This story is a sequel to The Order of The Rainbow

In Equestria, there exists a being of unimaginable power and strength. A being so ancient, so powerful, so far beyond pony comprehension that nature itself bows to her will. She has resided among mortals for long enough, establishing a life for herself from the ground up. Nopony knew, and nopony knows. To this day her true self has remained a secret, a mystery. And that's just how she likes it. A hidden goddess. Her friends have no idea how lucky they are to even be in her presence. No, it's not Luna, No, it's not Celestia either. I'd let you take a guess if the answer wasn't written in these pages..

Lily is hungry, but the only person around to feed her is her sleeping father. So, what does any child do when they're hungry? They wake their parent and ask for food.

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Crime was easy before Princess Twilight and the First Five ushered in a golden age of Harmony. Back then, any idiot could plan a robbery, just like any rat could sneak through the cracks in wooden granary walls. But now that everything is cloudstone and clearsteel, with magical countermeasures over the few remaining holes, it takes a different breed of rat to survive.

"Slippery" Jimmy the Grey is one of the rare few ponies who can still slip through the cracks — even with the legendary Rainbow Corps on his tail. Now he's got a billion-bit heist planned in the gleaming skyscrapers of Cloudsdale. If only he hadn't made the mistake of stealing from a dragon …

Now with a reading by Illya Leonov and Scribbler!

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This is a crossover with Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat novels, but it assumes no knowledge of the series.

Winner of February's Writeoff Association competition! * Featured by Equestria Daily! * Featured by Seattle's Angels!

REVIEWS: "Highly Recommended" by Titanium Dragon; "Recommended" by Present Perfect; rated "Why Haven't You Read This Yet?" by PaulAsaran

WORD OF MOUTH:
"The Iridescent Iron Rat was not only my favorite story from the most recent writeoff... it's my favorite story of anything I've read in months." —Sharp Spark

"What a ride it is. This story is made of awesome moments." —Casca, Seattle's Angels

"[A]stounding on so many levels. … If there’s one story from this round you have to pick, make it this one." —Corejo, Seattle's Angels

"Absolutely beautifully done. It fits the style and feel of the books to a perfect T." —Themaskedferret

What if Rainbow Dash never existed to turn six young lives upside down with her Sonic Rainboom?

Harmony will always find its Element-bearers, and something certainly would have united six friends to wield them ... but a change as small as the flapping of a butterfly's wings can have enormous effects on everything that follows.

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Second-place winner in Skeeter the Lurker's "Switcheroo!" competition! This entry centers around the episode "Sonic Rainboom" (with influences from several others).

"Recommended" by Present Perfect: "Though this is well-worn material, the directions in which horizon takes it are remarkable. ... That alone makes it worth the read."
Reviewed by PaulAsaran: "horizon's re-imagining of Equestria is almost complete, defying the norms and tossing most of our expectations to the four winds. ... I am very impressed."
★★★★ rating by Louder Yay * Reviewed by Titanium Dragon

This I know: cold feet and a lousy day at work and hunger can all be solved by cuddling a pony in front of a fireplace.

Now with a reading by StraightToThePointStudio!
Now with a Chinese Translation by gezhehuohu!
Now with a Russian Translation by Mordaneus: (Ponyfiction) (Ficbook)

This story is a sequel to A Guardian Rises

The Guardians, some of the best equipped soldiers to fight against the rising threat of the Darkness. Brought back to life by the grace of the mighty Traveler, they seek to help free the bonds they have been put under. The lives of Guardians are wild, full of challenge, loss, and blood. This is the story of one such Guardian.
Twilight Sparkle is a Unicorn Warlock, resurrected by the Traveler just a day prior. She has already learned the price of survival, but how will she cope with the vicious natures of the threats that loom over her? Assisted by two others, a Changeling Hunter named Flitter and a Crystal Earth Pony named Topaz, Twilight must try to fight against the Darkness. With her memory lost, she attempts to re-learn all she knew while adjusting to this new harsh survival.
Will they fall by the hands of the Darkness, or will they become Legend.

The Golden Age, a time of peace and prosperity for all of Equestria, until the Darkness decided to ruin the fun. From the ashes of the City, Guardians rose to fight back.
Twilight is one such Guardian, an old Unicorn, she must begin her journey in this new Equestria, one that is over a thousand years past her lifetime.

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Richard Von Dracula is a very proud vampire, from a very proud lineage. Well, he was, until his blood seemed to sour. All he produces these days are bats. Not even normal bats. Bat ponies! They're not even VAMPIRE bat ponies! He's forced to make do.

After the changeling invasion, the race of changelings is broken and scattered, their Queen mortally wounded. Extinction is inevitable, unless Queen Chrysalis can convince Princess Celestia and Luna into a desperate gamble for the survival of their race. Sometimes the only path to victory, is surrender.

Based off the video Children of Faust (not mine)