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This isn't just fics that have the Dark tag. This is closer to Grimdark, or fics where Dark themes are a major part of the theme. Oddly enough, this is the one folder other then Clop fics where fics with the Sex tag might appear...

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TThe Sweetie Chronicles: Fragments
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Comedy
Sweetie Belle must find Twilight by travelling through different Fanfic worlds...
Sex
Crossover
Twilight
Rarity
Sweetie Belle
Wanderer D · 570k words · 3,340 70 · 47k views
TThe Lunar Rebellion
MLP: FiM
Dark
Drama
Tragedy
One hundred years after Luna’s banishment, unrest among the three pony tribes threatens to plunge Equestria into civil war.
Celestia
OC
Chengar Qordath · 540k words · 1,044 48 · 19k views
TSweetie's Mansion
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
A My Little Pony/Luigi's Mansion Crossover
Crossover
Spike
Gilda
OC
Main 6
CMCs
Moon Shooter · 412k words · 839 30 · 17k views
TDECEPTION
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Drama
Sad
Hybridization of MLP+Inception. Shortly after Twilight finishes a spell that allows her to enter the subconscious through dreams, the Mane Six must perform an inception on Spike when his mind becomes threatened by a split personality. Featured on EQD
Crossover
Twilight
Spike
Luna
OC
Main 6
Christian Harisay · 298k words · 142 7 · 6.1k views
TUpheaval: Reckoning
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
Sequel to Breaking Point. The barrier is no more and the Legion is on the move. What happens next?
Gore
Spike
Celestia
Luna
OC
Main 6
Visiden Visidane · 264k words · 1,818 50 · 13k views
TDenuo Fortuna
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
She was a unicorn on the run. She needed somewhere to hide, somewhere quiet and boring. The tourist pamphlet was out of date but the place sounded ideal... Ponyville
Gore
Alt. Universe
Twilight
OC
Main 6
Firecaller · 259k words · 987 28 · 9.3k views
TSunset of Time
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Sad
Sunset Shimmer: Princess Twilight Sparkle's most faithful student. After bearing witness to the End of the World, she travels back in time to destroy the Dark Regalia and save her future. But a ghost from the past has other plans...
Twilight
Spike
Celestia
Main 6
Sunset Shimmer
Albi · 233k words · 1,348 36 · 27k views
TWind and Stone
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
The Red Cloud War saw the pegasi lose everything to the griffon hordes. Legends rose, heroes died, and through it all, Pathfinder survived. Eighty years later he must confront those painful memories. Memories of loss, of home, of the wind and stone.
Gore
Sex
OC
Ruirik · 225k words · 179 10 · 2.2k views
TSevered Roots
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
Third installment in the "Tangled Roots" timeline. When our heroes of the West and our villains in the East clash at last, who will be left standing?
Sex
Gore
Alt. Universe
Apple Bloom
OC
Other
Babs Seed
Bad_Seed_72 · 217k words · 223 6 · 2.5k views
TPast Sins
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
Slice of Life
Can Nightmare Moon, reborn without her hate, ever escape her past?
Alt. Universe
Twilight
OC
Nightmare Moon
CMCs
Pen Stroke · 202k words · 12,540 382 · 196k views
TSombra. Saga of Hatred
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Sad
Tragedy
Some names are respected. Some are ignored. Some are loved. There is only one name in the whole world of Equestria that became the synonym for cruelty. This name is Sombra, and this is his story.
Gore
Sex
Celestia
Luna
OC
King Sombra
Crystal Ponies
HiddenUnderACouch · 200k words · 218 10 · 4k views
THouse that Heartbreak Rebuilt
MLP: FiM
Dark
Comedy
Random
Slice of Life
Tragedy
This month Heartbreak and Rarity go head to head while trying to get her a house. A surprise visitor or two or three will show up along the way.
Human
Rarity
Spike
Luna
OC
CMCs
Jet_Black1980 · 191k words · 560 25 · 4.9k views
TLibera Mé
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Comedy
Set just after the events of season 3, Twilight Sparkle and her friends must rise to a challenging beast the likes of which will test her not only as an alicorn, but as the Princess of Friendship.
Celestia
Luna
Zecora
OC
Main 6
EZTP · 190k words · 115 4 · 1.9k views
TFallout Equestria: Begin Again
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
War is over.
Gore
Crossover
Alt. Universe
Trixie
OC
Other
the runaway · 184k words · 177 31 · 5.1k views
TWithout a Hive
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Sad
A young changeling is separated from his hive, and must blend in and survive among the ponies of Equestria.
OC
Changelings
Phoenix_Dragon · 181k words · 2,110 32 · 30k views
TUpheaval: Breaking Point
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
A desperate war, old enemies returning and past mistakes come together to alter Equestria forever.
Gore
Spike
Celestia
Luna
OC
Main 6
Visiden Visidane · 177k words · 2,144 49 · 23k views
TThe Irony of Applejack
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Applejack has never told a lie. Merely... omitted some details about herself...
Alt. Universe
Rainbow Dash
Applejack
OC
Main 6
Changelings
Mister Friendly · 176k words · 3,465 83 · 48k views
TThe Sword Coast
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
With a price on Twilight Sparkle’s head and the shadow of death on her heels, her only hope for salvation is the Magic of Friendship. (Baldur’s Gate Crossover)
Gore
Crossover
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
Other
Main 6
AdrianVesper · 161k words · 606 11 · 11k views
TThe Code of Harmony
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
After a thousand years of unchallenged rule, a humbled Princess Celestia - now called Tia Sunbeam - must face her ultimate challenge. To live life as a normal pony, and make some friends.
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Cheerilee
Derpy
Bon-Bon
DJ P0N-3
Lapis-Lazuli and Stitch · 151k words · 596 25 · 7.9k views
TThe Code's Apprentice
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
For a thousand years, the Code of Harmony has ruled Equestria, and the Code of Dissonance has sabotaged its works at every turn. Now the war for control over the land will come to a head, and one unicorn's decision may decide the fate of all.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
Chrysalis
King Sombra
Lapis-Lazuli and Stitch · 150k words · 1,137 46 · 21k views
TInner Demons
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
On her 21st birthday, Twilight reads a prophesy that starts a downward spiral into her own darkness.
Gore
Sex
Twilight
Apple Bloom
Spike
Main 6
CMCs
Azure Sandora · 149k words · 1,399 129 · 21k views
TRise of the Dragonking
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
The era for peace is over. Despite the best efforts of the Alicorns, an ancient enemy has returned to resume a war forgotten by even Princess Celestia. A world is plunged into darkness. Old foes must become allies if they are to survive.
Gore
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Luna
OC
Main 6
Chrysalis
Scarheart · 143k words · 237 20 · 14k views
TThe Heart of an Author
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Mystery
Mystery. Love. Magic. Murder. Truth. These are all important elements in the murder mystery Fluttershy has written, and is now asking Twilight to read. But she struggles to solve the mystery in which it turns out she's the protagonist.
Gore
Violence
Death
Crossover
Fluttershy
Twilight
Main 6
Oroboro · 138k words · 391 20 · 5.6k views
TWhat Bound Them
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Sad
Tragedy
A thousand years after the events in Ponyville, Spike wakes up to find the world a very different, dangerous place. Now he has only one question, and his quest for the answer will take him across Equestria: whatever happened to Twilight Sparkle?
Twilight
Spike
OC
Other
Chrysalis
Headless · 128k words · 488 11 · 7.8k views

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