On the day Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are to give self-defence lectures to Ponyville’s earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi, Discord asks them to help him clean up a mess he’d left behind before he’d been turned to stone by the Royal Pony Sisters. This leaves Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy to try and give defence lessons in place of the smartest, strongest and fastest members of Ponyville’s Royal Taskforce…

No one was prepared for the second Chernobyl disaster.

The first one was already bad enough, scaring and poisoning the land with no possibility of future habitation. The second one was infinitely worse. In an instant, the ancient Ukrainian forests and decaying Soviet apartment blocks were made into something wholly other. Local wildlife was twisted and mutated beyond recognition, none residing within the zone at the time survived. A new unseen force moved throughout the landscape, twisting reality on a whim. And still, there are those either brave, stupid, or desperate enough to travel into this forsaken place. Their ideologies vary greatly, some seek to understand the Zone. Other's seek to destroy it in order to protect the outside world. And other's seek simply to profit off of it.

Regardless of their goals, they all go by the same broad term.

Stalkers.

One such Stalker, a man by the name of Nikolai, suddenly finds himself thrown into an entirely different kind of zone. One that you cannot escape from, and with a completely different set of hazards than the one he is used to.

The Equestrian Wasteland.

Starry Nights thought she was a relatively normal pegasus. Sure she was dating a batpony, had an obsession with the night sky, and had been suffering from recurring nightmares since she was a foal, but besides all of that she was a completely normal pegasus. That was until she was sent by the magazine she wrote for to cover the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration, then her life was flipped upside down.

With Nightmare Moon's return, Starry is now trapped in the middle of a civil war between Nightmare's forces versus what remains of the Solar Guard. She is now forced to confront her destiny set in motion a millennia ago, and discover who she truly is. But she is not without help as Twilight Sparkle, Shining Armor, a mysterious spirit, and others assist on her journey to activate the Elements of Harmony, and defeat Nightmare Moon.

Twilight Sparkle brings the plagues unto Canterlot when Celestia turns the others of the mane six to stone.

The memory stone was gone, and Wallflower Blush had the chance to start again. I'll guide her along the path that she never saw before. She'll see the beauty of it, she'll grow with it... I'll make sure nothing bad happens to her.

"I'll keep her safe."

What a joke.

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Edited by Absentialucci and Yutah123
Proofread by RDT, Techno Flare
With additional feedback from Thesmokinguy, iAmSiNnEr, Mykola

It's almost time....the contract has just one stipulation left. Just...one. After that...well Discord gets to make good on the promise he made to Fluttershy all those years ago,he promised her she would live on through more than just memory,but she made him sign a contract. It's so tempting to give that last part a tiny little push...but he knows better,the stipulations must happen naturally...but still,the wait has driven him sane.

Whilst waiting for Rarity to finish her shift at Nightmare Moon's castle, the Cutie Mark Crusaders listen to cutie mark stories from a strange assortment of ponies who happen upon them, including a vain femboy, a headstrong veteran, a shifty necromancer, and more!

Takes place in my New Lunar Millennium alternate universe. More information can be found here.

Proofread and edited by Izzy Incraft. Additional proofreading and editing by Ebonyglow.

Detailed content warnings per chapter included in author's notes.

This story is a sequel to Thomas and Friends: Fun in the Sun

Moondust Skylight, one of Goldie's brothers, is visiting Falmouth to see his sister and brother-in-law. Whilst there, he regails them with exciting stories of the time he worked for Canadian Pacific, and how he and his engine solved a spooky mystery.

Inspired by the Arnold Ridley play The Ghost Train, with elements taken from Digs and Discoveries, a special from the 24th Season of Thomas and Friends. Based on a suggestion from SciSetShimmerEvan.

Octavia takes her younger sister on a journey that shows the true meaning of Christmas. Her gift stays with her as a powerful inspiration for the rest of her life.

(This is a parody of a christmas story that is found here:
http://www.weboflove.org/i/christmas-stories/santas-team.
I also made Octavia Silver Spoon's older sister,just go along with it. Happy Christmas everypony!)

The ASD, or Arcane Spells Division, is Equestria's first line of defence against magical threats. Twilight used to be a part of the ASD, but after moving to Ponyville, she had long ago left that life behind her. But this kind of life isn't the kind you leave behind.

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