The higher you climb, the harder you fall."

Lieutenant Gilded Light is experiencing this lesson firsthoof as his newest reassignment landed him right back in the one place he spent years meticulously avoiding - Ponyville. Trading Canterlot's gleaming spires for quaint thatched roofs wasn't exactly in his five-year career plan. Much less becoming Ponyville's newest Guard Commander.

A promotion, they called it. He calls it cosmic irony.

After all, he didn't spend years adapting to Canterlot just to end up back where he started, dealing with a family that he had long since left behind and townsfolk who might recognize him as "Rarity's brother who ran off to the big city."

Between avoiding family reunions, maintaining Ponyville's security amid weekly magical disasters, and fending off a particularly nosy mint-green Unicorn, Gilded Light is finding that his extensive magical training prepared him for everything except coming home.

Sometimes he wonders if his second chance at life was really meant to be this… complicated.

[The beginning is set during the Season 3 premiere.]

Allan Birk never expected to wake up as a pony in Equestria, a world he only knew through his friends’ obsession with My Little Pony. Saved from Timberwolves by Zecora, he grapples with the trauma of his last night on Earth—a night of laughter, friendship, and an incident that ended it all. As he takes on the name Glam Shield, a joke from a convention, Allan must decide what to do in a world that feels too real to be a dream.

Destiny or chaos—I couldn't tell you which brought me here. But somehow, my life was given a clean slate.

Now, I am Wizbell Star, a little colt with a burning desire to explore magic and this strange, wonderful world full of Ponies.

Here, magic is real—not a delusion, not a trick of the eyes, but something I can touch. I can wield it, study it, understand it. That small, childish dream I once buried has returned… and with it, a reason to live.

I'm no longer just another cog in a machine, grinding through life just to make it to tomorrow. No longer surviving without direction, without hope.

For the first time... I'm truly alive.

I will add the tags during the course of the story because I'm not sure whether to add some of them or not, so I will only add them when I have some content that supports having them.

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Thanks to Luckyfanisaac for helping me find errors in my grammar.

Disaster strikes Equestria when Celestia is found collapsed in her room alongside Daybreaker. Questions about how Daybreaker became real are only compounded when her personality becomes clear – she's an oddly affectionate goofball who's obsessed with math? Where's the destruction and chaos?

Celestia and Luna were hoping to retire soon, but now they have to handle this strange pony, who should be an embodiment of all of Celestia's worst impulses, but seems to want nothing more than to help everyone in Equestria. This drive to help, paired with Daybreaker's lacking restraint and common sense, along with her seeming inability to control what comes out of her mouth, add up to far more of a headache than either diarch expected to deal with in their final days of rule.

Good thing she's at least completely emotionally balanced. By the way, did you know story descriptions always contain at least one lie?

Cover art by the ever-impeccable Yakovlev-vad: https://www.deviantart.com/yakovlev-vad/art/Two-sides-of-one-crown-826401866

Some people think that when they end up in another world as a pony, or in some cases an alicorn, they are in for a great adventure in Equestria. This ain't Equestria, and while I ended up in the body of an alicorn, so did five others, and they didn't come from the same world as I did. These ponies worship us, saying we are here to lead them to a golden age, but something is off with all this, and they're hiding something from us. Just why were we brought here, and why do they need six of us? And why is there someone whispering to me?

Coverart by kyonkyon

Twilight Sparkle’s coronation was supposed to be a triumphant celebration, but in a single moment, everything went wrong. An unknown poison attack left the newly crowned princess in a coma, and when she finally opens her eyes, the Equestria she knew is gone.

Ruling over this twisted new order is Daybreaker, a fiery, tyrannical incarnation of Celestia. Though her grip on the realm is merciless, Daybreaker’s attitude toward Twilight is unsettlingly tender, overprotective, flirtatious, and suspiciously fixated on keeping Twilight at her side.

As Twilight tries to balance Daybreaker’s unnerving care with the ruthless reality of her rule, one burning question remains: Can Twilight somehow bring her beloved mentor back, or is Celestia forever lost behind Daybreaker’s blazing eyes? And what is behind this uncharacteristic behavior that hints at a secret Daybreaker may be desperate to hide?

Note: Set after the season 3 finale. This AU splits off from the canon from the Royal Wedding onwards. Chrysalis never attacked and Discord is still in stone.

Cover Art by Little Tigress

Elliot Foster didn't ask for much from life. Go to work, get his paycheck, make it home to his girlfriend each night. Ride up to the slopes and snowboard in winter, maybe one day pay off his student loans.

Unfortunately for Elliot, his life smacked him headfirst into patient zero of a supernatural pandemic. Flu symptoms gave way to something far more disturbing, leaving Elliot's life transformed in a way he never could've imagined.

Elliot Foster will have to decide: does he bow and get crushed by pressures beyond his control, or protect his fellow victims? Without him, none of Earth's new ponies will ever escape the quarantine.

The events of this story are driven by user votes. Each chapter's author's notes contain a link to a poll, which readers are encouraged to vote in once. I ask for everyone's honesty here. Though for those with a strong opinion on what to do, I encourage you to use the comments to make your case!

Obviously I need to cut voting at some point to begin writing. When this happens, I will capture the total votes, and include those numbers in the beginning of the next chapter. Those who remember the last time I did this (Voyage of the Equinox), will recall that the site I used for my polls no longer even exists. Including the results in each chapter will also serve as a way of recording the outcome for future readers.

Written as a commission for Muziki. Cover By KlaraPL.

The unusual nature of this story's publication schedule, editing to my usual standard is not possible. As such, chapters may contain more errors than I typically permit.

It was only the most important game of the season. Phil Adler was ready to play the game of his life, and push the Eagles to the Super Bowl. Instead, a catastrophic magical event shattered his life, and sent the game into an abrupt and terrified end. Phil is transformed, and thrust alongside several other players into the war-torn land of Equestria.

The ponies of Equestria have already fought for their liberation and lost, with only a scattered band of rebels left to resist the Storm King's tyrannical regime. If he wants his world or his humanity back, he'll have to master his new powers and lead the desperate ponies to victory against their oppressors!

Phil and his teammates might not be the legendary warriors Starlight Glimmer thought they were. But they're the only warriors Equestria will get.

The story was commissioned by Pheagle Adler, who also contributed significantly to the editing and style. Bitera and Sparktail also helped with the editing. The cover was drawn by the fantastic Acesential.

Updates every Saturday until complete.

Imagine this: one minute, I’m out partying with my friends, living my best life, and the next? BAM! I’m dead. Car crash. End of the story, right? Wrong.

Now I’m stuck pretending to be this magical nerd, trying not to mess up the timeline of my favorite show while figuring out how the hell to get back home. But how do you stay low-key when you’ve got hooves instead of hands and a bunch of colorful ponies expecting you to be the perfect little student for Princess Celestia?

Spoiler: I have no idea what I’m doing.

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