One day, Equestria stopped being in one piece, and started being in a million pieces. The world literally ended. Life didn't. Any way they could, and any way they had to, ponies survived in the debris of Equestria.

On one piece of Ponyville, they survived quite well. Key Stone grew up with a simple but comfortable life. He spends all his time staring at the sky and buried in books, waiting for the faintest hint that life is out there.

And then it arrives.

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"Light and Darkness exist alone; But shadow lies between their zones
Fickle truth, and little wit; Take the reigns and bite the bit
Can you not see- never did hear? Patience alone brings death near!
Destiny brings all to close; but of your fate, no one knows"
- Unknown, 341 Anno Domina

A darkness lies in Canterlot- a place abandoned, for those left to rot
A colt, dying, without a name- saved now by princess's shame
A tale woven, end long foretold- powers play beyond the fold
Is it destiny, is it fate- for them all soon to suffocate?
Celestia saved the abandoned foal- only for him to pay the toll
But family now, soon, forever- Solstar's instincts always clever
Can they learn, can they wake- smell the fire 'fore day break?
A wretched light, a noble crime- shadows between have blurred the line.

He wants peace- she, a son; but have either of them really won?
Their lives in warring gods' hands; their story's outcome is already planned...

First book in the tale of Andromeda Solstar
Second Saga of The Infinity Chronicles

CURRENTLY UNDER REWRITE
Version 2 starts after chapter 22. Read prior chapters with caution.

While checking the ward spells in her palace's library, Cadance discovers a strange letter sent to King Sombra by someone she didn't know existed, from a nation that never existed. The search for answers sends her and Twilight, along with their friends, on a journey to uncover certain secrets of the past, only to realize that secrets abound in the present, and at the center of it all, there is one particular truth that very important ponies would very much like to keep a secret.

A thousand years ago, King Sombra was vanquished, taking the Crystal Empire with him. His brother prince Æclypse was exiled by Celestia for refusing to fight his own flesh and blood, damning their kingdom to the mists of history. In the present day, after learning of the return of the Crystal Empire, and the ascension of a new princess, a mysterious stallion named Wanderlust comes to Ponyville, oddly curious about the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. Strange occurrences in the Everfree Forest give way to a devious enemy returned with a lust for revenge. The fate of Equestria hangs in the balance as a new era of peril and powerful villains descend on them all.
|Wanderlust image by Faith-Wolff

In case you still haven't figured yet, this story disregards some canon material.

This story is a sequel to Revolution in Blue!

An act of villainy has left Crystal Prep Academy in utter chaos! As one of the few pleasures of their school is taken away from them the students seem to finally snap under the pressure of their hard education. When Dean Cadence fails to bring peace and order back to the noble elite school, Sour Sweet takes it into her hands to solve this mystery and bring down justice on the culprits. With the help of her fellow Watsons Shadowbolts, will the self-proclaimed Sherlock Holmes be able to solve this mysterious crime? Or is her ingenious mind actually just full of hot air?

Some say he is just an urban legend. Others call him a ghost. Others still call him a heartless monster, living on nothing but rage, fear, and isolation.

But what is the real story behind "the Phantom Pony of Everfree"?

Fluttershy accidentally wanders into the territory of the pony everyone fears, and she is a witness to his cold, frightening fury. Scared to tears, Fluttershy is determined never to cross him again. But later, she witnesses something thought to be impossible, and deduces for herself that this "Phantom" is really a gentle, kind pony who merely suffers from the pain of loneliness. She then strives to learn the secrets behind this menace of a pony: who he is, why he lives in the woods, and why he is so angry.

The Phantom Pony, Nocturne, wants nothing to do with Fluttershy, and wants to avoid her at all costs. But his feelings toward her, and her friends, fluctuate over time, and he finds his mind and heart slowly changing. Whether for better or for worse, he is unsure, and he finds himself helpless against the kind light of a mare who may just know him better than he knows himself.

A rewrite of "Kind Light - A Gentle Dark Supplemental", combined with the rewrite of Chapter 1 of "The Gentle Dark".

Special thanks to the amazing Spirit Shift, a man far more talented than I, for the incredible artwork of the title character.

Featured on 3/17/2016!

UPDATE - On hiatus until January 2024

King Sombra the feared, hated, and reviled regent of the Crystal Empire has finally returned from his banishment at the hooves of Equestria’s ruling diarchs. He awakens to see that his empire has returned with him before he swiftly reconquers it to little resistance.

Without wasting much time he draws up plans to defend the empire, now safely back under his control, from its Equestrian neighbors to the south. And knowing Celestia and Luna he’s surprised that they have not already reacted to his empire’s re-emergence; however, he just brushes it off thinking himself lucky for their sloppiness. As he waits for the princesses' response it eventually becomes apparent that there won’t be one.

Confused, he begins using various methods to try and get in contact with Equestria. After many failed attempts and a worrying report from a border guards’ patrol he starts trying to get in touch with the other countries of the world only to receive nothing in return. Following an even more worrying report from a scouting mission to Equestria and the appearance of a mysterious plague that only seems to afflict the crystal ponies, Sombra is at wit's end.

Determined to find out what is going on outside his empire’s walls he puts his plans of war against and the conquering of Equestria aside and sets out on a mission. A mission that will soon lead him to find out that the world he and his empire have returned to is nothing like the one they left. And the answers Sombra seeks could threaten to destroy not only him, but the entirety of the world as well. 

Something has happened while they were gone, something sinister…

Featured: At some point apparently

In Progress: Arc 1 ~ The Wasteland

Story will be split up into different arcs with some interlude chapters spread within and between each arc. Some sections of the story will also be prewritten while others are written then shortly posted thereafter (after editing of course😊)!

Different story tags will be added to the story as it goes along so as to not spoil certain story elements for those reading this story as it comes out. Also, additional tags will be written here if they are important, and/or I have reached the tags limit. An archived tags section may also at some point be added.

Additional Tags: OC, Crystal Ponies

Look closer, for the closer you look, the less you see.

Jack Harkens, Janet Williams, Alfred Hunt, Robert Jackson, 4 friends, who happened to also be magicians, and thought it a good idea to go to a convention as the 4 Horsemen. However, when they buy a set of the Horsemen's Tarot Cards, they get sent to Equestria and are caught up in a plot to dethrone the Diarchs. Luckily, the cards came with a computer full of insane magic tricks, and they met up with a struggling stage magician who can help them expose the guilty party. Time for a little Abracadabra.

Now You See Me Displaced

This story is a sequel to Cinematic Adventures: The Conjuring

So far the Mane Six and Spike have been in many strange and exciting adventures. From the land of Oz, to the shores of Spooky Island. They’ve helped a little sea sponge save his town, and they’ve rescued a helpless family from a demonic spirit. Now they will find themselves facing their biggest challenge to date. Watch as they journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to join Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger on the adventure of a lifetime. They will cast spells, fly broomsticks, and craft potions, all while trying to trying to stop the most dark Wizard that has ever existed in the Wizarding World, Lord Voldemort.

For a pegasus, losing the ability to fly is devastating. Even more so if you already had a cutie mark in flying.
Despite his lack of talent, Phoenix is pursuing a career as a Canterlot defense attorney to help the helpless. The problem is that no one at all would hire a lawyer without a cutie mark in legal ability.
No one except the absolutely desperate.

An equine adaptation of the Ace Attorney video game series with original mysteries.