Romantic love is more abstract than something Twilight Sparkle puts into practice. She knows of its power—but she's got bigger things to worry about.

The thing about love is that you don't get to choose how it happens. It's a control freak's nightmare. Twilight is the mother of all control freaks. She can handle herself, her impulses, her wants.

And yet, she still finds herself in a married stallion's bed. More than once.

(2nd Person)
You were having a good day at the bar when you fall through a hole and find yourself in a strange place, before you can figure out what is going on, you are greeted with a creature that looks different compared to the things you've seen in your world. Especially those golden crossed eyes...

In this world, there is one thing that scares Trixie to death, and another one worth dying for.

An overdue dedication to a great and powerful friend and Trixie writer, Ninjadeadbeard, which may not be proper to put here due to the present themes but is only fair, as his legacy and our memories of him will live on forever.

Many thanks to ThePeer, Mockingbirb, Rego, Bronie312,Bean, Riley, 6-D pegasus and Buck Swisher for their invaluable input and to Felfox for the amazing cover art, check his twitter for more masterpieces.

Big Mac and Limestone meet up after not seeing each other for a little bit after the events of the Friendship Games. In an attempt to get their minds off the world around them, they meet up and go to their usual hang-out spots. It's just that neither of them can have fun with everything that's happened following them.

About potential CWs but contain possible spoilers:
I feel like I'm maybe going a bit much with the sad tag. Let me know.
This story has a lot to do with self-image. I use a slur in the story, and some might not be okay with it.

Thanks to three friends of mine for pre-reading this for me.

In a universe where strangeness appears to blend with reality, the destinies of Mady Sky and Twilight Sparkle abruptly tilt into an ocean of uncertainty. Once safely ensconced in a cocoon of certainties, these two friends, bound by a deep friendship and a fusion of love, find themselves catapulted into the unknown, emerging from a troubled night to discover a landscape where even the most basic landmarks elude them. Adrift in a place strangely familiar yet foreign, they are greeted by inquisitive glances and silent echoes of erased memories. The illusion of their friendship and love seems to dissolve in the mists of this new environment, while the remnants of their past in Equestria, where they were destined to become the next leaders as powerful alicorns, crumble like fragments of fleeting dreams.

Before awakening in this altered world, Mady Sky and Twilight Sparkle led a glorious life in Equestria. Twilight, honored as the Princess of Friendship, and Mady, revered for her wisdom and courage as the Princess of Astronomy and Combat, seemed to have it all. Their love, both profound and inspiring, illuminated their existence, while their future seemed charted in the stars. More disturbingly, their wings, symbols of their freedom and unbreakable bond, have vanished, replaced by a void as oppressive as it is mysterious. In this apocalyptic world, which appears to be a distorted and dark version of their native Equestria, where every breath seems to be a challenge to survival, Mady Sky and Twilight Sparkle must face unforeseen trials, oscillating between the fragile hope that all of this is merely a dream or a tasteless joke.

A treasure trove of historical insights re-emerges after hundreds of years, and Sunny, Zipp, and Dusty Inkstain embark on an expedition to uncover any documents they can. But with centuries lost in Celestia-knows-where comes an unknowable question: What else was banished with the Crystal Empire?

This story is a slightly edited copy of my entry to the Expanding Universes #4 contest, which means it is an expansion of this story by applezombi. I'd recommend reading that one first, but it's not strictly necessary.

Yesterday, a letter arrived in Twilight's mailbox. It was a letter from her parents, asking her to go to their old country house and get some important things before the house was sold. No one had visited the building in years, so it had obviously taken on an unpleasant appearance.

Well, the list of things to pick up is pretty short, so I don't think I'll be here too long.

A Monster has come to Maretime Bay. A Monster that has the power to bring mares and stallions down. A power not even the darkest hearts could hope to beat. a power that it wants to share.....with everyone.

Spike awakens within the Realm of Ninjago after being sucked into the Crystal Mirror after it's been behaving strangely, as a result after he and the Mane 6 investigate it, he is sucked into the Mirror upon hearing a strange voice, and the Mirror is broken which prevents him from coming back in any known way.

Spike awakens on the doorsteps of an old Monastery and is found by a man named Master Wu, who takes him in and lets him join a team of Ninja who all have cool Elemental powers, despite not having any powers.. yet, he's trained as a ninja to unlock his own potential and find his calling. And now Spike's life is being a part of a team who can be a new family with him, and hopefully he can find a way home one day..

In the summer of 1016 at the tail end of a long, bloody war between Equestria and the Changeling Hives, the tides have turned in ponykind's favor. Changeling forces have been pushed back to Vesapolis, and every element of Changeling society has been mobilized against Equestria. Every passing day, the prospect of invasion becomes bloodier and bloodier while peace remains as far away as it has ever been.

Forced into making a hard decision, Celestia sits in her office and awaits the end of the war.