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Starswirl the Bearded had always been curious, but when he conducts experiments with light, studying both the sun and the moon, he learns there is something more there than just two heavenly bodies. There is something on the moon, and the sun is causing something to happen to Equestria. He must tread carefully as he performs his research, because does anypony want to offend something as dangerous as the sun?

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Celestia, long after retirement, looks back on the life she once had before becoming an alicorn.

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This story is a sequel to Equestria Ninja Girls Rainboom and Crystal Ninjas


The turtles and their human friends return to Equestria to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Star Swirl the Bearded and the Pillars of Equestria. But will discovering the truth lead them to an even bigger problem?

This fic contains no spoilers from Equestria Ninja Girls Rainboom and Crystal Ninjas

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This story is a sequel to MLDC Origins: The Guardian of The Green


"I was once the greatest of knights in the kingdom, I served our Queen Amore faithfully and without question. I had the love of a woman, who was my friend through childhood. I also had the privilege to learn of magic under the great Starswirl. However, I destroyed all of it, in succumbing to the darkness, used as a weapon to hurt those I loved!"

"As punishment, I was cursed, to forever live, and to forever be bound to a demon...this is how it all began."

"Gone, gone, the form of man...! Arise the demon, Etrigan!

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Star Swirl the Bearded has been working on his masterpiece for a long while now, but even after all this time he has never managed to complete it. After his student Clover visits him with some important news about the future, Star Swirl must work out for himself what his true priorities are, and whether he wants to carry on working or finally get some rest...

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Rainbow Dash finds a book from Celestia and Luna's childhood in the Castle of the Two Sisters, one that details their exploits in pranking. Obviously, she has to give them a try. And drag a few other creatures into her schemes as well.

Cover art created by me in MS Paint.

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I am Starswirl the Bearded and my story does not start in Equestria. Many have heard the rumor that I am from a foreign land. This is but the smallest part of the truth, for I was not born a pony but on another world, and brought here by Princess Celestia on a mission to save my race. I was born a human, in the year of my people 1452, and my name was Leonardo daVinci.

Artwork by Mythee and Nevina

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In the season seven finale of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. When Starswirl the Bearded returns from Limbo along with the rest of the Pillars and the Pony Of Shadows, he does not bother listening to Starlight Glimmer at all about whether they should even attempt to reform Stygian.

But what if something in Starlight snapped that day? What if being ignored, gaslighted, and pushed around lit a fuse in Starlight. What if that confrontation in the library went VERY differently.

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Long ago, before the present Equestria existed, an isolated young kingdom known as the United Triarchy of Equestria was ruling with the land with newfound friendship. While it was far from a utopia, it was the best nation that the world had seen in a long, long time.

Meanwhile in the city of Canterlote, Clover the Clever breaks every element of her life in one simple move: she takes a walk after her bedtime. Now, she is lost and only wants to return home.


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