You never know when evil will strike, but you can always be prepared for it. Seeing your heroes become the villains can be a disaster, but like wounds, disasters can heal. However, when heroes became villains once again, they won't fall for the same trick twice.

The Mane 6 once fallen to the dark side after exposing themselves to some water filled with dark magic and almost destroy Ponyville in their madness. They eventually were cured and return to their senses and cleanse the evil waters from its impurity.

However, a small bit of that dark water was saved and was given again to our heroes. With the Mane 6 fallen again to madness, it is up for other heroes must save them once again.

Assuming if they can this time...

Twilight eventually dies of old age and Celestia morns for her once every year. This year is especially difficult. The story takes us to the perspective of Celestia as she remembers happy and sad times she had with twilight.

Celestia and Twilight were walking together, and while passing through the garden, they came across an old statue of a dark alicorn. Twilight, being the inquisitive little unicorn she was, asked about it, and so Celestia told her about the statue. However, before she could finish, a sudden flash interrupts her, and the sight before her eyes gave Celestia the shock of her life.

An entry into the Nightmare Moon Picture Prompt Contest

Edited and Revised by Fedairkid

Twilight Sparkle finds herself inside a cocoon in the throne room of Canterlot Palace along with her friends and many other ponies. She is thrust into a dream world by Chrysalis who is feeding on the feelings of love and friendship she and the others will experience in their alternate realities. In her dream, she finds Princess Celestia, who has been able to cross between dream worlds. Twilight and Celestia must now travel between dreams in order to awaken their friends and stop Chrysalis. However, some dreams are not as happy as they expected, and some secrets held in the subconscious may be better left unawoken.

Additional character tags: OC's, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Princess Luna, Nightmare Moon, Trixie, Zecora, Diamond Tiara, Snips, Flitter, Cloudchaser, Roseluck, Big Macintosh

Inspired by the fan video of an alternative ending of season 2. Click here to watch it!

Featured on Equestria Daily 9/14/2012.

Now a comic illustrated by Zoarvek! http://zoarvek.deviantart.com/gallery/48143295

"Sex" tag added on 10/12/2014 due to sexual themes here and there. It's not the focus of the story, but it's in there. For a more detailed explanation of why the tag was finally added, see the author's note on "Corruption Ch 10"

Old cover art here: http://i.imgur.com/Tgt974q.jpg
Full size: http://i.imgur.com/9uWAX.jpg

When Twilight Sparkle slipped beneath the covers last night, everything had been fine. She had friends whom she loved, a teacher she adored, and a bright future ahead of her. But when she woke up, her blankets and quilts had been replaced by hospital gowns and padded restraints.

Everything is wrong and nothing makes sense; even her friends have changed. The doctors keep telling her that she is sick, that none of it was real and that it was all in her head. Yet she remembers a life far beyond the hospital walls. She couldn't have made it all up on her own. They must be lying… right?

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Nearly twenty years ago, Equestria's most infamous villains were rounded up and banished to an island smack in the middle of the Eastern Sea, halfway between the Equestrian Continent and the Griffin Empire. While the citizens of Equestria lived in the lap of luxury, the ponies of the Isle survived in poverty and eternal famine.

Now, four foals of the Isle are chosen to return to Equestria, and are given a shot at a normal life. Their parents, however, see it as a chance to escape and get their revenge. Now these children have a choice to make. Will they prove themselves to their parents as the baddest of the bad, or will they abandon everything they've ever known for the sake of writing their own stories?

Unfortunately, the audio drama has been canceled.

*EDIT* Now being edited by Darkie 09.

*EDIT 2* Cover Art by Rezio.

Yet another parody. Descendants because I'm Disney trash. This story heavily features OC's, all created by me most are created by a friend of mine, except for Nyx, who belongs to Pen Stroke. The only things I own are my OC's.

The Mane 6 get their heads into a game of hide and seek all across Ponyville and it's up to Fluttershy to try and track the others down and claim a sweet and glorious prize.

Fluttershy is on the hunt for her friends across town in an otherwise yearly game of hide & seek and has only a few hours to try and track them all down, but there's one character she really has to look out for and that's Pinkie Pie of course.

The wagered item, a rare dessert that most of the friends only get to see once in a blue moon and it goes to the grand winner of the game, either the mare who hides without getting caught until time's up or the mare who finds everypony before sundown.

Will Fluttershy track everypony down before Celestia lowers the sun? Will Pinkie unintentionally hog all the sweets for her self? Will I bother to ask a 3rd question?

Find Out.

Twilight Sparkle's wildest dreams have just been met, and exceeded. Due to an unexpected magical outburst during her entrance exam to Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, the Solar Princess herself took an interest and took Twilight on as her personal student.

This was a pleasant shock for Twilight and her family. However, a few months later, a less pleasant shock would reach Twilight in the form of Celestia returning to Canterlot with a new daughter, a freshly adopted pegasus filly named Rainbow Dash. As the two get to know each other, Twilight can clearly see something eating at the self absorbed and competitive filly's mind.

To make matters even more confusing, Princess Celestia is now hiding something. Twilight dares not question it, but it is quite clear that Celestia isn't being wholly open with anypony about her decision to adopt some random orphan.

Could the answers have something to do with the cryptic dream Twilight had the night before she met Rainbow Dash?

**Apparently, this was featured on August 12th, but I slept through that brief window. All the same, I am flabbergasted and humbled!**

Cover Art by the wonderfully skilled Novaintellus

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Stargate Command is Earth's first line of defense against a hostile galaxy. Their mandate is "to seek out and recover intelligence and technology to assist Earth in its defense against these aggressors." It’s a dangerous job, and SGC’s mettle and defenses have been tested before. All past incidents were resolved successfully, with the normal citizens of America – and the world – none the wiser. But...

This one may just take the cake. After SG-1 returns from a routine reconnaissance mission, bringing back a curiously intact artifact from an abandoned alien city, people begin to transform. When the changes spread across the planet, the SGC faces the prospect of losing control of the secret they've kept for over a decade.

A story in the theme of Five Score, Divided by Four crossing over with Stargate SG-1. This story is not canon Five Score; for example, Five Score takes place in 2020, while the final season of SG-1 takes place in 2007.
Huge thanks to totallynotabrony for the cover art!
Credit to Lord of Dorkness and totallynotabrony for editing assistance, as well.

A mysterious portal starts bringing characters from other franchises into Equestria for three days each. Only the being of chaos (somewhat) knows what's going on.

(Authors note: Be prepared for alot and I mean ALOT of crossovers. And alot of insanity. Enjoy.

Other tags that I don't have space for: Romance Tragedy

Also this story starts from season 5 episode 9 of the show and drastically changes alot of events.)