Equestria's first interstellar ship is crewed by the best and brightest Equestria has to offer. Twilight Sparkle and her friends are determined to uncover the origin of the mysterious alien Signal, no matter what it costs. A comment-driven story.
Twilight Sparkle was only a filly when Equestria detected the enigmatic Signal. A series of increasingly complex mathematical proofs, the Signal transformed from an intriguing curiosity to reliable evidence of extraequestrian life.
And as it happened, Equestria's exploration of their own solar system was nearly complete. With colonies orbiting every planet and large body, and an asteroid belt filled with miners and prospectors, Twilight's civilization was just about ready to turn its focus outward. The signal was less than ten light-years away, within reach of a daring, experimental voyage. A voyage Twilight Sparkle would lead.
Along with a small crew of the most skilled scientists and engineers Equestria could offer, Twilight is determined to uncover the mystery of the Signal, and brave the final frontier for future generations of Equestrian explorers.
A comment-driven, CYoA story. Please use the links provided in the author's notes of each chapter to vote, rather than the comments.
This story is a creative experiment of mine, one meant to explore the general idea that creativity is often most fostered by restrictions. As a result, I've imposed a number of restrictions on the writing of this story, which I'm stating explicitly here so I can be called out if I break any of them.
1. Brevity is the soul of wit No chapter may be more than 1000 words long. This wordcount only includes prose, and not the questions/rolls.
2. Every choice matters When a choice is offered in a chapter, at least one sub-optimal choice must be present, with no indication about which is which other than the prose itself. Every chapter should end with a CYoA-style decision tree when possible.
3. Fate is cruel and the universe is heartless The decision of the vote must be respected. This means any character could be killed, or the entire story could end in failure, if that's what the votes decide. Where numbers, stats, and randomization appear in the text, these elements are not verisimilitude, but are decided by public diecrolls in my discord server.
Note: Because of the unusual production of this story, its chapters won't be edited in the same way as my usual fare. Feel free to point out any mistakes you encounter.
Awesome cover by Zutcha as you can probably tell. Editing stuff by Two Bit and Sparktail, where applicable.
A simple Tunneler drone is catapulted from Equestria during the infamous Wedding onto earth. Confused, injured and alone, the drone must figure out how to survive with the whole world watching. (Changeling on Earth, Xcom, Men in Black and SG:1 Xover)
A simple Tunneler drone is catapulted from Equestria during the infamous Wedding to Planet Earth. Confused, injured and alone, the drone must figure out how to survive in an alien environment with all of humanity watching.
(Crossovers with XCOM, Men In Black and Stargate: SG1) (Changeling on Earth fic / Available to hire artists for a cover art commission! Current Cover art by Ashinda on FimFiction)
(People have apparently been turned off by the whole 'pet' thing in the title; it's only relevant for a few chapters and has nothing kinky or lewd about it. )
A human learns the pains of living with two pegasi that also happen to be superstars.
Being trapped in a world full of colorful ponies was the last thing that Mark thought would happen to him. He also didn't expect to be living in the clouds with two pegasus mares.
He has limited knowledge of these mares, and it already seems like they aren't going to get along. Mark's also certain that Spitfire wants to strangle him, while Fleetfoot seems to be indifferent about him.
He really wished that he could be staying with someone better, but no one else would take him. Hopefully, if he plays his cards right, he might make it through the rest of his life without any problems.
You never really did care much for bugs. So it'd figure that after being magically displaced into pastel pony world, you get kidnapped by pony-sized bugs.
Life's shitty enough when you get dragged from your home to a world of talking ponies so colorful your eyes start to hurt. Then throw in the fact that you quickly get kidnapped by a species of love eating bugs the size of ponies, and you're in hell... or are you?
(Featured! Holy crap! This is a first for me, thank you very much!)
She worked from home most of the time anyway, being forced to do so seemed like not that big of a deal. When the chance to help end the outbreak was presented, she went for it, and got back more than a footnote in history in return.
Embracing the power to share love rather than steal it, the changelings work to reinvent themselves and their kingdom, while Thorax seeks to introduce a more peaceful hive to Equestria.
Following the defeat of Queen Chrysalis, the princesses of Equestria seek to build a relationship with newly-crowned King Thorax and forge an alliance between ponies and changelings that has never been seen before.
