Mystic tales from the Mage of Mind

Greetings ladies, enbies and gents! My name is Mystic Mind, a 30 year old British Brony, here to bring you grand tales that span the genre spectrum. Pull up a chair, grab a beverage of your choice, and indulge yourself in the wordsmith's craft.

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Additional pony related facts about me:
OTP: Rainbow/Pie
Favorite Genre: Adventure
Favorite FimFic Authors: Pen Stroke, Jaw Joe, Horse Voice, ObabScribbler, Bookish Delight and Novel Idea.
Least favorite genre: Sad Fics/Non-Con Clop Fics.
Other Fandoms: Homestuck, World of Warcraft, Heavy Metal
Biggest Inspirations: FiM, World of Warcraft, Power Metal bands.
The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything: 42
Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow: Depends. African or European?
Days Without a Velociraptor Attack: 10
Why am I still reading this far down?: I don't know, you tell me!

Have fun! And please leave constructive feedback.

TSmall Dark Lines
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sad
Slice of Life
After breaking up with Applejack, Rarity finds herself stuck in an endless cycle of self-hatred. Can Coco Pommel help her to break the cycle, at last?
Rarity
OC
Coco Pommel
Mystic Mind · 5.3k words · 18 4 · 174 views
ETwilight Sparkle Accidentally Swaps the Librarian with an Orangutan
MLP: FiM
Comedy
Random
Exactly as the title says. A discworld crossover fic.
Crossover
Fluttershy
Twilight
Pinkie
Spike
Mystic Mind · 1.5k words · 30 0 · 322 views
TThe Hangmare's Body Count
MLP: FiM
Dark
Horror
Tragedy
Legends tell of a ghostly, mysterious pony, dressed in black and carrying a raven on her shoulder. She is the hangmare, and she wll not rest until justice is served.
Gore
Death
Applejack
Braeburn
OC
Mystic Mind · 6.3k words · 33 2 · 491 views
TTransitioning Love
MLP: FiM
Romance
Drama
Slice of Life
When Yona invites Sandbar to a Yakyakistan festival, Sandbar's past history experiencing transphobia rears its ugly head. Can he win against his own intrusive thoughts and enjoy his Hearth's Warming with the yak he loves?
Yaks
Griffons
Sandbar
Yona
Mystic Mind · 9.9k words · 80 44 · 704 views
TChrysalis: Rise of the Changeling Queen
MLP: FiM
Dark
Drama
Tragedy
The story of Queen Chrysalis goes far deeper than you know. How far will she go to save her kind, and at what cost?
Violence
Gore
Death
Profanity
Twilight
Discord
Chrysalis
Changelings
Thorax
Mystic Mind · 20k words · 26 2 · 431 views
TWhat the Weather Mare Said
MLP: FiM
Comedy
Random
While Rainbow Dash is away, a new weather team flies in to replace her. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
Rainbow Dash
OC
Mystic Mind · 8.8k words · 140 views

Nov

18th

2020

Deconstruction is Magic: a My Little Pony Retrospective (S1E23) · 1:44am Nov 18th, 2020

Grrrrrrrrrrrrreetings everypony, and welcome back to Deconstruction is Magic, my Retrospective/Review/Analysis of every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is magic ever. Today, we have a minor epic on our hooves. It's The Cutie Mark Chronicles! Without wasting any more time, let's get on with the analysis! I am the Mage of Mind, reminding you, as always, that even a cheeseburger can be deconstructed to its source.

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Nov

18th

2020

Deconstruction is Magic: a My Little Pony Retrospective (S1E23) · 1:44am Nov 18th, 2020

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Top Favourites

Pest Control What was Luna really up to during the Royal Wedding? Pest control, that's what. by Rust 4,957 words · 916 · 45
Just Being Pinkie Pie During the most violent storms, Pinkie runs outside and sits on the tallest hill in Ponyville. Everyone says she's "just being Pinkie". But she knows that by showing love for the storms, she shows love for the pony who makes them. by HoofBitingActionOverload 3,429 words · 698 · 14
Monsters Luna's betrayal plunged Equestria into chaos. In a bid to restore harmony, Celestia calls upon the very ponies who once served the Nightmare to drag the world from the ashes – and find the monsters who would threaten our future. I am one such pony. by JawJoe 115,226 words · 530 · 15
Celestia Hates Us All Outside Ponyville Cemetery, Blues and Tritone conspire to write a musical that will raise the dead. by Horse Voice 5,017 words · 172 · 9
Canterlot High Has A Club About What?! After visiting Sunset Shimmer during Spring Break, Sweetie Belle decides to create a naturist club at Canterlot High. by Enclave2277 74,385 words · 564 · 49

Stories which have inspired me the most!

