A long time ago in the magical land of Equestria, ponies changed the world. They put their lives on the line to bend the arc of history and mold the present and future of not only their country, but the entire world. They were ambassadors, princesses and princes, warriors and scholars. Everything they did, they did to preserve and propagate their way of life.

None of that matters now, though. Their stories are largely forgotten, their lessons nothing but dust on the winds of history. Their buildings still stand, mostly deserted ruins now. Other than that, their only legacies are the problems they left for the new age to deal with.

Sunny and her friends thought they had a pretty good grasp on those problems, and they were working day in and day out on ways to solve them. Then another one rears its ugly head: an ancient city emerges from the depths of time and unleashes an old horror upon ponykind once again.

Cover art by Snow Quill

[Transformation, mind alteration]

Courage Fire is an ambitious alchemist, called upon by Celestia to revive the comatose Changelings left behind after the Canterlot invasion. The solution lies within a mysterious book found in the archives, but will Courage take things too far in her quest for recognition?

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Star Swirl never did write a time travel spell.

To keep history intact, Princess Twilight and Luster Dawn must go back in time to place a scroll in the Canterlot archives where it can be found by the younger Twilight Sparkle. But when they run into other ponies in the past, will they do more harm than good?

An entry in the Most Delightful Ponidox.

Thanks to Solstice Shimmer, MitchH and Oliver for editing and assistance.

Cover sources: this + this + this.

They say that good armour is a Royal Guard's best friend.

Sometimes, it might be a little more literal than expected.

After all, it isn’t every day that one receives shameless self-promotion from their protective attire.

Trixie's line of work is dangerous. But she's a careful showpony, and that's why she's only died a few dozen times in her career.

She thinks this is normal.

"I'm not the best at putting my feelings into words... Meet me on the roof after school. I need to tell you something. If I don't, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

"Please don't leave me waiting..."

It can be hard not fitting in with others, you can feel alienated in so many ways and it’s hard to find others who feel the same as you do.

Anonymous is a literal alien to the ponies of Equestria, and Maudilina Daisy Pie’s personality and interests alienate her from almost all of the ponies she knows.

These two share a simple moment together on a hill, understanding each other’s struggles.

Rainbow Dash is not a cheater. She's worked hard in life to get to where she is now, and she never, ever took the easy way out.

...

Why does it hurt so much?

Pre-read / Proofread by Not Enough Coffee, Jojo and Feather Book.
Edited by Dreams of Ponies and Level Dasher.
Additional help from Canucklehead and Figments.

An entry in the Two-Faced Charade Contest.

Cover art by incendiaryboobs on derpibooru.
Featured: 2/5/18 - 2/7/18.

Tempest Shadow was forgiven, and assigned to Twilight Sparkle's personal guard. Another villain reformed, another new friend for Equestria.

Another villain who didn't face justice.

The Noble Court has finally had enough, and has gathered together to form an inquiry into Celestia's reasoning for letting so many villains off the hook. The time has come to have the Princess of the Sun reveal why she's let so many of Equestria's most dangerous threats off of the hook.

They have to be careful, as Celestia has hooks of her own.

The problem about reaching the pinnacle of one's career is that there's nowhere to go from there but down.

An expression of certain feelings, with sweet side of Rarity/Luna shipping, because yes.

Technically a sequel to Luna in the Sky with Diamonds and Marshmallow Fluff, but only in that this uses the same versions of Luna and Rarity, so reading those are not required.

Further continuing my habit of naming stories after songs.

Cover art by Renokim.