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Dark/Grim/Sad

Stories which are particularly focused around dark, grim and/or sad topics.

Order: Date Added

TMy Little Rogue Trader
MLP: FiM
Warhammer
Adventure
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Nothing about this is as I remember... but then, again, I don't remember anything about being a space privateer with a pony retinue.
Death
Violence
Human
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Spike
OC
Tyrannosaurus_Tux · 46k words · 26 4 · 769 views
TWhat Am I?
MLP: FiM
Dark
You never seem to feel like you belong in this world. Now you begin to find out why.
Suicide / Self Harm
Violence
Profanity
Second Person
Human
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
LordOctavianStark · 11k words · 402 22 · 6.7k views
TRiding the Moon and Stars
MLP: FiM
Sad
Anthology
It took her one thousand years, but Nightmare Moon finally found her child. This is their story.
Alt. Universe
OC
Nightmare Moon
Clockwork2003 · 3.2k words · 11 1 · 1k views
TTo Calm a Tempest
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Sad
A Human finds himself in the company of a hot Lieutenant. If only he didn't tell her that.
Sex
Anthro
Human
Alt. Universe
Luna
OC
Other
Tempest Shadow
Storm King
Broman · 167k words · 489 44 · 11k views
TUnearthed: Curse Of The Undying
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
For decades I watched and did nothing as the innocent suffered under evil. Never again. I will bring law and order to this world, or watch it burn one last time. For I am the one and eternal lord. Dark and Bright...
Gore
Violence
Death
Anthro
Human
Celestia
Luna
OC
Main 6
Talion The DARKandBRIGHT · 107k words · 443 46 · 9.9k views
TThe Wolf of War
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
A legendary warrior is found by Equestria in the midst of their war.
Violence
Gore
Death
Profanity
Human
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Luna
OC
Other
King Sombra
Punished Venom Muddy · 28k words · 158 13 · 3.1k views
TUngrounded
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Comedy
A modern mage teleports himself to Equestria in a magical mishap, where he continues to try to live his life.
Profanity
Violence
Alt. Universe
Human
Twilight
Celestia
OC
Other
Main 6
Lucien Chance · 198k words · 680 69 · 15k views
TAlistair the Hierophant
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
An ancient sage is resurrected through the use of dark magic, and once more he's being made to fix people's problems.
Gore
Human
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Luna
OC
Main 6
Chrysalis
LoosePartyCannon · 108k words · 729 37 · 9.2k views
TLogi
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
RGRE Story: A brutal dictator has risen up from the shadows, and the heroes step up to take down the mare in charge. Only there is no mare, rather a male holds the throne, something they can't seem to wrap their head around.
Violence
Profanity
Human
Other
Main 6
Anon
SCP Pinkamena · 2.1k words · 495 82 · 11k views
TMillennium
MLP: FiM
Dark
Slice of Life
An ancient find can provide more than just knowlege, by reducing all to nothingness
Gore
Human
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Luna
Lyra
OC
Other
A-hardie · 20k words · 515 18 · 8.9k views
TMachinations in the Dark
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
There is a secret held in the dungeons below Canterlot, deeper than the crystal caverns into the roots of the mountain. This secret is a creature imprisoned by the Princesses. It is a source of great knowledge, but may ultimately be a great enemy.
Alt. Universe
Human
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
OC
King Sombra
BaryonBrony · 60k words · 3,484 152 · 38k views
EMonster
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Tragedy
They wanted a monster...... ( A 1000 word story)
Human
Celestia
Luna
Mr Stargazer · 1k words · 1,738 38 · 36k views
TSCP: Breakout
MLP: FiM
SCP
Dark
Horror
Sci-Fi