Highly Recommended

The Application of Unified Harmony Magics Celestia’s prized student, Sunset Shimmer, must deal with an unexpected remnant of her past while seeking a lost book in the Royal Canterlot Archives. Right after lunch and some meddling from her friends. by Novel-Idea 15,531 words · 563 · 12
Beware the Great White Applejack was only gone for a minute, but now there seems to be a sea of blankets covering Rarity's living room. And unfortunately for Applejack, this ocean of blankets is home to a deadly and vicious snuggleshark. by kaminakat 1,023 words · 117 · 4
TranceGender Vinyl needs to tell his marefriend something really important. by Feenkatze 3,278 words · 100 · 69
Scootaloo and the Danger Death Box 4000 Scootaloo discovers an empty cardboard box behind the post office. This is where her day begins. by shortskirtsandexplosions 3,652 words · 509 · 10
Mortem: The Last Necromancer Almost a year after Celestia's great crusade against necromancers concluded, Mortem discovers a rather large army outside his castle. Not wanting to cause an incident, he works towards a diplomatic solution. by SecretAgentPlotTwist 4,797 words · 1,827 · 28

New to FimFiction? Start with these! Not new to FimFiction? Read these anyway!

TMood Wings
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
The body language of wings.
Twilight
Tchernobog · 9.5k words · 4,053 59 · 57k views
EThe Light in the Darkness
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Rainbow Dash returns from an evening in Cloudsdale to find Pinkie Pie in a dreadful state after a te
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
Main 6
zaptiftun · 4.7k words · 1,332 14 · 26k views
ESparkle Date Me!
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
It's not easy to go back to your life after a thousand years of insanity and exile. All the same, there's a special somepony that Luna desperately wants to get closer to - all she has to do is get up the nerve to talk to her.
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
Main 6
Wintermist · 15k words · 829 21 · 12k views
ENo Matter What!
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
It's your three month anniversary, Rainbow Dash! So what are you running from?
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
Cupcakes · 3.6k words · 458 12 · 10k views
EThe Make Me Better Boutique
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
Pinkie Pie tries to cheer up Rainbow Dash after a bad day. F/F shipping
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
Jimbo · 3.5k words · 272 6 · 9.1k views
TRandom Dash
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
When a freak science experiment at Twilight's library zaps Rainbow Dash with temporary aphasia, it's up to Applejack to get her a cure.
Rainbow Dash
Applejack
Spike
Zecora
shortskirtsandexplosions · 6.1k words · 871 38 · 9.1k views
EKeep me hanging on
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy

Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
Applejack
Rarity
XanaToast · 1.8k words · 119 9 · 8.3k views
EFloof is for Snuggles
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
Rainbow develops her winter floof, but it’s bigger and fluffier than ever this year.
Twilight
Rainbow Dash
The Abyss · 2.7k words · 634 28 · 8.2k views
EJust Being Pinkie Pie
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
During the most violent storms, Pinkie runs outside and sits on the tallest hill in Ponyville. Everyone says she's "just being Pinkie". But she knows that by showing love for the storms, she shows love for the pony who makes them.
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
HoofBitingActionOverload · 3.4k words · 698 14 · 8.2k views
ELet Me Complain, Dear
MLP: FiM
Romance
Camping has never been Rarity's favorite activity, but when her anniversary trip with Applejack goes wrong, she has to fix the problem herself. No matter how much she might complain about it
Applejack
Rarity
Oroboro · 1.3k words · 613 20 · 7.6k views
TWhen It Rains
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
Forced to take shelter from a storm, Applejack and Rarity examine their feelings for each other.
Applejack
Rarity
Lycan_01 · 6.3k words · 287 6 · 7.1k views
TBeautiful Freak
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sad
What happens when unrequited love, is too much for somepony's heart to handle? Pinkie knows...
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
Damocles23 · 8.3k words · 433 9 · 6.6k views
EBoo! Haunted House!
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
Starlight Glimmer and Trixie go to a Haunted House attraction on Nightmare Night.
Trixie
Starlight Glimmer
shortskirtsandexplosions · 3.3k words · 509 15 · 6k views
TSize Ursa Minor
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
One evening Starlight Glimmer pays her best friend Trixie a visit with one burning question in mind, but the conversation that follows is far from what she was expecting.
Trixie
Starlight Glimmer
XenoPony · 5.4k words · 266 12 · 5.9k views
EHome Is Where the Hearts Are
MLP: FiM
Romance
When Fluttershy got Pinkie first, Rainbow Dash was ready to give up. But there were other options...
Fluttershy
Rainbow Dash
Main 6
Violet CLM · 27k words · 358 13 · 5.8k views

