I bet a bunch of you get tablets and stuff today. Time to go read the crap out of stories, and we have a ton of updates for you to do that with. Get 8 below!
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Author: Cast-Iron Caryatid
Description: Twilight becomes alicorn of the stars. This is sort of a problem, because Luna kind of already was alicorn of the stars. Oops!Sharing the Night (New Part 10!)
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Normally these side-stories hang out on their own, but at 177k+ words, this one hired some muscle to hang around outside the EqD office talking about fire insurance until we got the hint.
There's also fanart after the break!
Author: No One
Description: Inspired by the heroics of the mysterious mare known as the Stable Dweller, Silver Storm, a guard of the town of Marefort, decides to go on a daring mission to rescue her captured brother. Of course things rarely go as planned and her attempts at heroism drags her into a tangled web of plots and conspiracies as warring factions vie for control over the last great city: Dise.Fallout Equestria: Heroes (New Chapter 29!)
[Comedy][Random]
Author: Daedelean
Description: Clover Cordelia is a freshmare student at the Cambridle Academy of Magic who is determined to become a great sorceress.The Education of Clover the Clever (New Part 4!)
Star Swirl the Bearded is a legendary wizard who is in need of an apprentice.
Clover will soon discover that having great magical power might not actually make you easier to be around, and tends to attract unusual difficulties...
It's nothing Star Swirl can't take care of, provided he and Clover manage to resist killing each other first.
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Author: cleverpun
Description: She's the original. She won the paint-watching test, fair and square.
So why do the townsponies keep avoiding her? Why do all her friends keep whispering around her? And why does Twilight keep insisting that she isn't any good at baking or throwing parties?
She's the original. The best Pinkie. She won the test, fair and square. She's not some copy, not anymore...but perhaps being a copy would be easier than being herself.
I Am Not the Actor (New Part 11/12!)
[Adventure] "A pulse-pounding thrill-ride through an Equestria both familiar and alien. Watch for cliffhangers." -Pre-Reader Noir Voice
Author: ToixStory
Description: The world has changed in one hundred thousand years. The magic that once shaped life itself has faded into myth and legend. An age of industry has set upon the flightless and hornless ponies who now populate the world. Great metropolises of steel and brick rise from the republics and monarchies that dot the planet. In the seaside city of Gracia, sparkling capital of the Teton Republic, a young museum worker named Starlight makes her living in this brave new world, oblivious to the magical heritage that dwells inside her and the ponies around her.Reach (New Part 14!)
That is, until one day when an earthquake in the west prompts Starlight and her new friends to embark on an adventure to the desert city of Sundown. It is here that an event not seen in tens of eons has occurred: a unicorn has been born.
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Author: Kwakerjak
Description: In an effort to keep her mind occupied, Twilight Sparkle decides to delve once again into the grand mysteries of Pinkie Pie. This time, Twilight's focus is on her claims of growing up on a rock farm: like so many things related to Pinkie Pie, the idea that somepony could grow rocks as an agricultural product makes absolutely no sense. However, the investigation eventually leads Twilight to a rather... surprising discovery.Petriculture
[Normal] "Dark and foreboding. A stirring tale that shows us that even those touched by darkness can shine" - Pre-reader #12
Author: Pen Stroke, Assisted By Batty Gloom
Description: On a dark night filled with even darker magics, an insane cult attempts to give Nightmare Moon a body and life of her own, utterly separate from Princess Luna. But, when the spell is interrupted by Celestia, something unexpected is created.Past Sins'
Now, an little black alicorn filly named Nyx finds herself living under the care of Twilight Sparkle, only to be haunted by memories and emotions from her past. Is she Nightmare Moon reborn or is she simply a doppelganger with a soul and mind of her own? Can Twilight Sparkle protect Nyx from those refuse to see past her dragon eyes and black coat?
Or, will Nyx be forced to inherit the sins that may not even be hers and become the greatest evil Equestria has ever known?
[Sad] This is a story that differentiates itself from all other "Pony is Insane" stories by rightfully deserving its "Sad" tag, but not needing a "Dark" one. One enters the story wondering when Twilight is going to realize it is all fake. Whatever the author's future intent may be, one finishes the chapters presented here simply hoping that she gets better... -Prereader #13
Author: Derek (Daemon of Decay)
Description: When Twilight Sparkle slipped beneath the covers last night, everything had been fine. She had friends whom she loved, a teacher she adored, and a bright future ahead of her. But when she woke up, her blankets and quilts had been replaced by hospital gowns and padded restraints. Everything is wrong and nothing makes sense; even her friends have changed. The doctors, they keep telling her that she is sick, that none of it was real and it was all in her head. They’re lying. She remembers a life far beyond the hospital walls. She couldn't have made it all up on her own. They must be lying… right?Asylum (New Part 19!)
