It has been 15 years since King Sombra was defeated and the Crystal Empire was saved, but one faithful night, at the Grand Galloping Gala, commemorating Princess Twilight Sparkle's 15th coronation anniversary, the festivities are disrupted by a clan of shadowy, pony-like monsters and a mysterious swirling black hole opens up in the sky, growing in size every minute. Further investigation reveals a horrifying surprise, King Sombra has returned....

With the fate of Equestria once more in their hooves, Twilight and her friends travel from their home to the undiscovered west to seek out a long-lost Equestrian ally to aid them in their quest to save the kingdom from Sombra and his new Umbrum army. Along the way, they'll uncover the mysteries surrounding a new type of magic, and a tragic story of love and corruption.

Inspired by Skybolt and The L-Train's symphonic metal operas, "Fall of an Empire" and "Moonrise".

Cover art by bronyseph.

In his pursuit to recreate a pleasure from home in Equestria, Anon lets ponies experience some of his memories. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

Twilight Sparkle has been imprisoned for the murder of King Sombra in retaliation to the murder of her own brother. Locked away in solitary confinement with no visitation for nearly half a year, Twilight begins to believe that she's all alone, that is until Rainbow Dash sneaks into her cell on Hearts and Hooves Day.

Based on real life events. Inspired by "Painkiller" as made famous by Three Days Grace, "Say it ain't so" as made famous by Weezer and "Behind Blue Eyes" as made famous by The Who. Dedicated to someone very special to me.

Edited by: Crystal Moose, and I can't even describe how grateful I am.

The cover art was drawn by me.

Story One of the upcoming Painkiller Series

Before King Sombra enslaved the ponies of the Crystal Empire; before Nightmare Moon attempted to block out the sun forever; there were only Luna and Sombra. In a time when Equestria’s peace after Discord’s defeat is shaken, and when alicorns once again come under attack, two unlikely ponies come together beneath the pale moonlight. In the darkness their love blossoms, but so does an ethereal evil that bides its time, waiting to strike before the dawn.

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Sequels:
Shadow of the Moon
In Your Dreams: Luna's Farewell

Cover art done by the amazing Nalesia on Deviantart. Please check out the artist's gallery. I couldn't be happier with this piece.

This story is a sequel to What Will Make You Happy

Chrysalis plans to revive King Sombra so that they may rule all of Equestria together, but to bring him back she needs pieces of an ancient artifact scattered all across the farthest confines of Equestria.

However, to make sure there's no interference from the Elements of Harmony, Sombra gives Chrysalis some of his magic, which she uses to use the Princesses to stone, and capture both Twilight and Cadence, both pregnant with their respective husbands' babies. Chrysalis also kidnaps the Mane Six and and separates them into different parts of Equestria so that they won't rise up against her.

So it's up to Shining Armor, Discord, Screwball and Spike to rescue their wives, the Elements of Harmony, defeat both Chrysalis and Sombra, and change the princesses back to normal. However, Discord is haunted by nightmares and visions of Twilight dying at childbirth, and this stirs his worst fears of losing her, something of which Chrysalis and Sombra decide to take advantage of.

Will they get to the Elements in time?

This story is a sequel to Possession in the Crystal Empire

Private Iceland is recovering from his ordeal at the hooves of King Sombra, who possessed him and caused his current injuries. He still suffers nightmares and has trouble sleeping. He also longs for his favorite breakfast, pancakes. The dull tasting hospital food is not helping with that at all.

However, is he safe? Is he truly free from the pony that tormented him and his brother? He is in the middle of the Crystal Empire, with an active Crystal Heart, plenty of guards and an alicorn princess nearby. Is that enough to stop a very unscheduled, unexpected, unwanted visit? Especially if it's off hours?

A certain evil overlord doesn't think so.

This story is part of The Equestria Tales series.

Side-story in "Return of The Dark Ponies" story arc.

Story edited by Hail King Sombra.
Story title. additional ideas and suggestions by Tale Weaver

This one shot is marked as sequel to Possession in the Crystal Empire, as it is a direct follow up to that story.

This story is a sequel to Beyond Infinity

Ever since Marcus first arrived in Equestria, he didn’t think things could get any weirder. However spending time with a certain pink party pony and her friends may change that as he goes day to day in the chaotic town of Ponyville.

A series of side stories that are connected to Beyond Infinity. I hope you all enjoy it!

Cover art done by: MCShelster
Editor: Darthball

This story is a sequel to Lingering Shadows

He broke her heart once already. Luna learned her lesson when Sombra last tried to manipulate her, and she wants nothing more than to forget about what happened and put it behind her.

Sombra cannot forget, nor does he want to. Regretting what happened between them, when the chance to make things up to Luna comes from some very unexpected sources, he takes the opportunity and wants to try to court her properly.

But once bitten, twice shy, as they say. Will the two ever find happiness with one another?

I have to offer a huge thanks once again to everyone who read the previous story, Lingering Shadows, and encouraged me to go ahead with my idea for a sequel. Apologies for the wait, but here you have it at last. I'm going to try to get on a regular update schedule of at least 1-2 chapters a month with this one.

A huge thank-you to Kelisah of deviantART for graciously allowing me use of her artwork as a cover piece for this story!
8tracks playlist: https://8tracks.com/yoru-the-rogue/midnight-radiance

This story is a sequel to Anon’s a Villain and Wins

So, villainy was profitable the first time. Anon managed to wrangle up revenue from properties he owned, but due to how every pony was still a little pissed, they got some dope lawyers and kicked him out of the country. Thankfully, he’s still got his squad to back him up as he decides to come out of retirement and be a super villain in the Crystal Empire instead... that is, until some jackass tries to do it first.

This time around, there’ll be like, three chapters and an epilogue.
Warning: naughty no-no words.

Featured: January 7, 2021

In the closing days of the Pre-Classical Era, at the dawn of the rule of the Royal Pony Sisters, the devastation of Discord’s cruelty hits hard and leaves an open wound. As the young and inexperienced Princesses Celestia and Luna struggle to keep the peace, powerful figures in all three Pony tribes bridle at the upstart Alicorns who so quickly and easily claimed power...

Fic reading with soundtrack can be found here!