While exploring Canterlot Castle, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash uncover a room filled with stone tablets connected to dials. Above each dial is the name of an alicorn they know.

These old things couldn't possibly control an alicorn's power, could they?

Only one way to find out.

Always fearing for her friends' safety, Twilight Sparkle takes it upon herself to create body doubles to use as protection.

Each body double looks just like the original.

Sounds just like the original.

And is also highly explosive.

Twilight Sparkle wants you to ignore that last part.

Long ago, Sunset Shimmer ran through the portal into the human. What is not known is why.

And here comes a fic that's telling you it was all because of donuts. Yep, Sunset Shimmer went through that portal because of donuts, or more accurately a lack of them.

Sorry for the confusion, but this is just a one-shot. I will not be continuing this.

It's not every day when the dreamscape tears.

Luckily, with the power of Shamwow and Flex Tape (and a bit of marketing on Sunset Shimmer's part), Luna fixes the problem... all the problems...

Forever.

WARNINGS: Shamwow and Flex Tape worship, memes, Bob Ross references, possession by the deity of Flex Tape, dabbing, raw and unedited word barf, and bad fanfiction.

Image comes from dashblitz's tumblr. I came across it while meme-hunting.

Reviewed by The Reviewers' Cafe.

(Based off the image I took for the cover art, which is a box of Asian pears, AKA ApplePears).

Following a long day of applebucking, Applejack notices a tree that seems a bit... off.

A quick taste-test later, and she realizes that it's a pear tree.

Princess Celestia orders the invasion of Earth. Things don't go as planned.

This story is a sequel to Dark Sunset

How is Fluttershy holding up after Sunset's death?

Made the Popular Stories list on 11/18/17.

Rewrite completed on 5/31/19.

Not required but recommended that original be read first.

It's a normal day at CHS, right? So why is everyone ignoring Sunset Shimmer?

Cover image by Saberking2012

Made the Popular Stories section from 11/14/17 to 11/15/17 (#1 popular story at one point)

YouTube reading by FireRain. (Please note, reading was done prior to the rewrite.)

Check out the spinoff, Muted Wubs.

When Fluttershy went to bed, she was a normal mare. When she woke up, she could see numbers floating over everypony's heads. They were timers, each one counting down to some unknown event. Most ponies had timers that wouldn't end for years, some for many decades. But everypony had different numbers.

So why does Rainbow Dash's timer end in three hours?

Editing provided by TheMaskedFerret and SolidFire.
Cover art by HopefulSparks!
Spanish translation by SPANIARD KIWI!

Beneath the blistering blizzard and the freezing frost that swallowed the world, a group of ponies cling desperately to existence. They are the last of ponykind, and the future of their species, if one even remains, rests solely on their shoulders. Hidden in a crater from the worst of the wind, Rarity and the other ponies who managed to find shelter struggle to eke out an existence in a life governed by one rule, and one rule only:

The City Must Survive.

Cover art by Ruirik.
Editing by Solidfire.
Inspired by the wonderful game of Frostpunk.