Jetfire-Approved Pseudo-Sequel to Dangerous Business- With the rest of the Mane Six gone on a diplomatic mission for Celestia, Fluttershy is having a restful, if lonely, summer. But one day, a mysterious member of the Apple family arrives in town, carrying three strange gemstones. He explains (and demonstrates) that the stones allow any pony who uses them to harness powerful magic, beyond that of any unicorn. He offers a few local ponies a deal- if they come with him to the dangerous and unexplored North, where the stones were allegedly discovered, they can get a cut of the profits from selling the mystical rocks. Fluttershy, along with an ensemble cast of background ponies and OC's, finds herself on a grand adventure that will take her beyond the borders of Equestria.

Rainbow Dash, Vinyl Scratch, and Derpy Hooves venture off to a field near the Everfree forest to support Dash in one of her flying practices for the second annual young fliers competition. Unfortunately for them, they encounter more than they bargained for and are thrust into an unknown world where friendship and safety is hard to come by.
[Read the Prologue Parts 1 and 2 for the crucial back story] [MLP:FIM, Ace Combat, and Final Fantasy merge into an epic adventure of friendship, bravery, and determination. Will the ponies ever return home?]

Additional Info:
Meanwhile, in a world far away, the Razgriz demonstration flight squadron prepare for a routine flight mission. Hours into the flight, the chain of events that began in Equestria conflict with their own world as well. At the same time (relatively speaking) the current year on Earth is 2064AD, but it's not an Earth too friendly to its inhabits, let alone creatures from other worlds.

Dr. Sid began working on a project, long before the need for weapons and barrier cities. The Final Fantasy world of Earth is infested with alien spirits, and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a strange dream and guided by her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to destroy the alien presence, and pure enough to protect the planet. But before Aki pursues this journey, Dr. Sid is convinced the Stargate project may work (codenamed Project BlueBeam). However, at the projects peak, their world was overrun by alien spirits and phantoms. As a result, the machine was never tested. In the barrier city of New York, Dr. Sid begins to decide that the project is too dangerous and complicated to complete. His dream was that by developing a Stargate that could visit other worlds, maybe...just maybe they could learn to save their own. Aki Ross and Dr. Sid, along with Gray Edwards, Ryan Whittaker, Neil Fleming, and Jane Proudfoot are forced to shut down the project after a security breach. Unfortunately, security measures were not properly taken to secure the Stargate. Little did they know, the machine did in fact work after all, and Douglas Hein, one of the arrogant leaders of the city, was up to no good�

The Main 6 and friends, as well as Razgriz, are thrown into 2064AD Earth full of alien phantoms, barrier cities, and a place where friendship is hard to come by. It�s nothing Aki and her team aren't used to, but they were not expecting the Stargate to work...let alone this little mishap. What evil is Douglas Hein up to? What will the main 6 and friends do to survive and return home? How are Blaze, Edge, Chopper, Archer, and Heartbreak One (the call signs of Razgriz) going to comprehend what has happened? Now that the door to the unknown and the unimaginable is opened, the reality in which everyone thought they lived�just got a reality check.

Character Profile Map:
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Crossover Information: The following story, (in the same time Galatically) takes place in Final Fantasy Earth, 2064AD.

Equestria: One month after the Canterlot Wedding
Osea (Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War): 5 Years after the war
Final Fantasy (The Spirits Within Movie): One Year Before the movie takes place, 2065AD.

(You may read this story without having a background in AC5 or FF The Spirits Within. However, if you have played the game and watched the movie, it can help build images and bring the story line together. But again, it is not necessary. Overall, I realize this Fan Fiction concept is "a stretch", but I will do my best to deliver a story that will take you on a journey that destroys the barriers of time, space, and overall...it doesn't matter how "dark" or "evil" a place can be. All it takes is a little light to turn everything around.)
Authors Note: If you are somehow reading this and have no background of MLP: Friendship is Magic, it will be slightly challenging to follow the MLP characters, so use the Character guide as a reference.

This is a story of a boy who through some crazy chance arrives in equestria. He then gets transformed into a pegasus pony and tries to fall in with Equestrias society, but someone is pulling the strings in the background.

In a world where Alicorns and immortal ponies rule the underworld and mortal ponies live on the surface without knowledge of the underworld, chaos rules silently in the background. One pony will soon change all that. a once powerful Alicorn, Twilight, ran away from her home after her sister, AppleJack, tried killing her. But now after thousands of years of hiding with the mortal ponies, AppleJack has found her and wants her back to steal her powers. But after finding an old friend, Spike, Twilight and Spike escape to further strengthen the rebellion and to find out the truth behind AppleJack's greed for power. Along the way, Spike and Twilight learn that love can be found in many forms...

