[Psychological Grimdark]

This story was directly based off 'Awoken': Wooden Toaster and H8 seed's spirited successor to the Rainbow Factory.

Food for thought, folks. I wrote this story on my own time and Obab later added extra material, three years later, when she converted the story into her audio production. She did not participate in the original production (if that was not clear already). If you read the story below you'll see the original, untampered text!

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The decline into darkness had been easy enough... but when a high ranking Rainbow Factory employee begins to loose faith in the program and attempts to leave, things get out of hoof.

Having lived the majority of his life in the twisted building known as the Rainbow Factory-climbing up the brutal ladder and eventually becoming an Orchestrator-a lone colt finds the atrocity's he's committed in his past coming back to haunt him in his waking hours.

Driven by the need to return to normal society and the thought of redemption, he devises a risky plan that will ultimately decide the very fate of the Rainbow Factory as it's come to be known.

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A long list of special thanks and mentions...

Thanks to Aurora Dawn for essentially creating the world I based this story in.

Thanks to Wooden Toaster and H8 Seed for the awesome song
Thanks to Fiasko0 on Deviant art for making the picture for the song (which I snatched)
Thanks to xzenocrimzie (Starlight Sparkle) for working with me to get the story out and into public
Thanks to wandered D for the tech support (he knows what I'm talking about)
Thanks to SrPeachFuzz on YouTube for accidentally bringing the story to everyone's attention
Thanks to my brony friend Josh for helping me get the story from my head, and into an outline
Thanks to both Truesoul116 and OhOhJackarias on YouTube for their excellent readings
Most importantly, every brony out there that has read, liked, faved or commented! Without you all, this would of never happened!

*Audio books are up!

Another really great dramatic reading!

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All three of these readers were totally awesome! Thanks guys.

Now translated into:
Polish by Dolar84
Spanish by Moonlight Fan

After so many months, Rarity gets the fateful news of Spike's inevitable fate.

Author's Note: Part of a competition with my good friend The Tobacconist. Our challenge was to write a fic where Spike breaks up with Rarity. The maximum word limit was two-thousand words. Hope you enjoy.

This is the story of a young pegasus stallion, or you specifically. After the passing of your mother, and your ever increasing distant father, your brother has never felt safe in the cloud home. Afraid of heights and normal life in Cloudsdale, you decide to abandon your former life to start a new one on the ground, in a town called Ponyville. While there you find a cute mare that runs the local post office who goes by the name of Ditzy Doo.

Fluttershy abuses her adorable powers in an attempt to seduce Discord. Will she succeed? Probably not.

A collab with Howling Wolves

Now with a Youtube reading!

Octavia has been having these really odd dreams. There is only one other mare she can talk to about this. Yes, Vinyl is the only one she can feel safe to tell this to. Well Vinyl has been thinking and doing some looking of her own on the matter and was going to try it on herself one night, but feels that Octavia would enjoy it more. Now months of fun are now on their way.

"This is 100% Approved by Twilight's Library!"

Edited by TheShadow

Art done by the awesome GottaLovePinkiePie . I can't thank them enough for doing this mind blowing cover art.

Celestia has spent a millennium keeping her emotions to herself in favour of a tight rule over Equestria.

Now that there are stirrings in her heart, is she willing to open it?

She's dead...that's all I admit....true...I did horrible things in the past...sometimes I wonder if I even deserved to teach such a innocent and open-minded child...

She almost seemed invincible when she defeated the many enemies of mine...every time Equestria or I is threatened she would come...

She was so powerful....so wise...so faithful....

Now she's gone....and all I have left of her is her Letters...

I'm Princess Celestia.....and I mourn for Twilight Sparkle...

On the eve of Twilight Sparkles wedding, Princess Celestia has some things to get off her chest. So she pens one last letter to her faithful student.

Everypony has nightmares ever now and then. When Twilight has one in the middle of the night the day before a very important event, it's up to her father to cheer her up.

Author's Note: Edited by my amazing friends CartsBeforeHorses, KillerSteel, and Dri. Be sure to check them out if you enjoy this story!

When a lone baby draconequus happens to stumble into Cheerilee's class one day, the caring mare can't help but take it upon herself to attempt raising it.

But as time goes on, Cheerilee soon learns the risks of taking in a draconequus. Risks, that could cost the both of them, everything.

(Much loved Editor: The11thWonder, + Revision Chapters 9 & 10: Jokie155)