It has been one thousand years after the fateful encounter between the two sisters. The world now shrouded in everlasting veil of shadow, however fear not the darkness that embrace you but the eternal wrath of the gazing light.

The world has become surprisingly industrialized with most things now being powered through diesel, although the social hierarchy has become radically different, as the Bat Pony now consider themselves to be the chosen people by the goddess of the night herself is treated with respect and having considerable authority, while other ponies kinds such as Earth Pony and Pegasus are mostly seen as dispensable worker. The only exception is the unicorn due to their aptitude in magic.

The story follows a promising unicorn by the name of Twilight Sparkle who is supposed to navigate her life in a study environment but due to some forsaken luck, she ends up having to traverse around the land to continue her study.

Cozy Glow, Tirek, Chrysalis, all are names feared by many. However, after their defeat, memories of them have started to fade.

Not Twilight's though, no she's thought of the incident every day since she ascended to the throne, and today she had a very disquieting thought.

"Didn't Discord say he could see while like that? What about them?"

So she asked and so he answered

Flurry wonders.
Just why is it that most of the ponies in her family have wings. But her dad does not?

There is a perfectly normal reason why.

However that might not be the answer she gets.
Because today Shining Armour has decided to be a Terrible Dad.

Written for the Shining Armour is a Terrible Dad contest

This is a submission to the Shining Armor is a Terrible Dad Competition

Shining has done housework quite often in his entire life. A little less than zero times. And it definitely has nothing to do with laziness, it's just not adapted for this task.

Unfortunately, today Cadance will go on an important diplomatic mission and leaves a list of household chores for Shining. He had never been so close to breaking his astronomical record of household chores.

It's good that Shining has a daughter who will absolutely be happy to do all the work for him. Right?

Twilight Sparkle was born on the moon, 999 years before the 1000th summer sun celebration. Her mother, Princess Luna, trains her and teaches her to be the perfect ruler. Her plan is to stop this Nightmare and be happy.

Of course, Twilight gets released early, and has to face this whole new world without her mother. At least it will be a while before Celestia finds her and finds out her motives, or will it?

Twilight will have to deal with things she definitely wasn't trained for, including a possible love interest?

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Nightmare Moon has been gone several years, but not gone for good. And when Luna asks Twilight for help in ridding her of this curse, the Princess of Friendship decides to forgo magical rainbow blasts in place of a far more relatable approach.

Tonight, they're gonna paint the moon red.

This story was inspired by the song of the same name by L-Train (feat Koa, TheMusicReborn, Zephysonas & General Mumble).

Narcotics tag for alcohol and cannabis use.

Cover art from Yakovlev-Vad on Deviantart

Pre-reading and editing by Holtinater, Snow Quill, and Atom Smash.

A question that has plagued philosophical ponies for... well just over a decade since Princess Cadance was granted the title. Deep Thinker, a member of the guard, is one such pony. Unfortunately whilst thinking on it he states his conclusion out loud, behind the very Princesses themselves.

What would you do when you have to attend a costume party you really didn’t want to? In the case of our protagonist, you find the cheapest thing you can buy and find a way to justify it as a costume to anyone who asks. But what happens when that innocent party leads to an event that completely changes your life?

An event that not only teleports our protagonist to the ancient past of a familiar world but also changes his species and gender. And while our hero knows what’ll happen eventually, even she can’t know if her existence will invalidate the history she knows must happen.

But can a young demon survive in a world so predisposed to light magic? Or will all her efforts fail as she destroys fate while becoming the very villain she appears to be?

Micheal Smith, a young man who makes his living by thieving at night. However one night something he could never have even imagined happens and is given an opportunity he simply can't pass up.

The question is, what will happen to Equestria with his coming. Will Micheal resist the temptation of the darkness, or will he embrace it.

On a regular night of rebelliousness, a colt and a filly come across a strange, dangerous creature. After the later is eaten, the former is injured, leading to a change he couldn't predict. Now stuck living as a creature from old mare's tales, the young colt must leave everything he knew behind, including morals he once held himself to. Meanwhile, an aging mordigan is stuck without an heir, or even a loved one. His searching brings himself to a new land, one from legends.

This story was partially inspired by DisneyFanatic2356's story Precious Blood, a true masterpiece and by far my favorite DisneyFanatic story.

Part of the HoE storyline.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, FEATURED 8/4/22 at the expense of only a few remaining brain cells!
Additional tags include sad, trauma, horror, and drama. Also, some may consider it self-harm, but not in the physical sense, so that won't be added.

Hell yeah, Featured again on 7/8/23! This is incredible! Thank you all so much for an amazing repeat of history!