This story is a sequel to For Want of an Egg

Centuries ago, Princess Celestia stole a dragon's egg to fulfill a prophecy, and found it necessary to deal with the egg's mother to keep said prophecy from being compromised. But now that the prophecy has been fulfilled, and her time as a princess is over, Celestia decided that it was time for the truth to come out.

It was also time for Celestia to face the consequences of her actions.

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.

A game of life and death. One chance to conquer it all, or perish in the process. Also known as The Pokemon Nuzlocke. The rules are simple:

1. Name your Pokemon to grow attached.
2. You can only catch the first pokemon you encounter on each route, in each cave and waterway.
3. If your Pokemon faints, it dies and must be removed from the party.
4. When your team wipes, it's a game over.
5. In order to win, the player must beat the League Champion of the Elite Four.

And when Princess Luna starts one by accident on a game cartridge made by Dr. Wondertainment; the game mode takes on a horrific new meaning. Especially when winning may cost her everything she holds dear.

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.

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

The mirror sent Sunset into the Warhammer 40K universe to meet her father.

This is an unoffical sequel to Puny Purple Pony, written with permission from The Conflicted Writer,

Twilight attempts to open portals to other worlds, including the one of the Big Ponies, in order to see how much better she can do this time round.

However, a misstep and a tripping over a certain Chaos master's tail lands Twilight back in the Big Ponies' world, but will she be able to return as soon as she had last time and what will she discover in this world that is tied to her destiny?

Teen for possible violence later. slice of life is meant to include adventure because of a little exploring later down the track and romance is because of the two Big Ponies Twi knows.

Images from here and here.

Featured on 25/4/2014

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.

A rip in space has opened in the skies above the Everfree, and something powerful has fallen through. The entire forest has been petrified by unknown magic, and the entity responsible—only seen by a few—now appears to be hiding within its garden of dead trees and monstrous statues.

With the town of Ponyville put on lockdown, and concerns of an escaped prisoner from Tartarus worrying the surrounding lands, the Elements of Harmony now rally with the Pillars of Equestria to locate and quell these threats. Little do they know they are not the only ones scouring the woods for the source of this deadly, foreign magic.

Faced with certain peril, the heroes of Equestria must save their land by stopping a match made in Tartarus: the villain, Tirek, who seeks to drain all Equestria of magic, and this avian threat, which holds the power to drain life from anything organic.

* Cover art by Jowybean!

* AU timeline where Tirek's return from Tartarus did not happen until after Starlight's redemption and the return of Equestria's Pillars. Twilight's role/castle was born from her success in reforming Stygian and reinstating Equestria's lost champions.

* Rated T for cartoon violence, mildly disturbing imagery, and allusions to death. Yveltal's powers translate to petrification rather than instant death, using the 17th Pokemon movie and relevant anime episodes as canon references.