Twilight believed she was Princess Celestia's most faithful and only student – until the day that Sunset Shimmer stole her crown.

Surely, she thought, that that was the end of the students of whom Celestia had neglected to tell her.

But a package delivered to Twilight's door brings evidence that even Sunset wasn't the first, and worse still, that she wasn't the only Royal apprentice to mysteriously disappear!

For the first time in her life, Twilight is rocked by doubt regarding her mentor. Is the package a warning? Can Princess Celestia be trusted? Is Twilight the next apprentice destined to meet an untimely end?

Thanks to Lightning Farron for prereading, and heavy thanks to Dafaddah for a ton of editing.

Welcome to the Lunar Republic and the reign of Nightmare Moon. In Ponyville, the survivors of those first tumultuous years after the fall of Endless Night struggle just to feed the few who are left. In Canterlot a young stallion dreams of standing with honour before the First Citizen herself, while in the far north, an ancient evil dreams of southern conquests.

Chapter one of this story was the winning entry of the Hazardous Writing Materials and Challenges group's April 2016 competition.
Edited by RadicalDishonesty, artwork by the amazing WingFlyte (click here for DeviantArt page.)

Nopony has heard from Fluttershy for three months. Not Rainbow Dash, not Rarity, not even Pinkie Pie. Her friends have been tending to the cottage and her animals, keeping it clean and organized, but even with Twilight's constant magic scans and a semi-constant guard search Equestria-wide, no hint has been found of where she went, how she vanished, or why she didn't tell anyone. Some ponies even think, in their darkest nightmares, that she might be dead.

Then she shows up one day, very definitely not dead, but just as definitely not the same as she was.

And does she have a story to tell. Boy, does she ever...

Coverart by Paladin.

There exists two Equestrias, Diurnal and Nocturnal, one ruled by Celestia and the other Nightmare Moon. Though they are intertwined, their cultures are worlds apart. Neither are allowed, by law, to see or interact with the other. Concordia, a cross-border agency, enforces this law with extreme prejudice. Break the law and face severe consequences.

Rarity, a private detective, has lived all her life in Diurnal Ponyville with this as a reality.

Ruby Becker, a human tourist, newly arrived in the city, has yet to experience the bizarre nature of the dual cities for herself.

Twilight Sparkle, a member of the Royal Inquisition, Nightmare Moon’s secret police, must work constantly with the knowledge that even she is not above Concordia.

All three soon get entangled in a conspiracy far stranger than this dual reality, one that involves the existence of the legendary Hippolyta, a third Equestria that lurks in the shadows between the ponies and the ponies.

(Inspired by China Mieville's novel, The City and the City).

Initial proof-reading by MindAssassin.

It started with a Nightmare: a corrupted monarch, a desperate sister, and a fragmented kingdom left in their wake. Saddled with the burden of protecting Equestria alone, Celestia chose to be strong enough not to. Instead, she found another way: three mortal ponies, the most magically gifted of their generation, to stand by her side as defenders of the realm.

For a thousand years, they've been everything Equestria needed them to be. Scholars, guardians, warriors, heroes—or, as Celestia prefers to call them, Angels. And if their inaugural achievements are any indication, her latest nominees for that illustrious order might just be the best ones yet.

Provided, of course, they don't blow up half the kingdom proving it.

An alternate universe retelling of the events of Friendship is Magic. A non-zero number of changelings were harmed in the making of said account.

Special thanks to CouchCrusader and totallynotabrony for their editing assistance.

Vinyl Scratch is mortally injured during a terrorist bombing, and as a result becomes a Cyborg.

She’s… open to the idea.

But others aren’t. Soon, she finds herself in a battle against a shadowy organization that threatens to topple the technologically advanced Lunar Division, and bring the nation to its knees.

>>Name comes from HERE.

Captured by your enemy. It's something that no soldier wants to think about, much less experience. Unfortunately for one U.S. soldier fighting in Equestria, that's exactly what happens. At the mercy of the ponies, he will have to resist their attempts to extract information from him, and hope that he'll see freedom again.
(Language warning for those who care.)

Many thanks to my prereader, Cosmic Cowboy, for letting me bounce ideas off him, and not letting me upload garbage.
Cover art by the awesome (and patient) Erindor.
Appeared in the feature box for a brief time on 10/11/2015. I have no words...

One thousand Kilometres
One hundred and sixty one laps
Fifty two drivers
Twenty six cars
One pony
It’s a long road to the mountain

The Bathurst 1000 is Australia's most famous race, and it's set to become even bigger when Twilight Sparkle joins in

Many thanks to totallynotabrony for editing, guidance and providing the cover art and to Fana Farouche for the invaluable help in correcting my wayward grammar.

Now rejected by Equestria Daily!

An experiment in FiM reinterpretation.
Featured: 1/19/2015.
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MANE: Maneuver, Assess, Neutralize, Execute.

They are the world’s special forces operators, the best of the best no one sees. Employed by the covert organization known as the Network, MANE teams operate around the world to protect the Network's global interests. Despite their unique personalities, these motley squads of citizens, soldiers, and criminals have completed countless missions together. But in a period of an imperfect peace, many unit had been deactivated. MANE operators went back to their homes in the hopes of rebuilding their lives in harmony. That is about to change.

Twilight, a student of the Network, has received the first assignment of her academic career. As Cell’s personal protégé, she has been tasked with overseeing preparations for a historic diplomatic meeting. But after her mission takes an unexpected turn, an unforeseen evil threatens to destroy the Network and plunge the world into eternal darkness. Against uncertain odds, Twilight must unite MANE VI and fight to restore Harmony, while realizing her place in the world along the way.

Contains humanized, militarized FiM characters in an alternate universe, set on a near-future Earth.
Rated Teen for: scenes of combat, violence, swearing.

Featured Box: 1/19/2015
TV Tropes Recommendation: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicGeneral

It is 1918. The Allies have defeated the Central Powers and now US marines and US army troops are being sent to Germany for occupation duty. Among them are the men of B company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. Gunnery Sergeant Nathan Blackburn has seen the war through from beginning to finish and is relieved it is over. But when a strange cloud transports him and his comrades to a strange new land where they themselves have taken on strange new appearances, Blackburn soon realizes that his fight is far from over.