During a hot summer day, Cadence surprises the citizens of Ponyville by taking a visit to their small town. Twilight is quick to drop everything and devote her day to making Cadence's visit as great as possible. Not everything goes according to plan.

Lately, Princess Cadance has been feeling inadequate. She's spoken of this briefly to Twilight Sparkle at the Starswirl the Bearded Traveling Museum, but her longing for a grand adventure is really starting to get to her, as are the thoughts that she isn't doing her best.

When help comes in the unlikeliest of places, Cadance finds herself getting more than she bargained for, starting with her companion of circumstance: King Sombra.

Book One of Sombra's Odyssey. Takes place in between seasons 4 and 5 of MLP:FiM canon. Proofread by: NorrisThePony and ElderXelpud Spoilers in the comments. The cover art is assembled from a piece by sugarberryart, plainoasis, and Pedro Hander. This story is a rewrite of Crystalline. Contribute to the TVTropes page!

The newly ascended Alicorn of Love is learning to use her newfound powers, including the ability to see emotions. When Cadance looks at Princess Celestia, though, she's sure that she must be doing something wrong, because what she sees makes no sense at all...

A brief story about feeling depressed.

And a continuation of my habit of naming stories after songs which may or may not actually be relevant.

Editing by TheMaskedFerret, inspiration by real life.

Shining Armor plans to introduce his marefriend, Cadance, to his parents for Hearth's Warming dinner. It’s months away, but it never hurt to plan ahead, after all. First, however, Cadance and him have to talk.

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It all started when Shining Armor decided he wanted to meet Cadence's parents. Turns out he has; he helped blow him up.

Join Shining Armor as he hears from Cadence's point of view how little Mi Amore Cadenza, daughter of King Sombra and True Heir to the Crystal Empire, came to Canterlot; and just what made her into the Cadence he knows and loves today.

Suggested by this story.

The life of a princess isn’t easy. Everything you do and say is constantly under the microscope of ponies who aren’t afraid to constantly criticize, denounce, or praise every single thing you do. That’s the life of an Equestrian Princess, full of strife from keeping up a constant Royal Appearance. In the end, they’re normal ponies. Talking about the perspective from the public vs. who they really are, these are the memoirs from the Equestrian Princesses.

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Cover Art: "The Royalty" by Unnop64

"Is corruption inevitable?"

When Twilight poses this question, Luna has an instant response, but Celestia stays quiet.

The princesses discuss this over tea.

A short story about Shining Armor's death. Old age had finally come to take its due and there's nothing the three alicorns surrounding him can do about it. All he can do now is think about what awaits him and what he leaves behind.

Twilight Sparkle is hit with a curse with a very particular solution. She has to race the clock to find that special somepony who is just right.

Breaking a kissing curse should be easy with so many princesses around...

* Teen for Kissing, just kissing—
* —so much kissing though, you don't even know. I am actually kinda embarrassed by how much there is of it.
* Many thanks to ClanCrusher for his editing help!
* Set sometime in Season 6

Flurry Heart's life has never been the same since her father passed away, she's been trapped by her own mother and kept away from other ponies and she has been isolated for years until she meets a very special pony that will change her life...

Come along a journey of magic and love as Flurry starts to discover what it means to truly be her as she not only finds a place in her own life, but also to heal her mother's heart.

But, will she be able to do so before the old villains and nightmares of the past return to take away their joy? Is her life doomed to misery, grief, pain, and strife?

Find out if you dare, but beware of the darkness and the eternal nightmare...

The Nightmare. There is no other proper name for it. It is old as time and darkness itself and it feeds on the fears of ponies and it will stop at nothing to take hold of the mind of its host and use the body for its own pleasure and control.

The Nightmare will slowly take hold of the mind of its host through any means possible and it will stop at nothing until it achieves its ultimate goal, complete and utter darkness and control over the entire land and maybe even the world too.

The Nightmare is unstoppable, immortal, and it also cannot be killed, ever.

The Nightmare plants its dark seeds in every single life form since the moment they are born until the moment they die and nopony knows how to stop it.

(from Chapter Nine)

NOTE: Contains scene of gore and mentions acts of sexual activity/ sexually suggestive.
These are minor and underplayed, the tags are a safety measure and nothing more.
This was inspired by the Rememberance series by Ashley H on YouTube, if you have not seen it yet please go check it out in the link below.
Rememberance Episodes