A supernatural man is unwillingly sent to Equestria, tasked to save the land from destruction. Unfortunately, fate isn't always so black and white.
This story is broken into two Eras, where Era 1 sets the stage for Era 2.
Era 1 takes place a thousand years before the happenings of FiM. A powerful relic, capable of manipulating time, is destroyed, releasing chaotic magic all across the land. A group of powerful beings who transcend space and time, the Arch Angels, are called upon to mend the plagues of troubled timelines. One unfortunate Arch Angel, calm and empathetic in nature, shall be sent to Equestria, forced to abandon all that he had, and he will undertake the task of rescuing the land. After his former gang raids his home and attempts to end his and his sister’s life, he emerges victorious and finally looks towards a peaceful future. Fate having it, he instead lands in Equestria. Even with his little knowledge with about his gift, he will stride forward. He will make friends and relationships, some more intimate than others, as he trudges through this slowly sundering world. (E1 has inspiration, but not full integration, from Your Human and You.)
Era 1 is centric on these tags: Action, Adventure, Drama, Dark, Sad, Tragedy, and Romance
Length: TBD
Era 2 takes place during the beginning events of season two in FiM. (E2 is akin to the SoL aspects of the actual show.)
Era 2 is centric on these tags: Adventure, Drama, Dark, Sex, Slice of Life, and Romance
Length: TBD
Advisement, dear reader: E1 is currently undergoing heavy reconstruction. If you had already finished E1 and are reading E2, know that what you read still matters, as the story's premise remains the same, but many events and interactions will be added or changed. E2 is in a temporary hiatus until its antecedent is finished.
Chapters will (eventually) all have images.
Important Context! - The Arch Angels in this story are not from biblical tie, they are not immortal. They are uniquely talented, but they suffer from mortal coils just as any other creature.
Anon and Luna share a lovely morning with one another. Turns out they share a lot in common for two beings lost in a world unfamiliar. Plus, breakfast time is a good time to find some bonding time with one another.
Cover art by Lady Amaltea. Her page on DA is deactivated, so I sadly don't have a link to her work.
My take on the Human in Polygamous Equestria (HiPE) subgenre. Warning: May contain up to 5% David Eddings by volume.
It has often been said that the reason humans became the dominant species on Earth is because of their incredible adaptability - whether it be adapting to changes in the environment or changes in society. What then, is the ultimate test of man's adaptability? Is it being suddenly thrown into a completely alien society comprised of nonhuman sapients?
Join us as we watch one man, selected by the fickle winds of fate to undergo just such a crucible. Will he survive? Will he adapt to his new surroundings? Will he find friends, and perhaps more, in this strange new world?
Author's Notes: Here it is, my take on the Human in Polygamous Equestria (HiPE) subgenre. I hope you enjoy it!
This fic is rated M for mature (human-on-pony action). It is also rated AU(PE) for Alternate Universe (Polygamous Equestria), CC for Cringe Comedy, and DE for David Eddings.
Name's Griffin, I'm sarcastic, I'm crude, and I'm a brony.
I'm Griffin, not much else to it. I've been bullied most of my life, which left me bitter and sarcastic. I'm a closet brony. What? You think I'm just gonna go out and tell a world that hates me that I watch a cartoon intended for little girls? I don't feel like giving the punks at school any more ammo. That's when cosmic powers decide I need to take a trip to my favorite fantasy land. But all is not sunshine and rainbows and it certainly won't be after I'm done with it. Equestria from the point of view of an extremely pissed off teenager, with a twist. Rust, the author of 'The Ballad of Echo the Diamond dog' is awesomesauce enough to have a cross over between our stories. Carnelian is a boss when it comes to art. Part of the 'Chess Game of the Gods'.
Violence, gratuitous swearing, and sexual themes. Reader discretion is advised.
A young griffon found a few weeks after the events of Nightmare Moon on the grounds of the castle. The questions continue to mount over time with no solid answers as they find that communicating with the young griffon going to be more challenging.
A few weeks have passed after Nightmare Moon's defeat and Princess Luna's freedom and she has returned to Equestria to rule once more by her sister Celestia's side. However, a mysterious young griffon is discovered, and the questions about this young unknown griffon grow as Celestia and many others try to find out how and where he came from.
No solid answers come and communicating with the young griffon is going to be more of a challenge then they could believe.
(The one rule is revealed in Chapter Six. If you wish to be spoiled, reveal the spoiler, but if not, read to Chapter Six. Also, if there is a better way of wording this, please let me know.)
