I was invited to an online game of chess. Now I'm in the void with a god helping create a world...By playing chess.

(I'm not sure if I could classify this as HiE also I highly recommend you have a image of a chess board so you can follow along)

The years pass on.
Evil prospers here and there, until it's defeated by the current good guys.
The heroes come and go, they wither away, only to be replaced by others. But villains, they are immortals, right?
Well, not one of them. And once the inevitable happens, the others have to cope. And discover what "mourning" means.

Surprisingly NOT made for the Cozy Contest. I actually had this one done already before, I was just looking for someone for the cover. And it's @Apocheck13 on twitter (nsfw account so no links).

... I swear I can do other things than Cozy stories! Like CozyHearts stories...

Oh hey, first time I got the little flame thingy. Yay! Was there from 11/10/2024 to 13/10/2024 and featured until 15/10/2024. That's huge for me, thank you very much!

Russian translation

*SNAP*

A hypothetical mare hypothetically has a hypothetical choice to make.

The clock is ticking.

Won gold medal in Bicyclette's "A Thousand Words" contest in category "Angst."

Dramatic reading by The Mystery Fluttershy Fan.
Dramatic reading by Pony&Wolf Productions.

Thanks to Equimorto and various Anons for proofreading and feedback.

My name used to be Joshua, I was someone who made cosplay props and sold them for a decent price.

At every convention I would go to to sell my items I would dress as some form of merchant from one game or another and primary sell items that that character was likely to carry, even if it was from a completely different game as long as it made sense that they would have it.

At the last convention I went to I decided that I would dress as Nox The Unfortunate from Wizard of Legend and therefor would only sell items that were cursed in the game they came from.

Now thanks to selling the wrong thing to the wrong person me and my entire stock are in a new world, I AM Nox The Unfortunate, all the items I have ever made are here with me and real, and the ones that were never cursed are now cursed.

The good thing? Every thing I sell has a warning on it so I can't get in trouble for selling cursed items for any price, and I do mean any price... You don't need your soul, right?

Apparently this got featured 8/28/19... What? How?

Before recorded history, there was the Age of Chaos, when Discord ruled the world.

And in this age, there were two sisters.

The elder, a unicorn, possessed unprecedented refined senses and magical might. The younger sister was a pegasus, with insight beyond her years and the strange gift of walking through shadow and dream.

One day, they would be alicorns. Ponies and other intelligent beings would debate over whether they were goddesses.

But first, before anything else, they were children.

This is their story.

First Story of the Elsequestria Continuity and the Sunset Rising Continuity.

Artwork by Sixes_and_Sevens. Please check out their excellent artwork and stories.

(Note: during the Age of Chaos, time was soft and most attempts of marking its passage were meaningless. The titles of the first four chapters refer to the sisters' approximate stages of physical development.)

This chronology continues in Luna’s Gift.

As the sun sets on another day in the magical land of Equestria, an era sets along with it. One of the last remaining participants of a bygone age rests idly, bracing themselves to face whatever lies beyond this mortal coil.

Twilight Sparkle is no stranger to death. As an alicorn, one of the immortal rulers and protectors of Equestria, she's seen many dear friends come and go over the countless years. But through it all, there was one confidant she could always find solace in: Spike, her faithful dragon assistant and adoptive little brother.

Alas, not even dragons, long-lived as they are, can endure forever. Now, with mere hours remaining before Spike leaves this world for the next, the time has come for Twilight to bid farewell to the first and last of her very best friends.

Written by TheAncientPolitzanian
Inspired and preread by The Red Parade
Edited by Lord Regulus (A.K.A. Rego)
Cover Art: FiM S9E09 "Sweet and Smoky"

"Excuse me while I go and feel wistful in a corner." –Astrarian

This is my fault – the student who needed me the most was the one I couldn't help.

I can't stop coming back here, to ponder where I went wrong, and what that means for both of us.

The worst part? How easily it could have been me... and why it wasn't.

Silver medal winner in the Discrepancy event on writeoff.me! Thanks writeoff gang for your feedback, as always!

An enchanted gift from rare sylvan visitors to Equestria gives an aging Rarity renewed vim and vigor. What harm could it do to try and make the lovely thing suit her just a little bit better?

An entry for the Barcast Halloween in April Writing Contest for short works of horror fiction.

This story is a sequel to Austraeoh

As Rainbow Dash Flies East, those left behind must endure.

Shining Armor went on a secret mission without alerting Celestia and Luna to this act. Now he's come back, and what he brought with him is beyond Cadance's comprehension. Desperate to save her ill husband but terrified of how her aunts will react, Cadance calls upon the one individual whose magic might be able to fix this.

But when dealing with the latent power of Grogar, even Discord may be hesitant.

The first in a new collection of Them tales. This one will be different from its predecessors due to my very different intentions with it.

The Them Series
Chronologically from Top to Bottom:
Origin of Them
Feed Them
Entertain Them
Hunt Them
Becoming Them
Guide Them

Cover art by Glukoloff.