When Princesses Celestia and Luna visit a public art gallery, they come upon a painting of Celestia, banished to the moon. They react to this in the only reasonable way: artistic criticism and analysis.
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Cover art by that paragon of good sportsmanship and all-around talented person, Rocket Lawn Chair.
Originally written for the Reversal of Fortune writeoff, with the cover art as the prompt. Thank you to everyone there for the pre-reading and advice, and to Pascoite for his (always invaluable) additional help and editing suggestions!
I'm not even sure how it happened. One minute, I see my four cats playing around in cardboard boxes like they're apt to do. The next... well... they're colorful ponies with crowns and stuff. I need a moment to think about this.
Cats are the most adorable creatures to watch when they play. My cats are the best. Puddie, Katydid, Luau, and Tifa... I love them all. No, I am not a crazy cat lady. You are the crazy cat lady!
So I was asked to sort a few things for my nephews, including some boxes with questionable labels. Thinking nothing of it, I slid some of the empty ones into the living room. Tifa crawled into one of the boxes, and it quickly escalated from there.
Sorry, let me start from the beginning. --- Perhaps I'm not taking a very serious approach because I actually prefer dogs more often than not. But I digress. Cover image put together by Awalex.
Scootaloo, freshly adopted by Twilight and Rainbow, asks the dreaded question. Rainbow's response, however, isn't exactly conventional.
Twilight's in a bit of a pickle. On one hand, two years of marriage with Rainbow Dash have been absolutely wonderful. On the other, well... two years of marriage have passed without a single thing happening in the bedroom.
Why? Well, that's one mystery even she can't seem to solve.
Then Scootaloo comes home from school and asks Rainbow a question that makes everything crystal clear.
Twilight has too much time on her hooves. Twilight has a spell that involves 'transposing male characteristics' that she hasn't tried yet. Twilight is about to get herself into a whole world of trouble.
Twilight has too much time on her hooves.
Twilight has a spell that involves 'transposing male characteristics' that she hasn't tried yet.
Twilight is about to get herself into a whole world of trouble.
Sometimes pony movies don't finish the way we'd like. (A HISHE Parody)
Everyone knows the ponies of Equestria are awesome. But what if, when crisis befalls them, they decide to handle things with a little more common sense?
(A How It Should Have Ended Parody)
NOTE: It is highly recommended that you first watch "My Little Pony: The Movie" before reading this fanfic, just to let you know exactly what's going on.
But who am I kidding? If you're here, you've probably already seen it. Even people who hated it have seen it. I'm...actually not sure why I put this note here. I apologize for wasting a few precious moments of your lives by having you read this pointless Author's Note. Here, have a Kirin to make up for it.
A changeling nymph is accepted to go into deep cover in the town of Ponyville. However, what exactly are her motivations for requesting this assignment? Is it for the hive? Or is it for herself?
Most changelings are seen as drones, simple soldiers to do as they are bidden. For many of them, this could very well be true. However, if they prove themselves trustworthy, they can gain some semblance of independence.
Gel is one such changeling.
She has risen through the ranks enough to be able to request her own assignments. She chooses one no changeling has tried before: Ponyville. Her reasons are sound, after all, a particular group of mares resides in the town. These mares are well known for saving Equestria many times, so it is wise to have an agent within their proximity. However... motivations are not always as clear cut as one would say to others.
And if her motivations for going in the first place are to be questioned... perhaps there is something more to her reason for the specific target she requested?
Follow this changeling as she integrates herself into the daily hustle and bustle of Ponyville, and perhaps gains more than she could have hoped for.
This is a story co-written by myself and EnigmaMystere.
Cover art by Harthric on DeviantArt.
Fair warning: this is not a clop story, but it will have some sensual scenes. These will be clearly labeled in the chapters they occur in, so that readers may choose whether or not they wish to read that section of the chapter. The graphic moments are not necessary to enjoy the story, but they do provide insight into the characters.
Sometimes, when a pony is in great need, their dreams are visited by the Princess of the Night. And when Luna appears before Rainbow Dash, the pegasus dreams of stars.
Rainbow Dash dreams.
She dreams of stars. And then, when she is visited by the Princess of the Night, she dreams of other things, things that Luna assures her will provide answers and solve her problems. If only they weren't so painful to relive.