The one rule is: Letting someone hold the Griffon's (Young one's) plush and returning it to him is for him to have absolute trust in someone without the need for words.
Chapter 1: Proofread by Truthseeker Chapter 2 to 4: Proofread by Katarina Mau Chapter 5.5: Checked over by Mr_Mopey Chapter 65.5, 75.5: proofread by Akira Dragonborne
Desperate for a good night’s sleep, Rose tries to soothe her soul with a little late-night gardening, only to find that her unusual houseguest is also having trouble sleeping. That, and he’s holding a noose.
Roseluck's been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. Everytime she's about to fall asleep, an overwhelming sense of loneliness swoops in and snatches it away.
The fact that she's looking after a creature from the stars doesn't help.
With nothing better to do, Rose heads out to her greenhouse for a little late-night gardening, hoping that a little time with her beloved flowers will help her fall asleep. As she works in the greenhouse, she sees her unusual houseguest is also having trouble sleeping. That, and he's holding a noose...
Special thanks to TheMarvelousMrM for proofreading and editing. I couldn't have done it without him!
Another special thanks to the Finnish indie band Poets of the Fall for the two songs that inspired this fic. Look 'em up, why don't 'ya?
Twilight has ascended to alicorn status but this brings a lot of change for her best friend Nemo.
I've been best friends with Twilight since I was young, but since she's ascended, I've been left with a lot to think about. How will this change things between us?
Gulliver's visit to the Land of the Houyhnhms should have been his last trip. Fate said otherwise..
Dr. Lemuel Gulliver's trip to the land of the Houyhnhms should have be his last voyage anywhere further than the nearest pub. Fate had other plans, and now he is in a race against time to find a cure for the strange malady he picked up in his last voyage.
"...My family had insisted my first, and now it would seem only, visit to that land of fair and graceful people who lived in eternal harmony was to be my last trip ever away from home.
"So I had once sworn to my wife, Elanore, my son, Alexander, and my daughter, Elisabeth. Never more would I roam, nor seek out the perfect people, perfect despite the fact they walk on four hooves... The land of the Houyhnhms."
"Fate had other plans for my vow, yet still held me to it in a strange way none could anticipate...."
Firearm engineer gets stranded in Equestria. Chaos ensues. Eventually.
Dave Smith, an unassuming firearm engineer signs up for a lucrative job, gets dumped in Equestria instead.
How far a pair of working hands and one semi-working head will get him? Nobody knows, but it's bound to get chaotic down the line.
Cautionary tale of why you don't leave your engineers unattended in parallel dimensions.
Note: I try to do fair bit of research to make sure that what I write is in line with laws of physics and such. However, if you see a factual mistake, don't hesitate to tell me - I'll try and fix it, unless it's a deliberate artistic embellishment on my part.
A human soul is stuffed into King Sombra's body. Having no idea what's going on, and thinking he is in some kind of coma, he just casually strolls into the Crystal Empire.
King Sombra’s dark influence was obliterated by the Crystal Heart, and the villain is well and truly dead. But when he attempts to steal the afterlife of an innocent victim, a human spirit is left hurtling towards Equestria, where this unfortunate soul is revived into the only vessel available: the reconstituted body of King Sombra himself.
Thus, a cheerfully oblivious alien is crammed into the form of the most evil and malicious being Equestria has ever known. Not that Shining Armor and Cadence know this, of course. As far as they are concerned, the King is back and he’s lost his fricking mind.
Thanks to you, all the residents in Ponyville come together to listen to live dramas through mystical machines known as the 'radio', created by Doctor Whooves, on a weekly basis.
You are Anon.
And you sense things are gonna be a massive clusterbuck with the marshmallow pony in charge...
Lyra is convinced that the ancient Horn of Celestia is the key to unlocking the true history of her race. But the tower isn't what it seems, and neither is she.
Since time immemorial, the Horn of Celestia has stood above the ancient northern glaciers. It is older than the Empire, older than Equestria itself. The tower carries many ancient legends, but the most credible is this: that during the time of strife, ponies sacrificed their greatest powers to come together into a single kingdom, committed to peace and friendship forevermore.
Lyra Heartstrings is convinced there is more to this story, and after years of preparation, she has arrived at the tower with an expedition of friends and fellow experts to discover the truth for herself. One way or another, she will discover the secrets concealed in the ancient horn, even if it costs her everything.
