A different take on alicorn ascension. Sixteen years after arriving in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle is excited to have invented a brand-new kind of spell, but it will come with consequences she cannot possibly anticipate. Meanwhile, threats in shadows around the world conspire to overthrow the Solar Throne. With her world turned upside down, she will have to come to terms with the role that fate has dealt her while straining to keep Celestia in power.

Now with a TVTropes page! Please show it some love! Also check out the official side stories, Designing Intrigue, and Love and Barriers! (With even more in my stories page!)

(Please Note: This story was started before any season three information was available. All episodes in season three and later are non-canon for this story, which also means there's no Crystal Empire in this one. In addition, the promotional map released close to the beginning of season three was also not available and is not compatible with this story. While the OC tag is active because there are OCs in the story, they're really just supporting characters. The focus is on Twilight.)

Also be sure to check out the Rites of Ascension Expanded Universe Group! We're working to develop the resources needed for other authors to try their hand at writing stories set in the Rites Universe!

The Book Two cover art was created by the amazing Silfoe! The original cover art can still be found at Violet Squiggle's deviantArt page.

Author's Notes, including proofreader's credits, can be found here!

"This is 100% Approved by Twilight's Library!"

Caramel can't seem to do anything right. When he finds he has a crush on a certain purple unicorn, this proves doubly true.

Story now coming out Bi-weekly thanks to Sanctus, more soon!

The Sequel to 'Faith and Doubt'.

It's been two months since the changeling attack and Shining's almost-wedding and much has changed. Twilight Sparkle is now an alicorn and has left Equestria to master her new powers. The sixth element of harmony, the corrupt abstract Doubt, has been reborn in his original form: Faith. He, along with Spike, have gone with Twilight as she sought to heal after the betrayal by her friends and family.

But Twilight's return to Ponyville will not be a happy one; in her absence her friends Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie have been turned into alicorns themselves and the embodiments of their elements. They have seized power and now rule Equestria with iron hooves, using banned magic to turn their friends and family into zealots that obey their every command.

To save Equestria, Twilight will have to do the unthinkable: form a rebellion and declare war on her friends. But will she be willing to make the tough decisions... even if it means choosing between friendship and freedom?

Everything is bad in large doses.

Thank you to all that got this story featured!

The TVTropes page for Faith and Doubt/The Abundance can be found here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/FaithAndDoubt

Cover by the wonderful FerGarcia220!

This story is a sequel to Spiders and Magic III: Days of Friendship Past

Companion one-shot to Spiders and Magic: Rise of Spider-Mane, Spiders and Magic II: Eleven Months, Spiders and Magic IV: The Fall of Spider-Mane.

There are two individuals from entirely different worlds. One is rumored to be the greatest hero in history while the other may just very well be the most powerful being on the planet. They met by chance, and circumstances led them to form a bond. Over time, it blossomed from a budding friendship to a loving relationship. There are flaws apparent, specifically the occasional clashes in their similar yet different personalities. These are forty reasons why Peter Parker and Twilight Sparkle should (and should not) fall in love.

*Thanks to Kestrel, Darth Cygnus, Commander Stelios, Regreme, Vandenbz, Lord Lycaon, The Slending Angel, cosmic flash, Derp McShirk, NeilHD, and Dark Seqvus, for editing!

Collab with Azu

Cover art done by Mesiasart.

This story is a sequel to Spiders and Magic II: Eleven Months

Officially complete!

During a time of peace, Peter disappears in what seems to be an accident and is pronounced dead. However, he wakes up in a distant future where Equestria is in ruins, most of his loved ones are either dead or captured, and the world is under the rule of Empress Chrysalis. Spider-Mane must reunite with what remains of his friends to save this tattered future, all while desperately searching for a way to return to his original timeline.

*Thanks to Kestrel, Darth Cygnus, Commander Stelios, Regreme, Vandenbz, Lord Lycaon, The Slending Angel, cosmic flash, Derp McShirk, NeilHD, and Dark Seqvus, for editing!

Collab with Azu
Cover art done by JinZhan

Featured: 2/28/2015 -3/2/2015 (Thanks, everyone!)

As Ponyville charges head first into modernity, Rainbow Dash lives a quiet life in the clouds with her husband Soarin, and her son Prism. Famous, retired, still the record holder of nearly everything the Wonderbolts had to offer, Rainbow has achieved all her life's dreams and more.

But, for some reason, she's still dreaming of something. A nameless, faceless colt she sees in an endless sky with a single defining trait to him: her eyes. Who is he? Why does he keep showing up? What does it mean? She doesn't know yet, but she's determined to find out.

The problem with knowledge, however, is that it always comes with a price.

Set in my 'Bright Future' universe which diverges from canon after season 4.

Edited by the lovely Comma typer.

What if Blueblood had his eye on somepony else and simply could never make the move?

Twilight has to break up with Flash Sentry due to royal reasons... and the fate of Equestria. Pinkie Pie, (with the help of Cheese Sandwich) throws a party. A 'So Sorry You Broke Up I Hope You Feel Better Soon and Find Your True Love Someday' party. Yes, that pony does have a party planned for every occasion!
But Twilight isn't feeling good about it. She goes into a mini depression, but decides to go. She was expecting a small get-together... not all of her friends getting paired up! And the worst thing to happen happens, Flash gets together with one of Twi's friends.
Will Twilight come to terms with what really has to be done? Will she accept her new fiancé? Will her friendship survive?
Find out.

A sociological experiment gone horribly right leaves Twilight on the verge of the hardest decision of her life.

Now has a sequel, Variables

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Hey, everyone. OtterMatt here. Just for the record, I’m not coming back to FimFic. Not ever. I’m sorry to say it, but my life has moved on, as it were, and writing just isn’t a part of it anymore. That being said, I love these stories of mine very much. There’s a lot of myself that I put into them, and at least a couple people have told me that these stories meant a lot to them as well. So, for those people, and for anyone else who enjoys my work in the future, I’m charging my friend Spabble here with curating my completed stories. Thank you all for the love, the faves, and the support as I grew and learned. Keep doing what you love, and the best of luck to you all.

Twilight Sparkle and Sombra are married. They rule a kingdom together and raise their two kids. They are the royal family.

But how did this family come to be? Better question, how the hell did Twilight end up with a stallion like him?

Read and find out more about this family and their everyday triumphs and trials and find out how these two unlikely lovers came to be and the things that were done to make it so.

*Really it was just an excuse for me to do a crack ship.*

Also inspired by the Ask Twibra blog by Bluntwhiskey. Yes, it's nsfw blog so you been warned.

It's great though. It tickles my pickles.