If only Dash knew what Luna was trying to help her with in the first place.
Have you ever woken up as a vegan cartoon pony? I have, and she won’t shut up about it. I’m stuck in her body as our minds swap control and our memories blur. I’m not sure I can survive the rest of the day, let alone until we fix it
Have you ever woken up as a vegetarian cartoon pony? I have, and she won’t shut up about it. I’m stuck in her body as our minds swap control and our memories blur. I can’t seem to do anything right, and it’s even worse when she’s in charge.
Now, we’re in a back and forth war for control of her body. I just want to eat meat again, and have a little personal space. She’s convinced I’m hitting on her friends and trying to score. I’m not sure I can survive the rest of the day, let alone until we fix this.
An unfortunate decision by Nymph plants her in the role of an infiltrator, dealing with the worst terror of all. Ponies.
Ponies are like those weird experimental dishes my broodmother sometimes makes: really interesting and probably good for a story, but never the type of thing I’d want to poke, for fear it might take off my hoof. I already learned my lesson the first time something I ate came back to haunt me. Sure, they're flavorful, but I’d like to be a bit more discerning when I’m trying to distinguish “edible” and “by-the-queen-it’s-looking-at-me.”
C-can I please leave the table?
I’m Nymph, and I'm now a changeling infiltrator.
Special shout-out to Georg for giving my chapters a final passover before publication! He is equal parts terrible and wonderful, and I am thankful for every bit of it.
Anonymous leaves Ponyville to pursue a quiet office job in Manehattan. While he finds the possibility of new love in his future, he finds that his past from Ponyville isn't willing to give him up so easily. Some mares just don't know when to stop.
Who will Anon choose? His past life, Fluttershy? The mysterious Autumn? Or, perhaps the troubled Mulberry?
Friendship is a give-and-take relationship. Fortunately for you, Pinkie doesn't ask for much, and she has plenty to give. Maybe it's time to start giving back.
A crafty human and two alicorn princesses get into shenanigans together.
Nick has lived with the royal sisters since he appeared in Equestria with no way home three years ago. In that time he made friends and gained the trust and respect of most, if not all of Canterlot Castle. He even has access to the treasury and minor command over some staff, but only for one reason: pranks.
Nick is one of the few souls capable of matching Celestia and Luna in pranks, and has been semi-willingly inducted into their endless prank war. These are some of their memorable moments.
If you have any ideas, suggestions, or reminders that my writing is bad and I should feel bad, please put them here.
"I am Friendmaker!" -- Twilight is concerned she may one day go insanely evil, as with Nightmare Moon or Daybreaker. Knowing Twilight, you think she's just going to wait for it?
"I am Friendmaker!"
Twilight Sparkle is concerned that she may one day go insanely evil, as with Nightmare Moon or Daybreaker. So, knowing Twilight, do you really think for one moment she's just going to wait for it to happen?
Includes the charter members of the Reformed Villains Society, plus Celestia and Luna, and a brief magic-journal cameo from Sunset Shimmer.
Featured from 9/11-9/16, 2018... wow! Thanks, everypony! It wouldn't have happened without all of you! By way of a thank you, I've uploaded a higher-res version of the cover art for those who asked for it. Enjoy!
Thanks to the love bomb at the Royal Wedding, Princess Celestia is revealed to be a Changeling Queen. How will Equestria, deal with this? And why is Celestia a Changeling Queen in the first place?
At the Royal Wedding, Chrysalis and the Changelings were revealed to all of Equestria.
But another mask was torn away that day. A mask born for a thousand years. A mask created on one promise. A mask, that has become synonymous, fused, to its bearer.
A mask that when ripped off, causes Twilight, her friends and Luna to question everything they ever knew about the one pony, one very important pony.
At the Royal Wedding, the meaning of the phrase 'Princess Celestia' changes forever.
NOTE: Chrysalis is NOT Celestia!!! That'd be impossible to pull off.
Settling into his new life in Ponyville, Grubber wonders how he can best help out with Fizzlepop's duties around the castle.
As a new year starts around Equestria, Grubber is settling into his new life in Ponyville, wondering how he can best help out with Fizzlepop's routine around the castle, with some sound advice from the Princess of Friendship's assistant.