While the changelings adjust to the broad, sympathetic intricacies of shared love magic, Thorax works to embrace his role as the hive's new patriarch, demonstrating a benevolent rule far different from his predecessor. Through sleeping and resting together in groups, he aims to cultivate harmony and empathy in a once turbulent hive and find a place for himself within it at last.
With the help of Equestrian royalty, a few good friends, and his brooding older brother, Thorax must now champion the idea of peaceful changelings in Equestria and show the world that his kind can change more than just their looks.
* Main entry of the Love Bug Continuity! * Takes place between seasons 6 and 9. * This story is preceded by, To Love as His Own. * Featured on a Tv.Tropes page. * Briefly featured with each update. Given up on exact dating at this point. * Story artwork commissioned by myself, created by the lovely Racingwolf.
[HiE] A human becomes friends with benefits with Rainbow Dash, only to discover he wants more.
Sometimes, the things we want seem out of reach or impossible. Other times, you don't know what you want until you have it.
And sometimes, what you really wanted has been right under your nose all along...
When Will, a single human living in a world of ponies, becomes friends with benefits with his good friend Rainbow Dash, it seemed like a dream come true.
So why then does it seem like he's just as unsatisfied as ever?
The First Avenger discovers an adorable explosive infant in one of Hydra's hidden labs and decides to raise him as his own.
Captain Steve Rodgers was on his way to becoming America's greatest hero. Throughout the course of the second World War, he has been working his way across Europe, the Mediterranean, and Northern Africa, destroying every last Hydra base created by his dark counterpart: Johann Schmitt. More infamously known as The Red Skull.
Until one day, he discovers an adorable explosive package in one of Hydra's labs that will change the course of his life in the war and his life in the future forever.
For the first time in his life, he will have something more precious than his country to fight for...
(Inspired by Tatsurou's PWNY-verse fan fiction series)
(cover art by Khunis Genie Pony)
(This fan fic is dedicated to Josh Scorcher, AKA Commander Firebrand and The Fiery Joker on Youtube, who is the subject of this fic)
(Because of some confusion people have had, this story takes place during the events of the movie Captain America: The First Avenger and the game Captain America: Super Soldier)
I appreciate anyone who provides me with editing, proofreading, or grammar tips that might help my story.
Major edits: 1/29/20
UPDATE: I am revamping 12 chapters to clean up the flow of the story and removing a plot element.
Mathew fell into Equestria after being cast out by mankind. With no way to return home, Mathew will have to find his way in this land of talking multicolored ponies.
Matthew was a normal child when the end of the world happened. Darkness erupted from the Earth, casting demons onto the people of Earth. Matthew should have died when the demons poisoned his soul with darkness, but he survived.
He fought for humanity for years alongside others of his kind. Humanity in return, cast him out and into the void with no hope of returning home. Now Matthew will remain in the realm of Equestria for the rest of his days. With some luck, he might just find the happiness he has always longed for.
Fluttershy and Discord decide to have a child. May the Gods have mercy on their souls.
Fluttershy has always been a warm, motherly presence in her friends' lives, so filled with kindness, caring, and love. But when she is once again reminded of the one aspect of her life yet missing while on a train ride to Ponyville, the Bearer of Kindness will find herself confronting her Very Special Somepony... or Somedraconequus, with a very special request.
How will Equestria survive the results? And what will the in-laws think!?
Special Thanks to Toriandthehorse for being a great co-admin, a great editor and proofreader, and a great friend.
Human civilization ended on May 23, 2015, when everyone on earth became a pony. This is the story of how they lived, how they died, and what they achieved.
On May 23, 2015, the world ended. It wasn't violent, it wasn't bloody, and it wasn't even very dramatic. The entire population of the planet vanished. But they didn't stay gone; almost at once refugees started trickling back. Unfortunately for them, they didn't come back with their humanity intact.
Instead of a single species, the earth is now populated with Ponies, griffons, dragons, minotaurs, and even stranger creatures. What will the remnants of humanity make with their world? Will they remember human achievements, or slip back into primitive ignorance? Learn from our mistakes, or repeat them over and over?
