Tons of story updates today! Something for everyone! Go get them below.
[Sad]
Author: Seether00
Description: At what should have been a routine doctor's visit, Applejack learns that she can never bear foals of her own. After an emotional breakdown, her friends do their best to calm her.Lullabies Unsung (New Part 2!)
However, as the discussion develops, nopony is prepared for Twilight's revelation: the grand event which brought them together has left a hidden scar within each of them.
Tempers flare, relationships are strained, and the strength of their friendship is tested as each must come to terms with her newfound sterility.
[Adventure][Dark]
Author: Stanku
Description: In a remote village, ponies begin to disappear. Celestia sends Twilight and Fluttershy to investigate, but one of them already knows more about the situation than she is willing to reveal. At the same time, Celestia herself is about to complete a plan she has been harboring for a millennium.A Device for Divine (New Part 8!)
[Adventure] [Sci-fi] [Shipping] [Dark]
Author: the parasprite
Description: "After the changelings' failed invasion of Canterlot, Twilight tries to soothe some of Ponyville's rampant paranoia by casting a spell to prove there are no imposters hiding in the town. But her spell leaves her in an alien body, facing a mob of angry ponies who just don't believe her when she says she is Twilight Sparkle.Solitary Locust (New Part 9!)
Or, at least, she was Twilight Sparkle, anyway..."
[Shipping]
Author: Japanese Teeth
Description: Twilight is shocked to notice that her feelings for one of her friends aren't quite the same as her feelings for the rest of them. Does she simply prefer some of her friends over others, or is it a sign of something deeper?A Delicate Balance (New Part 34!)
[Adventure][Sad]
Author: Georg
Description: We all know the story of how the Princess’ young student and five friends defeated Nightmare Moon, and brought Princess Luna back to our lands. But what if the tale were false? What if the young Twilight Sparkle on the event of her entrance exam had not been rescued by Princess Celestia, but instead lost her mind among the power of her youthful surge, and had to be sent away, far away before she could destroy all of Canterlot with her newfound power. Now the feral unicorn prowling the Everfree Forest only vaguely remembers her past, slipping away from constant terrifying attempts to capture her.The Monster in the Twilight
And she is beginning to remember what true power felt like.
[Adventure]
Author: Integral Archer
Description: The subjunctive is the verbal mood of abstractions and possibilities. To ponies and their indicative-based language, it is a frightful mood, awkward and unwieldy. To changelings and their language of nearly inaudible shrills, it is indispensable.Subjunctive (New Part 26!)
Equestria’s inhabitants are a diverse race, no two the same color, who speak a language of concretes. But to Errenax, a changeling linguist well-versed in both languages and fascinated by their dimorphism, everything about them intimates a singular notion: that this division of moods and language is perhaps deeper than it appears.