Princess Twilight Sparkle discovers a centuries-old mystery hidden in the Royal Archives. Her investigation leads through layer after layer of deception and misdirection, setting her hooves on a path that seems to be leading to a mysterious secret. Along the way, she learns that some friendships can be very, very strange.

Book 1 of the Alicorn Adventure series.

AUDIOBOOK by VisualPony
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WARNING: Major spoilers in the comments. Takes place several months after the end of season four. (Not a Da Vinci Code crossover, BTW!)

Do you see a dark tag? No, you don't. Not dark. Well, okay, there are a couple of dark-ish bits, but that's all. Not enough to warrant a tag. Speaking of tags, there really ought to be "Badass Twilight" and "Friendshipping" ones.

Sequels and side-stories (and more) can be found here Offprint and AO3, and a hardbound two-volume set of all that can be ordered from The Ministry of Image.

My editor for the first edition of this story was Gogito, and I can't thank him enough for all the hard work he did. My editor for the revised version was PresentPerfect, and he did a terrific job of getting the story into excellent shape.

It has been half a year since Twilight was crowned as Princess of Equestria, half a year since she and her friends had given up the Elements to save the Tree of Harmony.

Now Canterlot is under siege by an alliance of Griffins, Changelings, and Dragons who are determined to end Equestria once and for all. With the elements no longer available, the safely of Equestria lies on Pinkie Pie and Discord… and the next generation of princesses gatling guns.

Will Discord and Pinkie save the day? Will Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Twilight have enough fire power to repel the invaders? Only time will tell.

The smell of coffee and a nicely folded newspaper is all that Celestia wants in the beautiful morning after she raises the sun. For as long as she could remember, that has been the same routine and she would have it no other way.

However, she forgot about one thing: Discord. While reformed, that doesn't mean he doesn't cause some chaos. When Discord comes between her and her paper... Oh, the chaos.

This story is a sequel to Love's Light: The Dragon Wars: A Window to the Past

Sequel not needed to Read before hand.
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Twilight has been an Alicorn for 86 years.
Her life was perfect until 6 years ago.
6 years ago Twilight's life broke.
Distancing herself from everypony, including the princesses
Only one pony can help her through this descent she's
thrown herself into.

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After seeing the Season 3 Finale. I started thinking about what
would happen to Twilight after her friends had died. With that thought
was born this story.

Season 4 did NOT happen for this stories timeline.

Every chapter after the prologue will be set in first person. After the Chapter title will be the Pony's PoV.

I found this Cover Art on Google. I do not take Credit for it.

I hope you all enjoy this Story.

Edited by devas Prologue, Chapter 1-4
Edited by Tschloken Chapter 5 and beyond
Thanks for All the work your doing!

Over a thousand years she has been alive. That means that Celestia has had hundreds of mares and stallions as her mate. Each one leaving a sizable hole in her heart once it was time for life to take its final course. And after a thousand heartbreaks, she finally finds what she considers the one. But will she be able to take the eventual heartbreak?

As a final option, Celestia does the only thing she can to make sure her and Twilight's life together is not spoiled by time.

The Mane-iac has a reason, a method to her madness, and one that will shock the Mane Si-er, the Power Ponies to their core.

Because it's not exactly evil, and aren't we all crazy when we're in love?

Vinyl Scatch was a successful pony. Sure, she didn't have mountains of cash or a penthouse apartment, but she lived comfortably. Besides who needs all that stuff when you've got the music?

Trixie, on the other hoof, had lived on the edge of poverty for most of her life, making little money and living in a cart. In a last ditch attempt to make something of herself, she turns to Manehatten, the city where dreams are made.

But neither could have predicted what would come of their unlikely partnership.

Follow Trixie and Vinyl on the uneven road to happiness, as they attempt to explore their unexpected friendship. But will something more emerge?

A Trixie x Vinyl Scratch story.

For one thousand years, Nightmare Moon wandered the moon, seeking perfection.

She found only dust.

Now on Equestria Daily!

Now in Russian! ...Twice!

Entry for The Writeoff Association's first writeoff: Lonely Happiness.
Special thanks to Cassius Littner and SpaceCommie for their proofreading/editing assistance.

The Canterlot Castle can be a stressful, boring, and serious place. After already spending what seemed like ages at the dull place to discuss political affairs with the other princesses and make public appearances for the eager Canterlot citizens, Twilight is not looking forward to spending another week there. Luckily, her friend Pinkie comes for a visit to help liven the place up and more importantly spend time with her favorite princess.

Cover Art: Twinkie by lulubellct

Octavia Melody is a dreamer. Her mind takes her places, places that she's always wanted to be. Unfortunately, her body doesn't follow. She lives a normal life, seeing new sights through the postcards and letters that Harpo Parish Nadermane sends as he travels the world, picking new sounds for his compositions. In fact, Harpo just finished a piece! Of course, he's currently on the other side of the world, but that's not a problem. He'll just send the music to Octavia.
She'll take care of it.