When the megaspells fell, it was the death of the old Equestria. The death of civilization, the death of society, the death of so many creatures all at once. In many ways, however, it was also the birth of something new. And while some mourned, others celebrated. But did they celebrate birth or death?

The city of New Pegas was born the day fire rained from the sky. A city of gambling and vice, the ponies there care little for what happens outside their walls. While the rest of the world mourns, this city continues in a cycle of perpetual partying. But not for long.

An opportunity emerges in the city of New Pegas: a guest arrives to the party over two centuries late. He brings with him a chance to change everything, a chance for rebirth. What will be the outcome of this party? Will it be something to be mourned... or celebrated?

For many years Cranky searched for his beloved Matilda, only to find her in Ponyville with the help of Pinky Pie. What did he find while searching for Matilda? What did he do to support himself and his search, and who helped him? This series of letters attempts to answer those questions.

I used to be happy. I used to be able to run and play in the sun all day. I used to have friends. I used to stay up late telling scary stories with them. I used to love learning all I could. I used to have the greatest teacher known to ponykind. I used to have a home.
I used to be a pony.
Half of me misses my old life and longs to return. The other half demands that I stay. And if...if THAT hadn't happened, I would be able to return home.
I hate my own existence, yet I have continued to do the research I began unwillingly. I've spent days and nights torturing myself over my work. When the pain becomes too much to bear, I go to sleep. When I wake up, I find myself in a new environment. But I'm still the same. I pick up my work again and the cycle repeats.
Despite my wretched state, I'm not the one who has suffered the most. Hundreds of ponies – earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns alike – have been through excruciating pain dwarfing mine. At the end of it all, their memories are wiped. I pity them, but also envy them. They don't remember anything about their former lives, but I must cope with what could have been. And to my sorrow, my research is conducted upon these poor, poor souls.
But life goes on. Days turn into weeks, weeks into months, months into years. All filled with screams of pain. I look back to my physical torture. I look at theirs. And I am mortified.
I once asked why. I was never answered, but I already knew the answer.
Why do I do it? Because I must.
Why must I do it? Because I can.
For science.

Universe based on My Little Portal

Ponyville has been good to Fiddlesticks. Despite the occasional monster, the town has been the ideal place to grow up. However, after seeing her relatives during the Apple family reunion, Fiddlesticks feels like her small town has become much smaller. How can she sit still when she knows that there's a big world out there?

She can't.

List of characters, title, and tags are subject to change.

Cranky Doodle tells of his adventures in the distant land of Saddle Arabia!

If you ask Applejack where do apples come from? She would tell you apple trees. And if you asked her what is in an apple? She would tell you ... what? So what is in the box that the tree of Harmony gave to Twilight?

Long ago, before the Elements of Harmony saved Equestria more times than most ponies could count, two unlikely friends wandered the land. One was a donkey searching for a long-lost love, the other a gigantic sea serpent with a taste for grooming. Together, they forged trails not even the bravest explorers dared traverse and learned secrets long forgotten by modern ponies.

One fateful day, the two came to a lonely town on the Equestrian plains. "Windvane", the serpent called it. The signs promised a one-of-a-kind spa and quaint sabbatical from their journey, away from the heartaches and pains of the past.

But not all promises are kept, and the two friends soon found nothing could be the same ever again.

Takes place before Season 1.

Originally written for the 2017 National Pony Writing Month.

Now part of the Endings collection.

Prereading by HeideKnight.

This story is a sequel to Perfect Green

Note: It is highly suggested you read Perfect Green before reading this story.

After the events of Perfect Green an investigation occurs, led by Princess Luna. The discoveries that result from it will ripple out for decades, for beneath that still perfect and yet abnormal stretch of green grass something, or some things, are lurking underhoof.

Part one is set a few days after the second to last scene in Perfect Green. It covers the investigation, it’s findings, and the possible nature of what was once the property of Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda. It is a few chapters long.

Intermission is set in Twilight’s Castle of Friendship, and covers things from her perspective twenty years after the first part. It should be no more than two chapters long.

Part two is set thirty years later, and follows a group of young ponies who decide to prove thier bravery by venturing onto the supposedly “Cursed Lot”. They find that some legends are not just true, but lurk patiently underhoof. Of course, the dangers beneath may not be as horrifying as that which has decided to visit it’s home. Expect about the same chapter number as part one.

Chapters will be released every third week or earlier until completion as time allows.

Death tag for stated deaths, gore for events in part one and two.

Glen Gorewood

Princess Luna takes a short visit to Ponyville and there meets a new alicorn in town. She invites him to Canterlot for a meeting with Princess Celestia, and finds herself falling in love.

(Note- This is my first story and I suck at grammar. Please forgive all grammatical and spelling errors. If you hate on me I will cry)

This is a short story of Cranky Doodle Donkey's past on his stay in an apartment in the city of Manehattan for his search of his special friend. Instead of finding Matilda, Cranky met a blue colt that greeted him on his first day in the apartment.