The Shifting Tides of the Balance of Power
It was dark. There was no pain, or agony, or noise, or light, or movement, or cold, or heat. There was only an all-encompassing darkness. Alduin was aware of it, and only it, only of the oblivion that surrounded and enveloped. How Alduin welcomed...
Reign
"Do you think I'm pretty?" Cadence asked one of the Royal Guards out of the blue one day, earning a confused stare from the colt. "Do you think that I'm beautiful, I mean?" she asked, as if rephrasing the question would snap the guard back to...
Recruit
**_Recruit_** "So what can you do?" All Lucas wanted to do was sit quietly in the mess and eat his ration of hay, but apparently, that was too much to ask for. He tried lowering his head, stuffing another hoofful of hay into his mouth to keep his...
Law of the Crown
"Forgive me for disturbing you, mi lord, but you have a guest." Raji lifted his head from the book he was reading, green eyes casually focusing on the young rabbit, who was clearly quite terrified of being in his presence. The quiver in her voice...
The Slave
**_The Slave_** When the day was new, and the sun was just peeking over the horizon of distant hills, the city of Taihai had been bustling. Founded several decades ago by James Abernathy as a trading post, It had grown and expanded gradually under...
Barbarians
_Before the king on knee set,_ _And in her language she him gret_ _'Laverd king, wassail!' said she._ -The Interview of Vortigern with Rowen Valentine ran. The son of a noble, he had never been forced to run in his life. He had run, of course....
Its Only Forever
A lot of humans thought Ishay was crazy. Dragons and humans didn't get along, of course. It seemed every other day; there was a story of a dragon going on a rampage through a human city, slaughtering dozens under his feet, dozens more disappearing...
Lunch Time
"Whatcha doing, sis?" Big Macintosh asked Applejack one day, trotting up to her. "Gonna prank Rainbow Dash." "What'd she do this time?" "Put a bucket of honey over the door, so when I went through it, it fell on me. She said honey went good with...
And Then Tarn Got Raped by a Giant Rat
It all started when Tarn smelled cookies. With a lupine nose as keen as any of his wild cousin's, Tarn could smell almost anything. He had been napping in the bedroom when the odor first touched his olfactory sense, making him sit straight up. His...
Weak and Powerless
Trixie did not believe in an afterlife, which was a pleasant thought for a pony seeking oblivion. All the pain and ridicule and mockery, all the laughter and snide comments when they thought she was just out of earshot, she could not take it anymore....
Soarin' Through the Clouds
**_Soarin' Through the Clouds_** From the first moment Rainbow Dash finally made it into the air, she knew she wanted only one thing: to go fast. Some Pegasi, upon first learning the ins and outs of flying, had the foolish wish of being the fastest...
For the Greater Good
**_For the Greater Good_** "A long, long time ago, in a land whose name time has forgotten, a red dragon came upon a small kingdom, and requested an audience with the local king. This king was a warrior, a dragon slayer in fact, but many years of...