This story is a sequel to An Impulsive Temptation

[Note: This story is M/M fluff between Shining Armor and King Sombra, which I happened to write up on a whim between other projects. Also, the cover page is a cropped piece from tejedora on Deviantart]

Several months had passed since Shining Armor, the Prince Consort of the Crystal Empire, began to bond with the very pony who was reviled by the crystal ponies for his sinister reign. The former King Sombra may have been stripped of his dark magic and tyrannical mindset, but his reformation within the castle walls was seen with little optimism by most. Regardless of that fact, the Ex-Tyrant couldn't help falling for the one stallion who was able to see past his mistakes. And likewise, Shining couldn't keep himself from reciprocating those feelings back, despite being married to the Princess of Love.

But much like his marriage, Shining knew that his resistance towards Sombra was depleting immensely as the months they spent together grew more passionate. And even with his attempts to keep a gap between the two halves of his double-life, the Prince knew that his lingering thoughts couldn't be separated so easily. So on the very rare day Shining had where he could spend an entire morning to himself, those thoughts turned into action as he tried to appreciate the time he had with his secret mate.

Spike wants to tell Rarity he likes her, but he soon learns a terrible secret that leaves him fighting for his life...
Hope you enjoy, and constructive criticism would be much appreciated! :D
DISCLAIMER: I created this story and posted it on Fanfiction.net, however, it became popular and several people posted parts of it on here. Yes, I am the creator of this story, I have friends who can verify it.

Day 3 of Fluttercord Week 2020 (Theme: Generation 5)

Based on the leaked info about MLP Gen 5 (possibly confirmed to be true or not)

Once upon a time,...there was the light...there was the dark...there was The Tree...yet they all found their place together in...the garden.

Sorry for the lack of cover art:( If you’re interested in making a cover art for this story, let me know here on Fimfiction because I would love some cover art for this bad boy^^

Fluttercord Week: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/214010/fluttercord-week

"Good heavens Vinyl! What are you doing on there?" Octavia asked, finally getting a reaction out of Vinyl as she glanced over to her.

"Just looking at this set of NFTs Tavi. No biggie." The blue haired DJ replied, going back to her typing.

"An NF- what?"

It started small. Pictures out of place, or mislabeled books. But then, it changed. Entire new rooms, long and dark corridors. Moondancer was sure something was strange with her home, and she was determined to find out why. The line between reality and nightmare becomes blurred as she goes deeper down the rabbit hole. Will she able to keep her sanity by the end of her trip?

Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria there lived the three tribes of Ponies. The strong Earth Ponies, the brave Pegasis, and the magical Unicorns.

Each tribe lived happily upon their own lands, each land being a bubble of safety and peace sheltering each tribe from the violent and deadly magical storms that almost always raged right outside their territories.

Travel between lands was always dangerous and fraught with risk on those rare days when the storms were quiet, for no pony could ever be sure how long the corridors between lands would remain open. So each tribe lived by themselves, rarely if ever making contact with each other and would continue to do so for all time… or so it seemed.

Applejack and Rarity spent a wonderful Nightmare Night together. They left it as just that: a wonderful night with a good friend. But Applejack's heart can't help itself.

Written for Space_Kase for Jinglemas 2021.

Wonderful cover art provided by Uz Naimat

Twilight's entire life is upended after the Equestrian Parliament votes to subjugate the Changeling Empire via a political marriage. Twilight, in order to save her mentor from taking on the responsibility of the marriage ends up volunteering herself to be the bride.

Twilight has just become an alicorn, a ruling Princess of Equestria. For a brief time, all seems well. But when both the reality of her new station and a dark secret behind Equestria's history finally confront her in full force, Twilight is forced to make decisions that could change the face of the Kingdom and ponykind forever. Now, nothing will stand between her, her friends, and finding the truth, not even the Princesses themselves. Alicorn Twilight cover art by Esipode.

After a long time letting it lay dormant, I've decided to give this story a complete reboot. Much of the original plot will be kept largely intact, but the focus has changed completely from the alicorn immortality itself to Twilight discovering its true nature and the history behind it. The clunky old wording and dialogue is being updated and improved as well.

A long, exhausting journey by sea comes to an end as the Venturer, a merchant ship, approaches the docks of Baltimare. On board are ponies such as as Edmond Dash, the first mate of the vessel, and Danglarjack, an equally ambitious as mysterious mate.

Edmond in particular is grateful to be home at last. His heart yearns for his soulmate, Shycedes, a beautiful mare who had lost both her parents in a tragic incident one year ago, living her life as an orphan ever since.

But in his hurry and eagerness to meet up with both family and loved one, he turns a blind eye on those that wish him harm.

The next days will be joyful for him, that may be certain, but his enemies don’t rest, and they won’t show pity.

This story is quite obviously heavily inspired by the ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ musical and the animatics of the musical, created by Ink Potts. This also means that most of the Mane Six are playing male roles in this story, as they did in the animatics.
This is not an exact replica of the story, however, and will vary in various places and outcomes.

Proofread and edited by the lovely 'Don't Look At My Name Bro and TwiWonderfilly