This story was written on my Patreon as a commission for HMage, but was one of the earliest casualties of the pandemic. As a result, only part 1 of 2 was written. There are roughly eleven chapters taking us to what was meant to be the halfway point of the story. At least for now, the story will end there--not as a painful cliffhanger, but before our heroes transition to the next phase of their adventure.
There are no plans to continue beyond that at this point. But it felt like a terrible shame that other people couldn't enjoy the story thus far.
Editing by Two Bit and Sparktail, cover by Zutcha. The works.
Prince Solaris (R63 Celestia) and the human Jane have been together for some time. Tonight, however, they decide to finally move onto the next stage of their relationship. Sex! I’m talking about sex.
Jane has been in Equestria for a few years now, but not traveled much outside of Canterlot. And really, she has no big reason to leave, since Prince Solaris of Equestria was a big enough reason to stay. Mutual understandings turned into friendship, which turned into love, and the last year they’ve basically been steady, however pushing past an intimate kiss has been a challenge for the two.
Tonight, however, things will change, for the more pleasurable future.
---------- Additional tags include: Randomized R63 characters, human female on stallion, pony rides through the castle, 69 (nice), doggy style, other positions I can’t remember, pretty much vanilla sex that’s focuses on Realism VS Black Hole logic, lots of irrelevant banter, and lastly, the Big L, because I can’t write a story if they don’t have feelings. It feels… wrong.
This was, totally, 99.99% the fault of Cackling Moron, because reasons, so if you’re a fan of his writing style, I did try to dabble a little with it, but well, more sex involved. I’ll leave it up to you readers if I got it right or not. (Edit: I had to tone down on some of his style, because it was giving my pre-readers an aneurysm.)
A human machine falls from the sky and Twilight, with the help of her friends discover all its musical secrets.
After what should have been just a late outing to stargaze and probably collect some meteorite samples, a strange device ends up almost wreaking half of Ponyville, but what is it? who sent it? what's its purpose? and why am I dancing to it?
Discover the answer to this and more questions while Twilight and her friends mess around with a human computer with the vast majority of human's musical records, discovering that you don't have to be in the same planet to enjoy the gift of music.
After saving her life, Octavia repays her human bodyguard with a night of debauchery.
Michael Braddock works for a security agency tasked with protecting Octavia while she's on a world tour across Earth, spreading classical Equestrian music in order to increase friendly relations between the two worlds.
Despite her being a pony from another world, and him being one of her many bodyguards, Michael is attracted to Octavia; her elegance, charm, and very shapely backside has captivated him for months and she has caught him looking on a few occasions. The two would share a laugh and even flirt back and forth a few times, and when they'd be alone, she would often exaggerated her movements in an attempt to tease him.
But, even with all the joking and teasing, they've kept their relationship professional...that was until Michael saved her life from a crazed gunman...
Now what better way is there than for Octavia to thank her savior by rewarding him with a night of debauchery?
When Equestria is threatened with an invasion of all its greatest enemies, Celestia and Luna are forced to turn to the only ally with a chance of helping them: Humans. The only question left now is whether any of Equestria will be left to save.
It's been a handful of years since Twilight came into her own as a Princess of Equestria, a few years spent in peace and harmony without so much as an angry spirit or clandestine invasion to take away from the tranquility of Equestrian life. Unprecedented developments in the technological and thaumaturgical sciences seem to be preparation for something, though nopony realizes what that something might be.
Nopony except the Princesses, who have not failed to see the signs of impending disaster that began with the mass kidnappings just following the Summer Sun Celebration. When all their preparations are turned upside down, can an alliance with the mysterious Precursors turn the tides of the most devastating war in Equestrian history, while there is still anything left to save? Enemies and allies appear in the most unlikely of places, and friendship with a dying elder race can be more dangerous than an invasion of Dragons and Changelings. What is a pony willing to give in defense of harmony? What are they willing to sacrifice?
This story now has a companion piece, The Sunset Campaign! This story is designed to bring Harmony Defended more into line with the three-story version of My Little Apprentice. If you read Apogee and Perihelion, you may want to read that as well!
This story was written prior to season five, and as such any events which transpire therein may or may not be treated as canonical. All events up to and including "Twilight's Kingdom" are treated as having occurred, however.
A huge thanks to my Alpha Readers! Thanks to these wonderful people, new chapters aren't nearly so riddled with mistakes and errors as they used to be. Thanks to Sparktail, TwoBit, Withered Pyre, and Zutcha. Zutcha of course deserves double the love, since he's also the artist of the cover and any other fantastic art that finds its way into the story.
