A Place to Return to

It's a Dangerous Business, Going Out Your Door When an accident leaves Twilight Sparkle seriously ill, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity must undertake a perilous journey to find her a cure. What adventures await them beyond Equestria's borders? by Jetfire2012 146,525 words · 1,770 · 87
Background Pony "My name's Lyra Heartstrings, but you won't remember anything. Listen to my symphony, for it by shortskirtsandexplosions 432,377 words · 6,906 · 249
A Wake of Mist and Flame A day in the life of Princess Celestia, as seen through the eyes of one of her guards. by heliopause 13,730 words · 673 · 9
Lost Cities North of Canterlot, in the far marches of the Equestrian lands near the Griffon tribes, there is a mountain that flies. by Cold in Gardez 11,025 words · 1,245 · 19
The End of Ponies A lone pony of a Wasteland future Equestria finds a way to visit her dead friends in the past. by shortskirtsandexplosions 527,556 words · 2,019 · 65

These stories bring me home.

Stories I'm still thinking about

Three Letters Troubled. Disturbed. Stabbed. Entombed. Sometimes, when you're playing a word game with a magical princess from another world, the words you choose aren't just words. by horizon 2,373 words · 650 · 16
Administrative Angel Principal Celestia always has wings in her dreams. So when a magical clash in front of her school sets her phantom wings to itching, her life turns upside down. And she hasn't even heard about Equestria yet. by horizon 6,710 words · 1,282 · 16
80 Days 'Til the World's Farthest Shore Twilight Sparkle, lost among the cosmos, would very much like to go home. by Cynewulf 10,826 words · 779 · 11
The Archetypist I knew there would be trouble when Discord started asking about dreams. He just wanted to make them better, he said. More interesting. In a way he was right – in a very terrible way that we must stop, before it is too late. by Cold in Gardez 52,002 words · 565 · 62
Bouts of Forgetful Artistic Destruction In a nearly empty library, a librarian tears pages out of books and tosses them out an open window. Twilight studies in the same library, alone. They exchange words and a dance. by HoofBitingActionOverload 4,821 words · 113 · 3

These stick around the mind in a good way, so spend some quality time reading some quality stories by some quality people.

Terrific and thought-provoking from RCL

The Arbitrage of Moments When you have so little, and another has so much, it’s easy to justify theft. The more precious the commodity, the easier it is to tell yourself you need it more than they do. And what is more precious than time? by GaPJaxie 12,168 words · 409 · 12
Glory Blueblood's not special, and he knows this. He'll never do anything important. But now he has to. There's too much as stake. He knows he'll fail, but he has to try. Because.. by Rune Soldier Dan 8,782 words · 1,157 · 15
Five Hundred Little Murders Flitter thinks Fluttershy is the weakest pony in the world. Flitter has never confronted what Fluttershy's job really means. Nopony ever wants to or should. Now Flitter has to. And 'weak' will turn out to be exactly the wrong word. by Estee 10,523 words · 1,149 · 24
Where Have the Stars Gone? What does it mean to be immortal? Celestia's memory is very old. It is twisted and confused. She wakes one night to find that she can no longer tell her memories and her dreams apart. She no longer knows what was real and what was only dreamed. by HoofBitingActionOverload 2,871 words · 679 · 12
Tired Pinkie Pie reconnects with a few of her old friends. by Ebon Mane 7,038 words · 780 · 8

The curators over at RoyalCanterlotLibrary.net know substance when they see it. Be sure to pay them a visit if you want a guaranteed favorite. They have a great variety from every genre, and these early picks are sure to shake your brain bone for the long run.

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