There are a lot of ponies, but only so much land. Fortunately, there is a possible solution, but it's on the other side of a moral event horizon. Passing it requires a night spent doing paperwork, drinking fine wines, chatting and listening to soothing music to set things in motion.

Luna has returned to Equestria, but she is as cold and distant as the moon that held her captive. Celestia broods on her throne, regretting mistakes made and prices paid. Twilight Sparkle contemplates betrayal, and as her faith drains away, bitterness takes its place. And in the darkness, a relic of an ancient tragedy watches, his life consumed by greivances that he can neither remember nor forget. Betrayed and betrayers all, four ponies in need of a redemption that only one seeks. Will Honesty be enough to save them? Can one hoof, extended in trust and forgiveness, mend four wounded hearts?

Includes Applejack X Luna and slight Twilight X Celestia shipping.

With thanks to my editors, peppermint-roo.deviantart.com and sosweetntasty.deviantart.com

Written prior to season 2, so severely jossed by canon.

- Act I (You Are Here) - Act II - Act III

Applejack begins to notice suspicious behavior in her friend Twilight. As she presses for the truth, she discovers the truth about their world.

They are not alone.

Somewhere, there is another Equestria, another world in which copies of the Element Bearers live different lives, unaware of the destiny that was almost theirs. A world shrouded in darkness.

As these two worlds begin to collide, six strangers will discover that they must inherit the mantles passed down by their alternate selves and become heroes in a world without rainbows.

(Very) loosely inspired by the television show Fringe.

Act II can be found here: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/96

Cover image by Muffinsforever. Show him some love at http://muffinsforever.deviantart.com

A sleepover at Twilight's library goes horribly awry when the ponies find themselves the characters in a ghost story instead of the narrators. What is behind the door?

Twilight testifies at The Mayor's court case.

When Rainbow Dash crashes into an impromptu sleepover at Twilight's library, the unicorn seems to be acting strangely, though Dash doesn't think too much of it. As usual, the pegasus has little thought for the feelings of those around her. Some ponies are just oblivious.

Disclaimer: OC Ponies Ahead
Lady Spearmint, maid and confidante to Princess Luna, may have an unimpressive appearance and stature, but makes up for it with a heavy chip on her shoulder.
As her sister Violetta parties her life away on the other side of the Canterlot life, a new stallion by her side every night, Spearmint does her chores and obeys her superiors, pushing back resentment for the family that cast her and her blank flank out of sight. But her routine life is set on fire when the famed traveling entertainer Cherry Coke, known for her spunk and her well-intentioned plots often gone awry, comes to town to play for the Princesses and their ladies.
Under the watchful eye of Midnight Ebony, a dark and mysterious knight errant she met on the road to Canterlot, Cherry Coke begins to concoct her last, but far from least, escapade.

A mysterious ship crash lands in the Everfree Forest, its sole occupant on the brink of death. Managing to survive due to the timely intervention of the benevolent ruler of Equestria, Princess Celestia. The mysterious alien creature is but a precursor to upcoming events, ancient and unearthed revelations from its past that will forever alter the future of Equestria.

Twilight Sparkle is summoned to settle a legal matter involving The Great and Powerful Trixie... What in Equestria did she do now?

Friendships don't always last, time isn't always well-spent, and not everyone gets a happy ending. Everypony has their regrets, paths not taken, failures and lost loves. Sometimes, it's too late for second chances.