Prophesy says that Twilight Sparkle will not outlive her friends.

To preserve the Princess, her friends must survive.

They may not be immortal - but one year can become a thousand at the speed of light.

An entry for Science Fiction Contest II.

Additional tags for spoiler purposes: My Little Pony: A New Generation ; Mane 5

Thanks to my pre-readers: The Sleepless Beholder, Dewdrops on the Grass, daOtterGuy, and Avery Day.

(Takes place within the same universe as A Tale of Two Lovebirds, The Griffon Who Came to Mount Aris and Long Live The Queen. Familiarity with those works is encouraged but not required.)

Gallus' life is suddenly and abruptly altered one day when he receives a visit from Gilda and Gabby. They bring with them tragic news: Grandpa Gruff has died, Gallus is now orphaned once again.

Shocked to learn that the closest thing he had to a father figure could die without even telling him, Gallus struggles to process his complicated emotions as he prepares to leave for Grandpa Gruff's funeral in Griffonstone.

Silverstream, for her part, is determined to make sure that Gallus won't go through the heartbreak alone. Even if she doesn't have the experience of losing someone close to her, she wants to be there for her boyfriend.

It's finally here Mother's Day and everyone's parents and spending quality family time with eachother but when Scootaloo's figures out something shocking what will she do?

Starswirl wasn't always so averse to friendship. He had befriended Scorpan in his youth, after all.

This is the story of how a friendship blossomed and withered away, what came before, and what came next.

(Does Scorpan not have his own character tag? Oh well.)
(I promise it's not as thoroughly miserable as the tags suggest. There's some happy stuff too!)
(Technically this story could be considered an alternate universe, but it really doesn't deviate terribly far from canon, so I'm leaving the tag off for now. I may add it later.)

Hitch barely even remembers his own parents, much less have a father figure. The only parental figure related to him left in his life is his grandmare; and he can only visit her in the summer. So after an rough day at school, he goes to the only person who feels like what a "father" would feel like.

Twilight Sparkle is the princess of friendship in an Equestria where Daybreaker reigns supreme.

It once was a peaceful and harmonious land, or it was until Starlight Glimmer journeyed back in time and prevented Twilight and her friends from defeating Nightmare Moon. It led to the death of princess Luna, due to the elements not being to correctly purge the darkness from Luna, they later found out that Luna was princess Celestia's baby sister and things only went downhill from there.

Celestia soon after gave into her inner demons due to the grief of losing her only sister for the second time, and Daybreaker took over her body quickly turning the once peaceful Equestria into a hellish nightmare for anypony but the Canterlot elite and Twilight Sparkle.

This fic contains: Self sacrifice (sort of a suicide) and semi-graphic descriptions of a death

After the final defeat of King Sombra, Twilight starts having nightmares about her two closest friends being possessed by King Sombra's power, and it haunts her every night. Now she lives her everyday life in regret, and shame.

It's not too long before Starlight and Spike question her behavior.

Inspired by this Reddit post.

Celestia and Luna never retired so Twilight moved in with them as she was expecting a foal with the love of her life Solar Thunder.

Will she live up to her mothers expectations? Read this fic to find out!

A rogue dragon burnt down the village of trottingham. In an attempt to fill his greedy needs, he burns down several houses. Now Allie’s with the Ponies, the Dragon Lord comes to assist with rebuilding. But when she gets there, she is met with just how destructive greed from a rogue dragon is, and is horrified by the results. She will also walk away with a unexpected present.

Purple Haze came to Capra to cover the civil war to find the truth. She found what was left behind.

This story was written by myself and my good friend Buckweiser and is set in the world of Captain Hoers' webcomic The Sunjackers. No prior knowledge of the comic is required but I recommend reading it (because it's brilliant).

CWs:War, Death.