This story is a sequel to Promises Frozen in Time

Celestia wakes up in the dark.

The first poem previously appeared as a chapter of Missing Pages & Scrawled Footnotes. This story is a stand-alone connection and the prequel is not required reading. Contribute to the TVTropes page!

In chapter 32 of Responsibilities Discord turned Blank Page into a mare for a "short" time. This here is a take on how it could have turned out differently.

Alric, the Chosen Undead, had spent eons in the broken time of his world studying the Curse and searching for a cure. In his research, he learned the horrifying truth. Gwyn had cast the curse upon mankind when he linked the flame to perpetuate the Age of Fire, fearing the natural cycle and the rise of the Dark. In doing so, he damned the world to a slow and agonizing apocalypse, merely for his own lust for power and inability to allow the cycle to happen as it should.

Thus Alric made it his purpose to undo the curse and restore the natural cycle of light and dark to undo the damage Gwyn had wrought. But in the final moment, while he was on the verge of accomplishing his goal, he stumbled into a trap laid upon the First Fire by Gwyn to prevent what the Lord of Cinder had set into motion from ever being undone.

Alric was cast through time and space to a universe not his own. Landing in the Frozen North over one thousand years before the rise of Twilight Sparkle and her friends.

Can he find his way back to fulfill his purpose before it's too late? Or will he succumb to hopelessness and go hollow upon realizing there is no way back?

And what of the two adorable fillies he found within the frozen ruins of a village destroyed by windigos, and saved from freezing to death? What shall become of them?

Not that long ago, Twilight, while investigating her friend's rather bizarre capacity to predict the future, found herself engulfed in flames.

Now she's engulfed in flames again. Don't worry though. She did it on purpose this time.

Twilight was generated here and set on fire using Inkscape.

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Seems that Uncle Sam already paid this long description a visit. Would you like to know more?

Trigger Warnings:
Missiles, The American Dream, Exposed Rivets, Balloons, Twitter, Ponies, Human in Equestria tropes but with more war crimes, the Geneva Suggestions, Reddit, Tankies, Communism, Un-democratic Ideas, Brain Cells, Lack of Brain Cells, Twilightism, Rainbow Dash, Uncomfortable Situations, Trans-Animacy relationships, Isekai, Luna not being shipped with the main character, Alcoholism, , classified , Dave Applebees

A big thank you to DarthBall, for losing 39 IQ in the process of writing this shitpost, and Orderly Dissassembly for the five-dollar Applebees gift card (along with the cover art and editing).

I live on Earth, just like every other human being in existence and every human being to exist. It's 2026 and AI technology is evolving rapidly, so what do scientists do? They stick an AI inside a robot and it walks and talks like a real human! People find this technology to be quite an amazing feat of humans, but I find it rather scary. Like, it's a fake human, don't trust it! However, my perspective changes one day as I hear a knock on the door and welcome into my house a peculiar guest.

While traversing through Earth, Luna decides to try a hot dog.

And then she learns about something that can really spice up a plain ol' hot dog.

"Going overboard" might be an understatement.

Written for Crackfic Storm 2024.

Cover image is from a video preserved by Deleted Pony Videos, originally uploaded by Mysticolt.

Since her tenure in the human world began, Princess Celestia has encountered many concepts, sports being one of them. And when she discovers that she can make money by betting on sports teams, she thinks she's got it in the bag.

She does not.

A short (and very stupid) entry for the Crackfic Storm contest. I apologize in advance for any lost brain cells.

In the midst of a nightmare, you're rescued by Luna, the one you hold most dear. In the moments of beloved stillness thereafter, a threshold is crossed that makes you forget you were ever having a nightmare in the first place.

Tagged T for mild violence in the beginning.
Originally found here: https://ponepaste.org/9171
Cover image credits to Karzahnii

After an Ancient Alicorn of Snow and Water discovers a strange baby, she take him and raises him as her son and her student. After many years of exploring the vast land of Equestria on their own, the two soon find themselves with a newfound group of friends and family.

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This is a remake of my original story, My Little Dragon Ball: Icebound. Many things are going to be altered, but a good chunk of ideas will be a part of this story, like my redesigns of characters.