Sunset and Twilight have known each other for a good number of years now. They've grown incredibly close over that time; falling in love, moving in together, and even getting married. Ask any of their friends, and they'd tell you it was a match made in heaven. Truly, there isn't a thing in the world that could pull these two apart.

... Except perhaps, a single lie. More specifically, the truth behind the lie.

A Horror submission for the A Thousand Words Contest.

A Gellar Field malfunction casts 800 Pre-Heresy Word Bearers into the immaterium just after the Fall of Monarchia.
When they return 10,000 years later, they are forever changed.
Gone are the fanatical worshipers of the Emperor, for in their place stand not the heralds of Chaos, but the Heretics of Harmony.

While traveling through the magic mirror between worlds, Sunset Shimmer touched upon the realm of Chaos, her course diverted. Rescued by unknown forces, Sunset awoke on a world besieged by daemonic incursions. While running from a daemon, Sunset comes across a dying member of the Order of the Cerulean Chalice, an Ordo Minorus of the Adepta Sororitas. Entrusted with a holy relic, Sunset is given the choice of taking it to the other members of the order, or dying on the doomed planet.

Suspicions surround Sunset on reaching the order, many questioning her nature and whether or not she was sent by their God-Emperor. Some loath her, seeing her as a xenos at worst, or a tainted mutant experiment of the planet's deceased lord at best. Others believe her sent by a Saint, or claim she is merely some form of abhuman. But none of them fully trust Sunset.

To prove herself, Sunset is placed among the scholla within the convent, all while coping with the loss of her magic, and in a new body. There she'll make friends and rivals, and either prove her worth to the Emperor, or die.

Burn the Heretic. Kill the Mutant. Purge the Unclean.

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE BILL CIPHER VS. DISCORD DEATH BATTLE! WATCH IT HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

What comes before, and what comes after, when two omnipotent beings battle to the death?

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Featured 17 September 2023. Thank you very much everyone!

While Celestia and Luna were the rulers of ponykind of many centuries, they were not the only alicorn leaders of their people's ancient past. Through the power of modern technology, they find a way to restore their father, Solaris, to be able to speak to them once more. As it turns out, this might not have been the best idea.

I have heard ponies say that living so long would be a curse. That it is a burden. That it can break a pony's mind. There is some truth to that. It can be hard to know that you'll always be left behind as others pass on. However, that is not the whole truth, I am also blessed. I have an opportunity to see history play out in front of me and tell future generations of the ponies behind the legends.

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On the eve of his departure to Ponyville with Twilight, Spike was unexpectedly greeted with a talking ball of light.

The 'fae', as she introduced herself, basically declared the dragon to be her one and only master. The nonplussed dragon had no choice but to take her on.

"My name is Scootaloo, I'm twelve years old and...as much as I don't like to admit it...I'm an orphan.

Anyway, something happened to me, I don't know...I got sucked into some weird dimension thingy and I got turned into an alicorn! But it only happens when I say a certain word. This old pony told me that this power should only be used to protect others, and stop something bad that would come back to hurt a lot of ponies. I don't know what's coming, but I won't let it hurt my friends, or anypony, and to those who dare try, I got one word for you..."

Cover art by: NeroScottKennedy
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Featured: 12/9/14
Edit: Now with it's own TV Tropes page by Darkness Rising!

It's a peaceful summer afternoon. The kind of summer afternoon that just causes foals to want to get into trouble. The Cutie Mark Crusaders have answered that call (as they so often do). Their latest Crusade takes them deep into the Everfree Forest, where they find the ruins of Human civilization. Eager to start their next adventure, the Crusaders recruit Rainbow Dash, and Lyra (Ponyville's resident crackpot anthropologist), and they set out to explore. However, instead of the hoped for divine tomb, they've really just broken into a hastily sealed nuclear waste repository. The Crusaders get bored, and everypony gets soaked in radioactive sludge.

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As Twilight comes across another new book, she notices that there was a spell that had a peculiar outcome: nothing! She cant believe that this is true and wants to try it out. However, she needs someone to test it on...more specifically an irritated dragon, wanting to go to sleep.

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