True Tragedies
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For the rougher side of the sad spectrum. This folder is mainly for deaths and things. But other scenarios may apply.

Order: Date Added

TBad Dragon's Short Stories
MLP: FiM
Anthology
Got a minute? It will take you even less to read one of these unrelated short stories designed for instant reader’s gratification.
Spike
Bad Dragon · 10k words · 34 39 · 1k views
TDon't Make a Shadow of Yourself
MLP: FiM
Dark
Tragedy
A wandering Starlight Glimmer is unable to reconcile the loss of Sunburst with her long-held ideals.
Starlight Glimmer
Sunburst
Ice Star · 7.8k words · 24 8 · 616 views
TSaying Goodbye
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
Tragedy
Fluttershy's time has come. Discord is devastated, and has to learn to say goodbye.
Death
Discord
Toriandthehorse · 1k words · 25 5 · 1.2k views
THang in there
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
Tragedy
“You’ll never fly”. After those three words crush Scootaloo’s world, Rainbow Dash has to bring her back. But sometimes, the darkness is just too close… and the relief too sweet.
Suicide / Self Harm
Death
Rainbow Dash
Scootaloo
Toriandthehorse · 2.4k words · 51 4 · 3.2k views
TLoved And Lost
MLP: FiM
Dark
Drama
Tragedy
This day could've been just perfect, the kind of day of which I've dreamt since I was small. But from too many betrayers, screwups, disgraces, and failures. Now the wedding bells will never ring at all.
Alt. Universe
Celestia
OC
Cadance
Shining Armor
Main 6
EquineAvenger · 52k words · 139 37 · 13k views
TAnniversary in an Alternate World
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Tragedy
Everypony likes to remember how happily the wedding ended. But what if they weren't so lucky? What would the future of Equestria be like if things hadn't worked out during that time?
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Celestia
Cadance
Shining Armor
Main 6
EquineAvenger · 12k words · 147 13 · 18k views
EBundle without joy
MLP: FiM
Sad
Slice of Life
Tragedy
Two Pegasus head to Canterlot hosptial to have a check-up for their expected baby only to hear what no parent wants to hear.
Scootaloo
Other
Too many names taken · 1.5k words · 44 49 · 1.7k views
TWhat is Left
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
Thriller
Tragedy
Five years of cheap thrills in the big city has left Sweetie Belle in bad debt with dangerous ponies. Forced to pay up, she returns to Ponyville to seek money from an estranged sister she loathes with a passion.
Rarity
Sweetie Belle
OnionPie · 24k words · 204 7 · 3.1k views
EI Don't Know If I'm Real...
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
Tragedy
Unable to see or hear, with a spell from somepony she trusted trying to drag her into the cold depths, Pinkie reflects on her life.
Pinkie
North · 1.9k words · 125 3 · 3.4k views
TA Mother's Love Never Dies
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
The bittersweet triumph of a mother's love, an unforgiving reality, and the unsung loss of a queen.
Death
Chrysalis
Changelings
ocalhoun · 6.6k words · 478 8 · 7.3k views
TI Ain't Your Sacrifice
MLP: FiM
Dark
Horror
Tragedy
Despite the prospect of imminent death looming all around him, the black-and-red Alicorn Crystal pony faces his challenges head on.
OC
Bad Dragon · 4k words · 145 45 · 3.6k views
TForget Love
MLP: FiM
Romance
Drama
Tragedy
Despite being stripped of everything, the pony finds his true love and is about to marry her.
Sex
OC
Daring Do
Changelings
Bad Dragon · 2.6k words · 107 31 · 2.6k views
TPrincess of Friendship
MLP: FiM
Drama
Tragedy
After Twilight’s stream of successes, she’s confident that nothing can go wrong. Is she due for a lesson?
Twilight
Spike
Main 6
Bad Dragon · 5.4k words · 290 46 · 7.9k views
TThe Private Scrapbook
MLP: FiM
Romance
Drama
Tragedy
Ever wonder why Granny Smith gives Filthy Rich those 100 jars of zap apple jam? Or who her husband is? Or why zebras are treated differently in Ponyville? All the answers are in Granny Smith's private scrapbook.
Non-con
Violence
Death
Granny Smith
OC
Filthy Rich
Zebra
Cadabra · 136k words · 119 8 · 3.3k views
TFluttershy Batwings
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Sad
Tragedy
Mare Do Well fights to save the gloomy, wintery, and gothic city of Ponyville from the tragic and freakish Pegabat
Gore
Sex
Alt. Universe
Fluttershy
Twilight
Rarity
Spike
King Sombra
Brony God · 41k words · 76 38 · 2.4k views
TThe Dark Side Of The Sun
MLP: FiM
Dark
Horror
Tragedy
Celestia will always struggle with the pain and shame of what happened that fateful night, but it's nothing compared to what happened next.
Non-con
Violence
Suicide / Self Harm
Death
Profanity
Celestia
OC
Nightmare Moon
Other
ocalhoun · 10k words · 237 13 · 5.7k views

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