Retirement has offered a welcome change from Celestia's centuries of responsibility. She can at last breathe easy, knowing that Equestria is safe in the hooves of a capable successor.

But when her successor faces a crisis of confidence, Celestia is quick to share what wisdom she’s learned through the centuries, and a few of the things that have helped keep her sane.

Narcotics tag for alcohol references.

This story has been revised from its original appearance in the April 2020 Writeoff, "Alone Together." Cover art sourced from Vecteezy's free library.

You have two questions: what, exactly, is Tree Hugger on, and, more importantly, where do you get some?

It was a simple question.

"Now that we've met the other me, I'm curious: Where's the other you?"

In all her years of life in the human world, Sunset Shimmer had never given a moment's thought to her counterpart...not even after meeting the Twilight Sparkle from Crystal Prep.

Neither of them are prepared for what they find when they go looking for her.

The Dahaka are the Guardians of the Timeline. When something exists in the Timeline that should not be there, a Dahaka is sent to erase it.

When that which must be erased is being bolstered by Harmony itself and is in turn erasing something which should exist and creating multiple other temporal disturbances in the process, a Dahaka must make an effort to preserve that which should exist as a priority over erasing that which should not.

Luckily for Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, she is deemed 'essential' to the Timeline and effort must be made to preserve her as she is now, but the Dahaka must also complete its mission to erase. Good thing that cooperation is always an option.

(Original idea by Shagohad12. Co-written with Shagohad12. Inspired by and in response to StormLuna's 'Glimmerverse.' Dahaka concept from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, but not a true crossover.)

Fancy new cover art provided by Little Tigress with a quoted price that I felt too low for the quality, so I tipped her a little extra.Here's a link to her DeviantArt gallery Please consider contacting her if you want some great art at a reasonable price.

Hey, apparently we got Featured at some point. Noticed on 3/14/18 with newest chapter.

Limestone Pie goes to Rockville to enjoy the Friday night.

Things only go down from there.

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Preread by Bootsy Slickmane and Dragonborne Fox.
Additional edits by kalash93.
🇺🇦Russian translation🇺🇦 by FoxcubRandy, edited by ColdSky.
Coverart created using vectors by Aethon056 (Limestone), TheSharp0ne (bits), Korikian (bottles and table), and OceanRailoader (background).

A Diamond Dog attack has shattered the quiet calmness of the Pie family rock farm. Now besieged in their own home, the Pies grow desperate to find a solution.

As it turns out, one of their four young fillies has a solution in mind—though it's a bit unorthodox.

This story is an entry in the Season 9 Bingo Contest. I received bingo card #042, containing "Starlight Relapse," "Pony Science," "Earth Pony Flight," "Ember," and "Diamond Dogs." I assert that this contains elements of "Pony Science" and "Diamond Dogs." Story idea & description text by FanOfMostEverything!

To ascend the throne, an Alicorn must take it by force. Twilight has been raised by her Aunt, a horrific dictator, vowing one day to steal the throne from her. Twilight wants revenge for events that happened 1500 years ago. Her wings, her power; all of it was taken from her along with something she thought lost forever.

Upon moving to Ponyville, Twilight pretends to play by her Aunt's rules while secretly plotting her downfall. She meets a few mares that she 'convinces' to help with her devious plans. Celestia is always watching, and to make matters worse, Luna is returning from the moon soon.

The question is: Of the moon, the sun, and the void...Who is the real monster?

The long trial was over, and Twilight - no, Dusk Shine's finally out from under that terrible shadow. Poor little Skyla and her auntie could move on with their life. Skyla's murderous grandfather was behind bars, and Dashville was simply beautiful in the fall!

And all Dusk Shine needed to do was stay out of the public eye, and never catch the eye of 'King' Sombra's secretive confederates. And make sure that she stayed in the local deputy marshals' good graces.

How much trouble could a slightly witchy woman and her orphaned niece get up to in a quiet Applelachian town like Dashville, anyways? Even if they were hiding in witness protection from their incarcerated drug-cult kingpin of a patriarch.

Anon finds himself having to turn into a filly to start over and attempt at a new life. He ends up being adopted by none other than Trixie as they travel throughout Equestria; slowly coming to terms living together and finding out about each other's dark past.

Original Script/Draft: https://pastebin.com/rvmJj7bs

Note: I plan on rewritting and continuing this story since it hasn't updated in over 4 years.

Some days, Octavia’s heart’s desire is to ease into the morning with a quiet cup of tea. But as the saying goes: desire is the root of suffering. Especially when her roommate gets involved...

Additional tags: Epic Wub Time, gratuitous ascension, liquid-based coping mechanisms

This story was expanded from its original appearance as a finalist in the July 2018 Writeoff, "It Could Have Gone Better," with the assistance of Georg and Moosetasm! Cover art by Ars-Daemonium and moondragon0494, used with permission — but if you look closely you’ll see a DA watermark that I missed until late in the game. :-( I’ve requested a clean copy, and I’ll update it if I get one!