People haven't really changed, only their bodies have. The world now comes with new threats, supernatural as well as mundane. Demons lurk beneath the sea, while strange spirits whisper promises in dreams. Empires rise, dictators control, and ponies have nowhere to turn for help. Nowhere except themselves, and old-fashioned hard work.
This story is effectively an anthology of episodes, each of which will focus on a different time period and different perspective characters.
Latest in the Last Pony on Earth series. If you haven't read that story, start there. This one won't really make much sense otherwise.
Editing provided by Two Bit and Sparktail. Art by the fantastic Zutcha.
Windell had faced insanity before, and won. But at a price. Thinking himself once more in a delusion, Windell tries to survive as the line between what is and isn't real is blurred. And why does it feel as if he is being watched?
Your Universe is large, too large for words. And you may believe that it is stable, moving across time and space unmolested. But all universes are simply balls in a giant game of billiards, forever intertwining in the Void, across Infinity. This is known as the Multiverse, or Yggdrasil, the Tree of Existence. Its gardener is the Entity, a being that thinks its task is to make sure the branches and roots of Yggdrasil do not intermingle. But every now and then, the curious consciousness finds an oddity. This oddity is a lost soul who seeks nothing more than to distance himself, firmly believing in his own insanity. But somehow, his actions affect the lives of many, and even Equestria itself. This is the story of Windell's journey and the adventures taken by those that have noticed the incursions.
Editors/Pre-readers: Izanagi & AlicornPriest
Credit to TheManFromMars for the Arc 1 Cover! Credit to 2135D for the Arc 2 Cover!
One stormy evening in 1825, Ludwig van Beethoven was followed by a mysterious shadow and transported into Equestria.
It was 1825, and it's been a year since Ludwig van Beethoven had premiered his Ninth Symphony. One evening as he did his daily walks in the Austrian countryside, a surprise storm forced the composer back into his cheap, rented room. Where a mysterious shadow whisked him away to Equestria, taking everything, including his music along with him.
Holding Ludwig captive against his will, the shadow tells him that if he ever hopes to see all he knows and loves in Vienna, he would have to give him something in exchange. Something priceless that only he could give. The shadow demands that he'll give Beethoven one year to compose his Tenth Symphony, or give up all hope that he will ever return home.
Please keep in mind, this story is partly edited. Only between chapters, 54 to 61 is edited by Circut Breaker.
Music for this fic are, in chronological order: - Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata) 3rd Movement. - Bagatelle in F minor. - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathetique" 2nd Movement. - Für Elise. - Rondò alla ungherese, quasi un capriccio Op. 129 "Rage Over a Lost Penny". - "Music to My Ears" by DJ PON-3. - Concert Etude #4 for solo cello by Bukinik. - Cello Sonata in A Op.69: Allegro, ma non tanto, 1st Movement. - "The Old Grey Mare" Variations in the style of Beethoven. Improvised by Richard Grayson. - Salve Regina (Cello solo, arranged from the Gregorian Chant by Tomoyan). - Symphony No. 1, 1st Movement. - Symphony No. 1, 4th Movement. - Symphony No. 2, 1st Movement. - Symphony No. 2, 2nd Movement. - Symphony No. 2, 4th Movement. - Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest," 3rd Movement. - Symphony No. 3, 1st Movement. - Symphony No. 3, 2nd Movement. - Symphony No. 3, 3rd Movement. - Symphony No. 3, 4th Movement. - Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata) 1st Movement. - String Quartet op. 135 (Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo). - Nocturne No. 20 in C# minor by Chopin. - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58. - Symphony No. 4, 1st Movement. - Symphony No. 4, 2nd Movement. - Symphony No. 4, 4th Movement. - String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto - Beethoven - Rondo a Capriccio REMIX by TPRMX - String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op131. Allegro (7th Movement) - Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier," Op. 106: 5th Movement - The Spectacle (Razzle Dazzle) from season 5, episode 24. - Symphony No. 5 in C minor. - Piano Sonata No. 1, Ops 2. 2nd Movement (Adagio) - String Quartet no. 15 op. 132. 3rd Movement: Molto Adagio. - Nocturne in Eb Major. Op. 9 No. 2 by Chopin - String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130. 