-side note- this story is in P.o.V's, but I will show when each view changes:D and A.J , Twi, are alicorns in this. Also Fluttershy is a half Alicorn. All the characters look like ponies but walk and have the bodies of humans. Like they have the pony faces and horns and wings. They look like the cover pic.

"Harmony in Equestria is officially dead." Those words were a dagger through Twilight's heart. But what about everyone else? They claim ,"It was just a vision/dream." and act like they don't get anything. Except for Applejack that noted a vision that triggered discord in her, they all lied. It was the most painful thing. But somehow they have to resist and create the spark between friendship, caused not only by Twilight. And we shouldn't forget everyone else, crusaders, princesses, mailmares, musicians and background characters in between.

This is just a P.O.V story of what I thought should have happened when the mane 6 were fighting Discord and how everypony would feel. I will change what happened because I felt like this would be the right way to end it, rather than Twilight single-hoovedly saved Equestria, Twilight is best pony ever, never speak of this again, (The whole situation, not Rarity's 'diamond') because honestly, it should've been a equal effort because no pony other than Twilight did anything useful that saved Equestria and I think that was a bit of a screw-up. There will be a P.O.V of the Princesses (Not including Cadance) The CMC, Derpy and other canon background characters. This will be TIED-IN with the story not a whole bunch of stories made separately. They will all connect to the Mane Six, and support the main story.

I'm open to new ideas and a picture will probably be added soon.

"Oh...? Hello there. Yes, I can see you dearies, sitting or lying comfortably in front of your little electronic devices, reading the accounts of the infinite universes that make up our little corner of Creation. No, don't get all alarmed, I can't directly reach your little universe so you are perfectly safe from me..."

Said the pale magenta filly looking straight forward, her blue eyes focusing on the invisible (at least for the rest of us) figures before her, pausing a moment before resuming talking...

"Why are you so surprised...? You know me already, Diamond Tiara, the daughter of Filthy Rich and Spoiled Milk, reformed bully of Ponyville School and best friend of Silver Spoon, you all have seen bits and pieces of my life for years now, going from the meanest filly to ever live to the forgettable background Pony of season 8, have read the tales of several different versions of myself on this website..."

"But how do you know this...? You might be wondering, well it's simple: I am not the Diamond Tiara of what you might know as the TV show, I am but a different version of that one... In my Ponyville something fell from the sky, transformed into an Alicorn and lived in the town, rarely interfering with our lives, so I got redeemed like in your precious TV show, only to get lost in another universe days after my redemption. Want to know how it happened? Well read this totally legit recap and find out how did I fell into the world of the Darkstalkers and became... the Diamond of Darkness...."

Hiatus until summer break, at which point I have a time to organize material, potentially to release over time. Until then, if you wish, you can read it on the bay12forum post, which is linked later.

Thirty years before the founding Dawnpick, the world is in a relatively peaceful, if fragmented state. The ponies, griffons, zebras, diamond dogs and others live in relative isolation, trying to stay out of each others' ways. There are the few merchant guilds that span the gaps between their lands, but most find the work hard, unforgiving, and oftentimes not profitable enough to extend their reach deep into the various kingdoms.

To remedy this problem, many are seeking to set up permanent trade routes and trading posts to supply them. The Prestigious Confederacy is one such group: a large merchant organization staffed by a wide variety of creatures from many lands and seeking to bring them together in the name of economics. They have chosen several key sites, chosen the most eager of their bright eyed and bushy tailed upcoming officers, hired the needed help, and sent them on their merry way to fortune – or ruin.

This is the story of Isolde Hookbill, a young adult griffoness, and her team, set out on the road to found Shadytrails. Deep in the south, it's near enough to several old trade routes and rivers large enough to handle shipping, so it seems to be a promising site.

Will she bring fame and fortune to her employers, or will disaster strike first?

Shadytrails is a community fortress and ongoing roleplay (using the Dwarf Fortress MLP mod).

All artwork unless otherwise stated belongs to Kryptid. The fort itself is Telgin's, who has released it for use and granted me permission to post it as a story. Though currently applicable to nobody, anyone who has said they don't want to be included in the fimfiction version will not be.

It is recommended that you read this blog for background so you understand the setting, otherwise you'll be rather lost. A character list (up-to-date for the fimfiction version) for everybody's convenience can be found here.

The story will be at least one game-log update behind the actual RP to allow time for all the materials to be completed. Tagged Sex for suggestive (or potentially suggestive) moments or sentences. There will be a few dark-ish moments, and if they occur more often I'll add a dark tag. Gore is for the inevitable mention of the combat scenes, blood, etc. Things that would be expected in a fortress/settlement building game.