The SCP Foundation, an organization that has Existed for thousands of years, survived the near extinction of their species, but will one slip up end it all?
Gore
Violence
Profanity
Crossover
Human
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
OC
Flurry Heart
Happy2343 · 130k words · 257 15 · 11k views
TTell Me a Bedtime Story
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Sad
A war story between the race of man and pony. As told from the perspective of an aging scholar.
Violence
Death
Human
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
OC
LoonyMoony · 14k words · 42 8 · 3.4k views
TChaos Incorporated
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
A Scottish teen chooses to leave his boring life behind and attempt to conquer a new land and its strange inhabitants. And he just might have some fun in the process.
Alt. Universe
Human
OC
Discord
Chrysalis
King Sombra
Tirek
DontTreadOnMe777777 · 74k words · 170 16 · 6.2k views
TRule of Thumb
MLP: FiM
A monstrosity attacks Ponyville. Common sense dictates that they should proceed towards unknown situations logically, with caution, and with open-mindedness. However doing so may be a fatal mistake. It is a human after all.
Human
OC
Main 6
CMCs
ShortHopLaszer · 31k words · 91 17 · 4k views
TBamboozle boogaloo 2: Tokyo drift
MLP: FiM
Dark
Comedy
Slice of Life
I never should have written BAMBOOZLED AGAIN. Now I guess it’s time for me-as in me the scrawny teenage author, to go and fix this mess. I regret everything
Violence
Gore
Suicide / Self Harm
Profanity
Human
Scootaloo
OC
Main 6
Self Insert
Theboxcatgamr · 12k words · 285 views
TLight Despondent Remixed
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Drama
One day - a year or so before the Barrier hits America - an HLF terrorist decides not to shoot a mother pony and her foal, setting out on a journey for redemption, trying and failing to be a better person one day at a time.
Gore
Violence
Death
Profanity
Human
OC
Doctor Fluffy · 310k words · 32 9 · 1.3k views
TThe Equestria That Never Was
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
What if you had the opportunity to go to Equestria and realized, too late, that it wasn't what you dreamed of? That it was nothing more than an elaborate illusion.
Human
Alt. Universe
OC
Discord
Other
Cadance
Tempest Shadow
desertbat · 28k words · 69 12 · 3.9k views
TDisplaced into Nothing
MLP: FiM
MLP: Comic
Dark
Adventure
Drama
While studying an alien spellform, Twilight makes the most important discovery of all time... The one which could doom her planet. | Horror Rationalfic with Lovecraftian & World of Darkness elements. Deconstruction / Subversion of Displaced.
Violence
Death
Human
Twilight
Spike
Luna
Other
Main 6
Rockstar_Raccoon · 91k words · 1,076 77 · 17k views
TThe Silent Saviors
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
When Richard "Rich" Emmerson, a retired US cavalryman, and his somehow talking horse, Coal, are transported to Equestria, they take to surviving as well as they can in this hostile world. Join them as they adventure across the vast land of Equestria.
Gore
Violence
Death
Human
Fluttershy
Twilight
Rainbow Dash
Celestia
OC
AFestiveTaco77781 · 32k words · 115 12 · 3.8k views
TRepercussions
MLP: FiM
Romance
Dark
Adventure
Equestria soon realizes what it means to get on the wrong side of a kingdom run by two powerful mares and a human with no qualms about killing for the ones he loves..
Sex
Gore
Anthro
Human
Alt. Universe
OC
Nightmare Moon
Chrysalis
Changelings
Bat Pony
SociallyAwkwardPegasus · 18k words · 343 44 · 8.9k views
TJust Like the River
MLP: FiM
Sad
Slice of Life
Tragedy
War comes at a horrible price for everyone...
Human
OC
Other
HopeForTheFew · 2.3k words · 17 4 · 804 views
TDrake the Dragon
MLP: FiM
Dark
Drama
Thriller
After appearing out of hellish tear in space and time a human named Drake dies and is revived inside the body of a dead dragon by a sinister unicorn known for her illegal practices involving Soul Magic.
Alt. Universe
Human
OC
Immortan Joe · 15k words · 167 13 · 4.6k views

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