Shortly after Princess Luna returned from her thousand-year banishment, she discovered that the species she loved, the bat ponies, are still alive, in the section of Canterlot overshadowed by the mountain that stands above it. She is saddened by the condition of the slums that the race are forced to live in. Wandering through, she meets a very special bat pony, who is willing to break the law valiantly just to protect three young souls from a life they shouldn't have to live.

This story is a sequel to Interview with a Batpony

Many months have passed since Twilight Sparkle, now crowned Princess of Equestria, managed to conduct an interview with Midnight Wind, an amiable batpony that came to stay in Ponyville. She gained incredible answers, yet emerged with a lot of questions still. Now, as another meeting is set, she desires to know even more about his species.

But some tapes are never meant to be shared with the public...

After finally triumphing over her sister Nightmare Moon has been crowned queen of Equestria. However things haven't been going so well in her kingdom as of late. So, she decides to confide in her thestral general, Umbra. The conversation, however, does not go in the way she expects.

How come nobody has ever seen or heard of bat ponies before tonight?

Before the return of Nightmare Moon the ponies of the Canterlot viewed the bats with suspicion, on the day of her return that view most certainly didn't improve, and riots and mobs would have made a disaster a catastrophe had Celestia not moved before leaving to Ponyville.

How one brave little bat pony managed to beat the odds, sneak past the royal guard into Celestia's mango grove and then out run her pursuers to safety. All for the greatest tasting mango she's ever had.

Featured on 10/17/2021
Merci Beaucoup. Thank you to everybody who upvoted, and added it to their libraries, I am extremely grateful. HAZAA!!!

Cover Art done by Leastways.

Set in the Pandemic Universe (which existed well before the very real pandemic and this is in no way shape or form related to that) and takes place after the original story, though that’s not required to read.

All dreams start somewhere. For most night ponies, they start in the dreamscape itself, but that's not always the case for all. Two months after the ETS Pandemic changed the world forever, a bright, optimistic dream starts, whether the ponies responsible for it realized it or not. While some choose to cling to the past, some choose to leave it behind. This is the story of one of those ponies, Silver Eclipse, crafter of dreamscapes and dreams. In the waking world he helped create a dream called Oasis, a place where dreams can come true. But all dreams start somewhere, and this is the story of where that dream started, and the very special pony without whom it would never have happened.

Halira's stories, What you are Meant to Be and Picking up the Pieces offer some expanded night pony lore which introduce and expand on some of the concepts in this story, but it's not necessary to read. The original story is also recommended if you'd love to learn more about this universe.

Special thanks to:
ASGeek2012
Halira
Lawra
ModernSilver
FlutterJackdash
Javarod,
and
Alias_The_J

for offering much needed feedback and advice over the course of writing this story.

This is a rewrite of my very first story, and definitely my passion project as of right now. Any feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just something simple or small. Thanks!

You wake up in a land where magic is real and sapient ponies have built a civilisation. Being from a different universe, you have no understanding of their language or laws, but you're happy to have found yourself in the friendliest town there is. Good luck building a new life as their favourite... monkey thing.

Verspertine has always longed to touch the stars--and luckily enough, she was born a thestral, so it's (maybe) theoretically possible.

She's been training her whole life to become a Wonderbolt and finally, thank Celestia, she's a cadet at the Academy.

First place in the of the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting 'Batpony/Thestral' contest. The prompt was "stereotypes". Cover art by the lovely Scarlett Sketches--thank you to the folks who found the artist for me.

UPDATE: Now with a voice reading done by StraightToThePointStudio! Thank you so much, I really appreciate the love. :)

Stalliongrad. A city that will be very hard to find in historical records and even if it is found, it is always mentioned in a negative way. Those articles are lies. This document has been declared illegal for revealing the truth.

Canon side story to 'The Tales of Shadows and Stars' universe.

The original story is currently down, so, here's the link to it on FimFetch.net:

https://fimfetch.net/story/473690/sombras-bat

https://fimfetch.net/story/492922/fire-and-shadows