This story is a sequel to The Ponies You Come Home To

Childbirth is a chancy thing, especially when it comes in the middle of the night, too fast for the midwife or the doctor. Chip was always her sister's echo, her mirror-image, her reflection. But now Sheet Cookie is gone. What can the reflection of a pony do, when there's nopony to reflect anymore?

No time to think. And Chip's sister may be dead, but the foal isn't. And her sister's mother just called her by the dead mare's name.

Thanks to his job, Anon E. Mouse became tired and frustrated. His usual life was a living nightmare. He needed some kind of therapy which can make him calm and relaxed. But he didn't need a therapy. The only thing that he needed was a pet. A cute, smart, beautiful and lovable pet.

In the petshop he couldn't choose, beacuse there was many kind of pet. Parrots, lizards, fish etc. Under the tour in the petshop he suddenly looked at an interesting aquarium and its content. In that aquarium he found the perfect pet. A tiny seapony called Princess Skystar.

Dusk just wanted to go to a picnic with his best friends before spending a relaxing weekend reading, but fate had other plans; namely his older brother's surprise wedding. Rainbow Dash and Rarity broke up, or at least Rainbow thinks they did. Canterlot has been threatened, and the one behind it is closer to the throne than ever. The guards put in place to combat the danger are being lead by Shining Armor's second-in-command Spearhead Sentry, who is spending more time fussing over his little brother Flash and being scared out of his mind by the fearsomely enigmatic Captain Spitfire to focus on training. Princess Luna and her personal guard of vampiric soldiers walk the streets enforcing a curfew, keeping the citizens safe at the expense of their freedoms. Dusk's old friends from school, the bridesmaids in the upcoming wedding between their own best friend and his older brother, miss him... but he doesn't even remember them anymore. The Queen of the Changelings is mobilizing her forces to destroy Princess Celestia and steal the Elements of Harmony, and she doesn't care how many innocent lives she destroys to do it...

The pieces are in place, and Dusk will have a lot on his plate over the next few days. It's a good thing he won't be facing it alone.

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Fireflies AU: all equine characters are human, all other characters are anthro, and Twilight has been gender-flipped to Dusk Shine. This is just a snippet of the main story to showcase certain select aspects of worldbuilding, character backstory, lore, and the way magic operates in this AU, as well as the way I utilize retroactive continuity to bring characters introduced later on in the series than the Season 2 finale into play [such as Sunset Shimmer, Flash Sentry, Minuette, Thorax, Starlight, Sunburst, Tempest, and others pending Season 8 and whenever the fifth Equestria Girls movie is released] as well as events from the comics in order to allow for more plot developments. A teaser of sorts for the real thing, if you will. I also make many characters siblings (Spearhead and Flash), and make many other characters openly LGBT or otherwise queer.
Ships: contains Raridash, Dusk Shine X Flash Sentry, allusions to PinkieJack and ScootaBelle, one-sided crushes from Fluttershy to Rainbow and Rarity, from Minuette and Celestia to Dusk, and from Flash Sentry to Sunset Shimmer.
Sex tag for Rainbow and Rarity being intimate, Chrysalis having freaky bug sex, an allusion to an attempted rape, and for a frank discussion between Dusk and Flash about being queer.
Gore tag for Thorax getting his ass kicked in, an unnamed character getting his ass kicked in, bloodied and dead soldiers and changelings, and for an attempted gallows hanging.

Since there seems to be a bit of confusion on the subject, the pony characters in this story are humanized with the different characteristics of their races, wings, horns, etc...

It's a time for celebration in the Crystal Empire. It's Princess Flurry Hearts ninth birthday. The princesses, the Elements and even everyone's favorite gem eating dragon have shown up to party! That is until an unexpected guest crashes the place three days before the party and Flurry becomes smitten with the odd child they found.

He's a young man around her age in an odd orange and blue outfit. The biggest difference with him is that he has a monkey's tail instead of wings or a horn and the tremendous power he exudes. His name is Son Gohan of the Saiyan race.

He's kind, courteous, strong and very generous, almost immediately befriending the young princess and her family with his attitude and stories. But, as it has been Gohan's entire life, this peace is not to last.

The people of Equestria are about to get a very rude awakening because, despite Gohan's kind hearted nature and will to protect his new friends, war seems to be working it's way towards them in the form of the Changeling Queen, Chrysalis and the mysterious and powerful General Diserex. The half-saiyan will need to fight like a bat out of Tartarus to protect this new world he's found himself in, but every choice has a consequence.

Captain Blazing Wings of the West Delemare garrison sets off for Canterlot for a meeting with a superior officer. While waiting, he meets up with an old friend from the academy.

Queen Chrysalis was scared. What was it like to become good? Would the other changing take her back? She knew of somepony who might be able to help her.

Comments are always appreciated, and I'll try my best to respond back. Enjoy!

A multinational coalition lands in the minotaur homeland for a disaster relief operation. However, all may not be as it seems.

A comment driven story.

At night, Spike feels lonely.

Who could blame him?

He missed his oldest and greatest friend.

So what does he do?

He ends up at the kitchen where he has a morning conversation with her. Events ensue.

Cover Photo by wolfjedisamuel on deviantart

A/N: This is my first story here in 3-4 years. Enjoy, and pardon the inevitable rust that comes with years of absence.

*FEATURED*

This is simply the harrowing tale about the day that blueblood had to foalsit Flurry Heart.  What brought these two together?  Will Bluebloods survive this experience? Last but most important, what could possibly go wrong?

Twilight and her friends free a strange being, who's been imprisoned in stone for a long time. When she asks him about the lost truths of their world, he starts saying the least believable things. Can Twilight's logic and reasoning defeat idealistic beliefs and world-shattering claims about ponykind, or is their more to his claims then she thinks? And when ugly truths about the world are revealed, can the Magic of Friendship save them?

This is my take on HiE, with loads of mythology. This is an example of what I think it should be like. I am new to literature, so I would appreciate constructive criticism. Hopefully, I can do HiE some justice with this fanfic.