Cozy Glow has long abandoned the lands of Equestria, carrying her burdens with her. Too many mistakes to count, she deserved to be alone. All she wanted was to get rid of her regrets inside her head. Even being an alicorn merely made the pain only a little more tolerable.

Spike is the last one left after the rest of Equestria's defenders are defeated and imprisoned. He's now on a mission to find help outside his homeland, where he finds a powerful alicorn filly.

One second she was about to taste the sweet and delicious victory she's been yearning for since she was imprisoned.

"You're a pony yourself, aren't you? I'd be damned if you were the next one to bring my downfall, pony."

Instead, she's tasting the Castle floor as her mind began to fully understand the situation she was in. All decisive thoughts were thrown out the window. There was only anger and pain.

Spoilers for the Season 9 finale!

Everyone thought the Magic of Friendship could save their behinds again. They were wrong. So so wrong.

After the villain trio successfully defeats Twilight and her friends, Equestria slowly turns to their ruling. Now, after some time passes, everypony is still holding on to the little hope they have left. But is it enough?

Rated teen just to be safe.

With no Elements of Harmony, Celestia failed to stop Nightmare Moon from bringing eternal night and got banished to the moon. A year later, and she comes back down to Equestria, but the lands looked nothing like before.

From the final timeline of the Season 5 Finale.

It's been one hundred years since all of Spike's friends passed away. All he has now is Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and sometimes Discord.

Feeling lonely one night, Spike remembers befriending the dragon princess, Ember, and decides to finally visit her after all these years.

They have a lot to catch up on.

Pinkie's Hearth's Warming Eve party is in full swing and soon the party ends for the colts and fillies. As the 'real' party starts for the adults, Spike and Sweetie Belle sneak in their own 'party' for themselves.

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The Cutie Mark Crusaders decide to have a sleepover, and a massive thunderstorm is about to hit. Little does Apple Bloom and Scootaloo know, Sweetie Belle is scared of thunderstorms.

When they find out, they decide to help, and uses some tactics Rarity used to use on her when they were little.

Edited: 10/11/15 For information from Season 5 Episode 18

This takes place before "Twilight's Kingdom".

When one gets abused, neglected, and unnoticed too much it can affect them massively. This is what a small dragon living among ponies had to face, sadly. And sometimes, consequences can be brutal, and coincidences can be frightening.

Follow Spike, Twilight, and the rest as all of their lives change.

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