Here I am in an afterlife, of sorts. But somewhere along the way, I lost a large chunk of my real life.

There’s only one being who could have reasonably pulled any of this off. There’s a problem, though. She doesn’t exist.

Yet.

Written for the December 2016 Writeoffs, where it placed sixteenth. Caution is advised.

This story is very non-canon Optimalverse, and should therefore be approached with even further caution.

Note the self insert tag. Blatant wish fulfillment ahead. Did I mention caution?

This story is a sequel to Beer and a Knife Fight 2: Celestia Discovers Iced Tea

Twilight and Celestia have endured quite a lot in the course of their relationship. Now, poised on the cusp of matrimony, a sudden revelation threatens to tear their love asunder. By the end of the day, life as they know it will end. The South will rise. The fabric of space-time will be rent asunder. Words will be said that cannot be unsaid. And one thing's for sure:

There will be beer and knife fights.

tw: epic offscreen sword fights, Southernisms, super-double secret incest, convoluted plots, more than enough mind-control, and considerable amounts of trolling.

Cover by iisaw!

"Shades of Man of Steel... before everything turned into everything." -Icy Shake

Twilight Sparkle wakes to a wasteland. Equestria as she knows it has been destroyed. Her friends have scattered to the winds.

Twilight must find out what happened, where the Princesses have gone and what has happened to her friends. To do that, she must fight through a toxic gas that has changed ponies into something unrecognizable. Have her friends survived at all?

There's a dark secret behind all of this, and in a journey that heralds only pain and turmoil, does Twilight really want to know the truth? Or are some things best kept close to a pony's chest?

After Trixie's humbling defeat and the recovery of a dangerous magical artefact, the Alicorn Amulet, Twilight develops curiousity towards magical artefacts of old similar to the Alicorn Amulet.

During her research, she saved the world with her friends several times, became a Princess, stopped a heartbroken unicorn from destroying Equestria's present by ruining Twilight's friendships, and befriended said unicorn. Of course, all those events meant Twilight didn't make a lot of progress.

Now, however, she focuses solely on her research, fueled by the fear of what might be should she fail to find anything. To make matters worse, strange dreams keep haunting her at night, dreams of what might happen if, and when, she fails, each one about each of her friends, about her family, adding to her fear.

With her fear pushing her, it's only a matter of time before she finds something. However, what she finds might just make her dreams a reality, or it might just be what she needs to save her friends and family from a fate worse than death.

There are somethings in life you can never make up for, some sins you can never repent for. This Home is not a home, it's a prison of your own sin.

Since he was young, Dark Star has had to face many a challenge for his image.
Charcoal fur, black mane, and even the same red eyes as the once villain Sombra. Sure, there were tales that the evil King had reformed, but no one had seem him in a long time, leaving Dark Star at the mercy of both children and adults alike accusing him of being a future abomination.

The day he earned his Cutie Mark didn't make things any easier. Having the image of the Grim Pony on a tome for a mark seemed to be an ill omen for all.

But the day he earned it was what set his path in stone. It was the day his mother died, and the day he wondered...what happened to ponies when they died?

Luna heard the stories. She heard the rumors and the gossip plenty enough even in her court.
Tales of a pony resembling Sombra going about, visiting ponies on their death beds just before they left Equestria for good. The Harbinger, they called him.

She was going to learn the truth, and she knew exactly where she would find him. After all, poor Shining armor never ascended like his wife. His time was at an end, and Luna knew the Harbinger would not pass up such a large figure finding his path to the afterlife.

An entry for Scribblefest 2017

Fluttershy is not a mare particularly keen on the Everfree forest. It's dark, creepy, and generally a place she'd rather not visit.
But when she hears the cries of an animal in pain, she may have to enter its dark depths.
Alone.

Discord breaks free of his stone prison, and decides to show the Mane 6 just what his prison was like. And give them a taste of what he went through!

There will be more if this story does good.

Trying to start life anew, Roger Stone arrives in Ponyville. Soon he will have to come face to face with the one thing he fears... His past.
This is my first ever fanfic. I hope you enjoy this combination of Prussia and ponies.

Princess Luna has a journal! She writes about her daily life in it!

This is a sister story to Son of the Moon, it is imperative you read that first, however this story does not need to be read to understand Son of the Moon.