It is the eve of the Summer Sun celebration, a tradition that has remained unchanged in Equestria for millennia. For Princess Luna it is one of the few things that goes exactly the same way it did before her exile, and she treats it with just as much respect as she once did. She also never had any doubts that her sister treated it the same way, even after a thousand years alone.

Kindly edited by: Infinite Affection

It is umpteenth anniversary of Twilight's coronation, but despite the cheering crowds, the new people she's met, and her loving mentor, she cannot fill the void that her friends left behind.

But maybe with the help of an invader, she doesn't need to.

(Haha, this is my first fic, and I was pretty naive to think that this was an original plot, but I for one put a lot of passion into this... at the time. Oh well.)

Twilight and her friends grew very close in a matter of days, and after overcoming challenges like Discord and the changelings, they're tighter than bark on a tree. However, along the road, Twilight became an alicorn, and therefor, immortal. It is roughly 80 years after their battle with Tirek and all of her friends have passed. The young alicorn, well relatively young, now struggles to cope with the loss of her friends. Can anyone help her through this depression?

Inspired by Black Gryph0n and Baasik's "Faster Than You Know"

Princess Twilight Sparkle invents a new way to travel between universes. On the maiden voyage with her best friends, something goes wrong.

Her discovery resurrects a secret from her past, one she has only shared with Princess Celestia. When Twilight learns of the price required to return things to normal, she is left with an impossible choice.

Written for The Writeoff Association's "Closing Time" contest. Preread by Axis of Rotation.

NOTE: I'm aware of Trotsworth's pony names. I chose not to use them.

This story is a sequel to Smoothing the Knots

Princesses Celestia and Luna take tea under less than ideal circumstances: house arrest for psychiatric care following Luna's revelation about the her use of the Tantabus to torture herself.

Ever the thoughtful sister, Celestia tries to help Luna open up about her addiction to guilt and suffering in order to understand why Luna isn't happy now that the pain has finally left her. But Luna has a very different topic she wishes to discuss.

After a long night of drinking leads to massive mayhem, the Element bearers must face Celestia and confess...because they need her help fix something that shouldn't have happened. Ever.

Question is...will they live through their chat with her?

And what will she do to them when they're done?

How do you care for someone who can only try to harm you? How much do you let yourself change when all you want is for things to go back to the way they were? Where is the line between devotion and obsession? What do you do when your closest friend becomes a monster?

Spike doesn't know.
But he tries.

Now with a sequel.

This story is a sequel to Why Ancient Rituals Don't Always Work

It's been almost eleven months since the event at the Ancient Mareyan Sun Temple. Ahuizota and Derring Do are settling into the life of a family, ready to raise their kid. There's still much for the young couple to learn, and it can only be taught with time.

They just cross fingers and feathers and hope they don't screw it up.

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Title name by The Shade

After an intense search, Daring Do has found what may be the greatest treasure of her career – the long-lost Chest of Zubiaga. For once she has finally beaten Ahuizotl to the punch. This time victory is hers!

There is only one problem. Only one small obstacle stands between her and victory: she has no idea how to open the chest. Is the legendary Daring Do about to be defeated by a box that had no locks?

Surely not. Right?

"We were so used to them wreaking havoc and walking away from the most ridiculous wreckages that it was easy to forget they weren't invincible. Fate was a cruel mistress to take one of them from us at such a young age...

I was fortunate, but somepony close to me was not. It was hard for me to imagine the loss she felt. It was so difficult. I wish there was more I could have done to comfort her, but my attention was focused elsewhere. Sweetie Belle lost one of her closest friends and she needed me to guide her through the grief and chase away the occasional nightmare. I devoted so much of my time to her that I dared not acknowledge the plague of strange happenings that fell upon Ponyville soon after the accident.

I was such a foolish mare..."