In every possible sense of the word, Equestria is a magical land. But what happens when five fillies discover that magic doesn’t just extend to ponies, but to the trains as well? Join five familiar filly’s as they explore and crusade over the open rails, searching for their cutie marks with the help of a trainyard full of new friends as they travel to new places, and find even more trouble along the way.

Inspired by both My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and the Railway Series created by the Reverend W. Awdry. This is not a crossover in the sense of two universes meeting, but a story set in the land of Equestria to the timeless tone of talking engines with personalities as colorful as their paint.

Tagged for alternate universe due to Crusaders of the Lost Mark.

WARNING!: Currently undergoing rewrite/revamp, resulting in a number of continuity errors between chapters. Updated Chapters will be marked UPDATED, until all current chapters have been updated.

While cleaning the farm house's attic one day, Applejack comes across an old trunk full of maps, pieces of armor, even a sword. According to Granny Smith the trunk belonged to her ancestor, Apple Slice. She digs through the contents, eager to learn more about her ancestor and near the bottom she spots a worn leather bound book. It's pages tell the tale of a fantastic quest to reclaim a homeland, filled with monsters of all shapes, and perils of all sizes. A most unexpected journey indeed.

This is the story of how long ago, one unassuming normal in every way farm-mare came to shape the history of all Equestria. How two races divided by war and fear were united by a forbidden love, and the struggle of a Unicorn to unite Equestria against the coming night.

An adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit set into the world of My Little Pony, based on the movies directed by Peter Jackson, with changes made to do justice to the mlp mythos and canon. The races of middle earth translate as follows.

Hobbits and Men will be earth ponies and pegasi
Wizards shall be Unicorns
Elves will be Deer
Dwarves will be Diamond Dogs
Orcs will be Centaurs, and Goblins Gargoyles.
Dragons of course, will be Dragons.

With graduation close on the horizon, the Hu-Mane six are all looking to their own paths in life. But while some settle into the family business and others gaze forward with wonder, others, one former unicorn in particular, are not so certain of what the future holds. But just when their friendship seems lost, something begins that will alter all of their lives forever, and send them down a path there can be no return from.

After centuries of normality magic is returning to the human world, and with it countless enchanted races. But dragons and chimera's will be the least of their worries when they learn an ancient evil, Grogar the Conqueror, has woken from his slumber, and is Tartarus bent on reclaiming his throne and exacting his revenge on the world that defied him. Aided by villains old and new, Sunset Shimmer and her friends will need each other now more than ever if they are to protect their home from the Dark Lord of Tambelon.