Twilight Sparkle couldn't be happier. Ponyville has set a new record for the length of time between disasters that have occurred in the otherwise quiet little town, there are no new evils rising in the horizon and her new telescope just arrived in the mail. Then, she gets a party invitation for a pony that just arrived in town. Twilight soon learns that the new pony isn't as she thought she was, and she may be more trouble than she seems. Answers seem to evade Twilight, as she can't pin any information from the newcomer. But in the background, darkness is rising, and the only way out of the danger is through cooperation and perseverance.

Meanwhile, the new mare struggles to fit into her new home...

AUTHOR'S DISCLAIMER & NOTES:

I know "Adventure" is tagged with the story, but halfway through it's gonna slightly shift towards slice of life. Why? Because that's how I plan it to be. I'm warning all of you this now because I can't have both "Adventure" and "Slice of Life" tags at the same time. So just be aware of that.

I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to tags.

Also, this story is rated teen for violence, broken bones and possibly a little bit of blood.

The background of the flashback was fuzzy, not perfectly remembered. However, she was clear as day.

A smile cracked across her face, beaming as much as her name suggested.

"Danny, ...We are going to be the best of friends!" Hooves circled around him in a tightening grip.

A trickle of surprise dashed over Dan's face before he smiled warmly as well, returning the hug.

"You're right.. The best of friends," His voice trailed off as the flashback reached its end.

A time lapse of eight years passed. Dan's eyes glowered with hatred, eyes fixated on darkened figure.

"Leave her alone! It's me you want," He placed a hoof forward as if to challenge, but no sooner, a searing pain blasted into his chest.

The impact lifted his hooves from the ground, his body toppling backwards. With a sickening crunch, he felt himself smack against the wall.

Warm liquid trickled out of the new wound, weaving its way down his coat. Instinctively, he held his hooves to the area, cringing from the pain washing over his frame.

His eyes cracked open, focusing on the figure of his friend. "Sunshine!" his voice broke off into a pained whimper. The figure rose, manacle eyes glared at them both.

The crooked smile stretched across his terrible face, jagged teeth glinted in what little light still remained.

His ear-splitting laughter boomed from his throat, as he lifted a pristine sword towards the lightly colored pony.

Sunshine began to stand to her feet, faltering slightly. However, a surge of determination caused her to push past her weakness.

She angled her head back, an empathetic expression on her face as her eyes met Dan's. A smile suddenly formed on her lips and her head whipped back ground to face the dark one.

She crouched down towards the ground, building up every last ounce of power that she could muster in her legs.

With a mighty launch, she kicked from the ground, powerful wings extending to catch the air. She gritted her teeth as she flew toward's the dark pony's figure, one last tear of joy escaping from the corner of her eye.

The tip of the sword met her body, missing her wings, but still pushed through her form. She made no noise, and did not falter in her speed as she smashed her hooves into the dark figure, lifting it up from the ground.

The dull sensation of pain began to creep over her adrenaline rush, but she could not give up yet. Cringing all the way, she raised herself and the dark pony to a frightening height.

Dan's eyes widened as he watched the decent, gathering speed at a nearly unrealistic rate. With a loud crash, the two figures met the ground, the dark pony's body pinned under hers.

His last breath wheezed out, and his figure disappeared into the air. Silence fell over the realm for a bit as the dust settled back onto the ground.

Dan's energy built back up as desperation took over. "NO!", his roar bellowed out as he gained his feet. Shaking, he ran over to the scene, finding his friend laying on the ground.

Crimson splattered all over her body as wounds continued to bleed. Her chest still rose and fell slightly with the sign of remaining life.

Dan fell to his haunches, using his front legs to scoop her up. Tears built up in his eyes, still not wanting to comprehend what just happened.

Sunshine's eyelids cracked, looking back up at Dan's wide ones. The same glint of confidence glimmered in her expression, pushing aside the pain that seared over her body.

"Goodbye, my friend. It was fun knowing you," She finished her last sentence strong, drawing her inner hast breath. She then exhaled in a content sigh, her head dropping against Dan's chest.

Dan sputtered for words to say to her, but it was too late. "Wait..wait.." He didn't want to let go yet.

He gently touched her cheek, realization that she would not wake back up. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He bellowed once again.

Despair, hatred, sorrow, and his love for her all build up at once. The high emotions broke through into the physical world, causing a magical burst that shattered the ground.

His eyes began to change in color and brightness, his glowing mane lifting in the surge of power. The surge caused him to yell once again, the power building up in his body.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH", the power seemed to react to his sound waves once more, and the destruction spread out even further, flattening the area.

The story of a pony with the power to harness the magic of stars. And what he does when he finds out. What will he do with his powers, and what consequences will his actions have on the people around him? Author's Note: A background story on an OC character I made in an earlier fic. After creating him, I felt he needed a better story than what I had given him.