Canterlot is under seige by the undead.
The many ponies of the City are coming face to face with hordes of undead, led by a brave, powerful and handsome necromancer named Norman.
At the centre of all the chaos, Celestia, Luna and Twilight sit in the safety of Canterlot castle, plotting their response to this problem and the best way to sort it all out...

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Zombie is best apocalypse.

Cover Image by ASTROtheH

This story is a sequel to Shard: Harmony in the Clouds

Flim and Flam's Traveling Sideshow Spectacular! A collection of strange and unusual creatures from the furthest reaches of the continent taken on the road for ponies all over Equestria to see. They are always looking for new exhibits to bring in the bits. Some of what you see can be quite surprising, especially when one of the displays looks familiar.

(a story set in the Shard-verse.)

What do you do when you've been turned into a vampire?
For Cheerilee, the answer is "get a second job."

One mind.

One soul.

Two ponies.

Harmonious Twins, as siblings such as these are called, are usually some of the happiest in Equestria. Not in this case.

Does it have to be this way?

Second-place winner of the Quills and Sofas Thousand-Word Throwdown. The entry had to have exactly 1000 words, the prompt was "denied; intertwined". Use the alternate chapter if you experience formatting problems.

Title art by SiMonk0!

Back in the early days of Equestria, when Luna was still with her sister and Discord was still flesh and blood, a young pony discovers that she is bored with her charmed life. Her name was Celestia, although she prefers to go by Sunny Days.

You see, Celestia feels a bit pressured by her newly approaching 'royal duties,' so she created a new personality for herself: mild-mannered filly-next-door Sunny Days.

Of course, she didn't account for the odd little creature that would soon become her biggest fan. His name was Discord, and he was quite possibly the most annoying and obnoxious animal on the face of the planet.

So love was a foregone conclusion.

An object of unknown origins crash lands in the no-pony's land between Equestria and Gryphon territory. Princess Luna and Twilight Sparkle race to beat the Gryphons to the crash site, but discover more to the crash than they originally thought.

Warning: Incest.

Celestia's mother returns from distant lands, bringing with her the sister that the princess had never met. What will come of their meeting?

Celestia/Luna shipping.

Written for the Writers' Training Group ( mlp-wtg.deviantart.com ) week 7, the prompt being a fic inspired by a song.

Inspired by Forbidden Lovers by Be Bop Deluxe. Here are the lyrics: http://www.lyricsvip.com/Be-Bop-Deluxe/Forbidden-Lovers-Lyrics.html

The song put me in the mind of a swift and passionate love that burns out quickly, a love doomed to fail from the start. And here it is.

This story is a sequel to Friendship is Grievous

The brutal Clone Wars have at last come to an end. The Separatists are no more, and from the ashes of the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire has emerged. Now, the ponies of Equestria must choose their path through a dark and terrible time.

TV Tropes page.

Cover art by Mix-up over at his his deviantart.

Nightmare Moon won. She defeated Celestia, broke the Elements, banished the sun. This all happened a very long time ago. So long ago, that she has had plenty of time to change her mind.

Of course, fixing our mistakes is never so simple, and never without consequences. Even with particularly potent help.

"If you came to conquer, you'll be king for a day. / But you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away."
— "No Control" by Bad Religion

A big thanks to Craine, Sorren, and Idylia for prereading and editing. If you enjoyed the story, don't forget to check out their pages.

Equestria Daily
Royal Canterlot Library (FIMfic version)
Russian translation by Doof
Chinese translation by Dreams Set Free

Kitsune Heart has done a dramatic reading of this story! Find it over here.
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Comments contain spoilers.

Princess Luna raises the moon. She had not done it for a thousand years, and even after over a year of returning to doing so, it does not come quite so easily.

Princess Celestia raises the sun. She raised the moon for her sister when she was in exile. She worries just a bit too much about her little sister.

Princess Luna has had enough.

Written for the EFNW 2015 Contest.