This story is a sequel to Fulfillment

Emptiness brought to an end, the heroic fillies that ended her respected and buried, Ponyville returns to peace. Or at least, it appears to return to peace.

Ponies are swift to forget the nightmare proven real, but memory of the near past lingers. Events of the past month continue to matter, and ponies find themselves unable to move on, unable to correct things, unable to escape a seemingly never-ending trap of anger, sorrow, and doubt. Friendships are tested to their breaking, and as something comes promising to be what might finally bring an end to it, it only brings an end to the trust once held and the bonds once kept.

Meanwhile, while everypony else is busy, Scootaloo enters a desperate battle against a new nightmare come to Ponyville. Her one hope is Gentle, except Gentle's caught up in the drama, and can't give Scootaloo the same sort of answers she gave Sweetie before.

This nightmare doesn't have a story; it eats those.

And Scootaloo's best hope is that she might still have one after all is said and done.

Forever, the savanna has been home to zebra. Forever, things have been the way they always have been.
Until just a year past, when a nightmare came to life, and terrified all of the savanna. Even the bravest shake in fear, and whole tribes have fled; often to no avail.
Survivors have come to the Deharan; the home of water, the one place in the plains that never dries.
And with them comes their fear.

As fate draws to a close, the mistakes of long ago are brought to light, and what is to be appears certain.
But none can truly be said to know the ways of fate. The battle comes soon:
What fate will come to pass this night?

Life is strange. Sometimes, it;s even weird. But if you were Twilight Sparkle, life is very strange indeed. But not too strange. Nothing really outlandish, other than Pinkie, but she was unique.

She has a dream about a cloud that wants to know more about life.

So she explains.

After all, it's just a dream.

Right?

'Life must endure. No matter the cost' Such is the mission of The Facility. Forever keeping the seeds of life tucked safely away, forever preserved.

So the creators thought. But sometimes, the worst happens.

Faced with the failure of its purpose, the automated systems find themselves without guidance. Everything is dead, and the Gates have not found the answer. Their purpose will fail, and nothing they can do will stop or slow it.

And the last chance in an AI. A true AI. One that thinks on its own. One that chooses not by program, but by soul. Broken from its hibernation, allowed control, the automation gives the last hope of life to it.

The AI is the only thing that might be able to save the cause. The last thing that can save the last seeds of life. It can find a path where others would not.

But will the path chosen be reflective of the mission? Or perhaps it will work to escape a dying facility, and use everything it has to break free.

One last, desperate chance. A gamble on an AI that was once called, 'insane'. The seeds of life are in danger, everything is in jeopardy.

Can anything be done? Can Twilight save a dying facility? Or will the AI use her to escape, and leave them all to die?

This story is a sequel to Mourning

Changing old habits is hard. Changing yourself is even harder. Controlling those urges that you never once controlled is near impossible.

But perhaps trying to change a life that has lasted centuries is the hardest. A life of anger and paranoia and never once giving a single thought to anything else. Even after the greatest of revelation, changing the habits of a century is near impossible.

But it might just be Chrysalis' last chance. Can she change, can she truly depart from her old life and ways and try to find something new?

Or is she doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?

Chrysalis is angry. Enraged at the ponies for somehow overcoming her in her hour of victory. She is hurt badly, but alive.

But as time passes, her mind begins changing. She starts thinking, and gains a new perspective on herself, her actions, her life, and her swarm.

Two weeks ago, Sweetie Belle disappeared; only days after another filly, diamond Tiara, did the same, neither with any known explanation. Many searched and found nothing, no trace, no hint of them.

Rarity has many reasons to be upset. Isolating herself from friends, those she still considers friends at least, she is entombed in anger, despair, and regret. It seems to have ruined her, leaving her lost in life, unable to find rest, unable to find peace; she wants, needs, answers, but there seem none to be found.

Until, two weeks later, for a chance at answers to come to her, and she comes to know the truth of that disappearance, and the time before. Her only real hope is to pray to the sun that she has not damned herself in the actions of ignorance and the pursuit of answers, and that, at the end, there might be a light she can find.

**newly updated 1/17/24 for the sequel, Remembrance**

sequel to: Second Chances and the Cost of Life

Twilight lived and died a hero. Her body reanimate by Death itself to act as its reaper. But Death cannot grant life, and she fell in a way worse than before. She became a monster, but was stopped by her own friends.

She slept once again, but Death needs her. So it makes deals, stretches the rules, just to get her to live once again. But living again is difficult, particularly when Light itself remakes you.

Twilight has a new life, and a duty that must be done. The only question;

Will she manage to live a new life, instead of her old one? It's going to be hard. Time to see.

Semi-sequel to The Last Sparkle Before the Night. Reading not required.

Twilight Sparkle died. She died saving everypony from the changelings, slaying each and every one of them with a single spell. The results?

Regrets. Pain, suffering. No chance to say goodbye, no chance for anypony to say sorry. She left behind betrayals not forgiven, and not one pony was left unburdened by her sudden passing.

There is no such thing as a second chance. Unless something special happens.

After all; Death has its servants as well. And with somepony as special as Twilight Sparkle, perhaps it might see its way to asking for her services.

Death pays well, but asks for everything. Can Twilight find her chance, or will she turn into nothing more than a pawn of the end?

has a sequel: Once More, With Feeling

People always say that they want one last chance. One more try to do things. Regret is one of the stronger feelings that a pony can suffer. It is a reminder of something that they could have or should have done. Something that chases after them throughout their lives.

Sometimes it is worse. Sometimes, things change suddenly, and leave no time for anypony to do what they want to do. Things happen so fast that actions are left in stone, and nothing can ever change it.

There is no such thing as a second chance. There is only ever the mending, and that is a blessing for the healing it offers. When it is missing, nothing heals. When something is bad enough, some might contemplate simply lying down and never waking again.

Twilight wakes, and something is wrong. What could it be? She can find out.

But will she want to?