5th Movement: Cavatina - "The Swan," for violin and piano by Saint-Saens. - Symphony No. 6, 1st Movement - Symphony No. 6, 2nd Movement. - Symphony No. 6, 3/4/5 Movements. - Turkish March, from "The Ruins of Athens," arranged for solo piano. - Violin Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer), 1st Movement. - "Mark Yonder Pomp of Costly Fashion," arranged by Beethoven. - Violin Concerto In A Minor, 1st Movement by Vivaldi. - Native American Music & Chants by Phil Thornton. - "Oyate Miye" (War Song) by The Native Tribes United. - "Lakota Lullaby" by Robert "Tree" Cody. - Auld Lang Syne by Beethoven. - Cello Sonata in D Major No. 5, Adagio. - Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 1 No. 3: IV. Finale (Prestissimo). - Violin Romance No 1, Op. 40. - Egmont Overture. - Symphony No. 7: 1st Movement - Symphony No. 7: 2nd Movement. - String Quartet: Große Fuge, op. 133 - Missa Solemnis: Kyrie (excerpt). - Missa Solemnis: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Missa Solemnis: Gloria; In gloria Dei Patris - Missa Solemnis: Credo; Et incarnatus est - Missa Solemnis: Credo; et vitam venturi sæculi - Missa Solemnis: Sanctus; Benedictus - Piano Concerto No.6 in B flat, K.238. 2nd Movement: Andante un poco adagio by Mozart. - Choral Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra and Choir. - Coriolan Overture - Symphony No. 8: 1st Movement. - Symphony No. 8: 2nd Movement. - Symphony No. 8: 4th Movement. - In fourore iustissimae irae, RV 626. By Vivaldi. - Symphony No. 9: 1st Movement. - Symphony No. 9: 2nd Movement. - Symphony No. 9: 3rd Movement. - Symphony No. 9: 4th Movement (Ode to Joy). - Piano Concerto No. 1, 2nd Movement: Largo, Romance by Chopin. - Piano Concerto No. 5, "The Emperor" - Bagatelle No. 3. Op. 126. - Reconstructed Largo from Oboe Concerto in F Major (Hess 12) - Symphony No. 10, Unfinished (Reconstructed by Barry Cooper) - Beethoven's Last Thoughts (reconstruction from the sketches of Ludwig van Beethoven)
A mare and her foal. A human family. A buck-load of magic. They are all coming to a sleepy little town.
Welcome one and all to Cowwarr, a sleepy little town in south-eastern Australia. Strange things have started happening, but it's all okay, the new school teacher just arrived and soon the new doctor will be getting here. Just don't mind how folks look around here, something odd happened. Something magical.
This story has a lot of backstory and world-building behind it, as well as a huge plot ahead of it. Sit down, strap in, and relax with a beer (or apple juice for the foals), this will be a long ride.
Tabitha was given a building. It belonged to her family, but they're gone and it's hers. She can handle this! What's this odd email? Where does she want to go? She wants to stay with her apartments. Take with her? Her apartments. Stupid spam.
An ancient law thrusts the Common and the Royal together over a pair of noses.
Baked Bean is but one of the thousands of tourists in Canterlot, and he's looking for some inspiration to help launch his writing career. To this end, he pays a visit to the Royal Gardens, but while there he quickly and quite accidentally invokes a long-forgotten law that will completely upend his life and thrust him into the spotlight...
A Human raised in Equestria by Pegasi. Oh, and he has their inherent magic. Have fun!
Adopted from infancy, Equestria is the only world Flash Skies has ever known and loved. A beautiful world filled with adventure, love, and awesome friends, life is good. But when you're the only member of your species in an alien world, eventually you want to find out where you came from and if there are others like you. With the help of his friends, he finds his way back to Earth, but will he like what he finds? He may discover more than he bargained for, and an enemy that's been waiting for him to come home.
A human was transported to Equestria and transformed into a pony. Unfortunately, he needs to get back home, and Equestria doesn't look the same as in the show.
A human suddenly found himself as an Earth Pony in the fictional land of Equestria. Unfortunately, Equestria didn't look the same as in the show. Regardless, it was still a little girl's show, so returning home shouldn't be a problem. Now if only he knew where the cliché ponies were located in this version of Equestria. You know, the ones who could help him get back home?
Special thanks to mix-up for drawing the cover art. :3 You can check his deviantart page as well for more of his art works~
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