TA Walk in the Park
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
A thousand years ago, a walk in the Trotsky Park takes an unexpected turn for Chrysalis.
Chrysalis
Changelings
StLeibowitz · 5.5k words · 39 1 · 913 views
TThe Destiny Trap
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Trixie has found a brand new magic trick she wants to show off to Starlight. A shame it doesn't go quite as expected.
Trixie
OC
Starlight Glimmer
AndrewRogue · 7.7k words · 219 4 · 3k views
TThe Archer and the Smith
MLP: FiM
Adventure
A smith has her work cut out for her when a pony named Lyra shows up with a very special order. A Fallen World story.
Alt. Universe
Apple Bloom
Lyra
Sharaloth · 12k words · 1,291 13 · 14k views
EIn the Hall of the Mountain Queen
MLP: FiM
Romance
Adventure
For centuries, ponykind thought Princess Platinum's splendorous silver crown lost for all time, but it has been found. Unfortunately, its owner is quite keen on keeping it, and arguing with a dragon has never been wise. Enter Twilight Sparkle.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Rarity
Carapace · 8.7k words · 816 24 · 8.4k views
TMy Little Mages: The Revenge of Nightmare Moon
MLP: FiM
Adventure
A Reboot of BrassHeart's My Little Mage: The Nightmare's Return, allowing for more stories and incorpating and re-purposing more MLP Gen. 1
Alt. Universe
Human
Spike
Celestia
Luna
Nightmare Moon
Main 6
Foxhelm · 73k words · 140 12 · 6.3k views
EThe Path
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Mystery
The last believer in an ancient prophecy leaves behind all she knows to fulfill her people’s role, even if they have long forgotten their promise. All to save the soul of somepony who many believe will herald the doom of us all.
Zecora
Novel-Idea · 14k words · 142 1 · 1.3k views
TThe Buffalo Telegraph
MLP: FiM
Romance
Adventure
The Buffalo Telegraph told Clyde that a stranger was coming to call. It did not tell him that she was carrying something dangerous, or that evil people were close behind her. And it certainly did not tell him how much she would someday mean to him.
Other
Daring Do
Troubleshoes
Horse Voice · 9.3k words · 53 2 · 636 views
TMy Little Mages: The Nightmare's Return
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Comedy
A humanized take on the first two episodes, based off Didj's 'My Little Mages' series of drawings
Alt. Universe
Human
Spike
Celestia
Nightmare Moon
Other
Main 6
BrassHeart · 54k words · 342 6 · 12k views
EBards of the Badlands
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Comedy
With her new friend off in Trottingham and the Princess in Griffinstone, Sunset finds herself bored and lonely for the first time. However, Moon Dancer and the Princess already have a plan in place in the form of a perky blue unicorn named Minuette.
Alt. Universe
Minuette
Sunset Shimmer
Twinkleshine
Lemon Hearts
Novel-Idea · 28k words · 310 5 · 4.1k views
TSunLight Sliders
MLP: FiM
Romance
Adventure
Comedy
Random
Due to a minor calibration error, Sunset and Twilight find themselves lost in the vast possibilities of the multiverse. Now, they search for a way home… and find something neither expected in one another.
Twilight
Sunset Shimmer
Novel-Idea · 40k words · 462 23 · 7.8k views