Before recorded history, there was the Age of Chaos, when Discord ruled the world.

And in this age, there were two sisters.

The elder, a unicorn, possessed unprecedented refined senses and magical might. The younger sister was a pegasus, with insight beyond her years and the strange gift of walking through shadow and dream.

One day, they would be alicorns. Ponies and other intelligent beings would debate over whether they were goddesses.

But first, before anything else, they were children.

This is their story.

First Story of the Elsequestria Continuity and the Sunset Rising Continuity.

Artwork by Sixes_and_Sevens. Please check out their excellent artwork and stories.

(Note: during the Age of Chaos, time was soft and most attempts of marking its passage were meaningless. The titles of the first four chapters refer to the sisters' approximate stages of physical development.)

This chronology continues in Luna’s Gift.

This story follows Biography of a Tyrant, but it can also stand alone nicely.

Nightmare Moon is banished, imprisoned in the moon which she once controlled. It is the first great battle that Celestia has ever lost.

But only as the smoke clears does she fully realize what has just transpired.

Now, she also stands upon the precipice.

The choice is hers.

(Chronology note: this tale takes place before the series begins, and before Cadence and Celestia meet.)

(Chronology note: this timeline continues with Cadence of the Crystal Empire.)

Part of the Elsequestria Continuity and the Sunset Rising Continuity.

This story is a sequel to The Apple Jamboree

At the end of the Apple Jamboree, Babs Seed ran off into the night to join John Songsmith, to become his apprentice and perhaps one day a true bard.

She didn't tell anyone she was leaving.

He didn't think to ask her if they knew.

After a few hours, she realized her mistake. And when she got back, Applejack was waiting...

(Chronology note: this story takes place during season six, after that years’ Nightmare Night. If you have not already read The Apple Jamboree, please read it first. )

Part of the Elsequestria Continuity.

Who is the Dark Knight, The Shadow Sleuth, the Caped Crusader of Canterlot?

How does he patrol the night, protecting those who cannot protect themselves?

How can he dare pit himself against such threats as Conundrum, Feline Fatale, and Madame Frost?

How is it that he and playboy layabout Prince Blueblood have never been seen at the same time?

And what of Sparrow? Where does she come from? Where does she go? Whose daughter is she? Will we ever know?

Read on to find out, in Detective Pony Comics Present!

(Part of the DPCP Continuity)

This story follows Bridges and Guides, but it can also stand alone nicely.

After their first Grand Galloping Gala, Applejack and Twilight talk about the Blueblood disaster, and about Rarity’s expectations for a partner. The discussion meanders into new territory, and gets a little personal for both of them. Initially written as just a fun little one-shot.

(Chronology note: this story takes place between seasons one and two, just after the season one finale.)

Artwork by Sixes_and_Sevens. Please check out their excellent artwork and stories.

Part of the Elsequestria Continuity.

This continuity continues in In Vino Veritas. Its beginning can be found here.

Please check out Sparrow 9642’s reading of this tale for Pride Month 2020 here.

Please check out Agent Fluffy’s reading of this tale for Pride Month 2021 here.

Sparrow’s version uses a team of talented voice actors, while Agent handles both voices and narration alone! All of them do a wonderful job bringing my little tale to life, each version offering a slightly different interpretation. I recommend them both very highly.

Also, my most humble apologies to Sparrow 9642 for forgetting to place a link to their performance for so long. I am a very meek and penitent Coyote and offer no excuse.

This story follows Lessons for the Teacher, but it can also stand alone nicely.

(What if, ages ago, Sunset Shimmer had leaped through a different mirror? And instead of landing in a high school, had found herself in a mystical dimension filled with dangers undreamed-of?)

When newly-made Princess Twilight attends the first Princess Summit, she is concerned about many things: her new responsibilities, Celestia and Luna’s relationship, and the prospect of immortality just to name a few. But when an old enemy from Celestia’s past returns, Twilight finds herself in a battle for her life and her people, beneath the falling sky of an alien world. And just what does it mean to be a princess, anyway? Sunset Shimmer has reached her own conclusions…

(Chronology note: this story takes place betwixt seasons three and four, and is the point where my Elsequestria timeline branches most distinctly into an alternate reality [though most episodes remain compatible with it]. Therefore, while it was inspired by Equestria Girls, once the stage is set this tale makes no effort to maintain any cohesion with the original movie.)

(Content note: contains violence with serious consequences, some profanity. Initially posted under the working title Equestria Women.)

Part of the Elsequestria Continuity.

This timeline continues in When Legends Meet.]

This story follows Murder at the Rarity Boutique and features a character from Bridges and Guides, but it can also stand alone nicely.

The Jamboree is an ancient tradition, and the Apples are one of the few families who still maintain it. But one year, a stranger appears with a silver-strung guitar who also remembers the old ways… as well as histories behind some of the songs that even Granny Smith and Princess Twilight don’t know. Inspired by Magpie Pony’s Son of Princess Luna video.

(Chronology note: this story takes place during season six, after that years’ Nightmare Night.)

It continues in Jamboree Aftermath.

(Content note: contains conversational references to violence and murder.)

Part of the Elsequestria Continuity.