• Story Updates - December 8th

    Source: Madmax
    Tons of story updates today. Find them all below.


    Story: Of Age (Update Part 4!)



    [Adventure] [Shipping] "A story that uses strong characterization to portray an unlikely heroine facing something which she does not know how to deal with... and also preventing a war."
    -Prereader 13


    Author: paleowriter
    Description: When Rarity writes to Princess Celestia inquiring after how dragons age, she gets a plea for help in reply. A war is brewing, and Princess Celestia thinks Rarity's the one to stop it. Now, still completely uncertain what her feelings for Spike are or if they're even plausible, she's off to meet with his distant relatives to negotiate a truce between the dragons and the sea serpents before the world gets caught up in their destructive clash.
    Of Age



    Story: II (Update Part 12)


    [Sad][Shipping][Dark]

    Author: Adcoon
    Description: When Rainbow Dash called for help on her dying breath, she never imagined she would be rescued twice at once. Now she is neither dead or alive, and she definitely doesn't remember wearing all six Elements ...

    Rainbow Dash is divided, and she doesn't have much time. To save herself and her friends she may have to convince them to give up the Magic of Friendship, or she can fight ... but how does one fight destiny?
    II



    Story: Of Skies Long Forgotten (Update Part 12!)


    [Adventure][Dark]

    Author: The 24th Pegasus
    Description: How far will you go to save your family? Your friends? Your empire? Twenty years before the events of the Hearth's Warming Eve story, long before the pegasi had even met the other two races, Commander Hurricane was a simple farmer in the great Cirran Emipre. When the neighboring griffon nation declares war on Cirra and everything it stands for, the young Hurricane finds himself thrown into the middle of a conflict with the fate of his very race put into question. Will he rise to be the pegasus Cirra needs him to be, or will the mighty empire fall to the claws of the griffons?
    Of Skies Long Forgotten



    Story: Petriculture (Update Sequel 3!)


    [Normal]

    Author: Kwakerjak
    Description: In an effort to keep her mind occupied, Twilight Sparkle decides to delve once again into the grand mysteries of Pinkie Pie. This time, Twilight's focus is on her claims of growing up on a rock farm: like so many things related to Pinkie Pie, the idea that somepony could grow rocks as an agricultural product makes absolutely no sense. However, the investigation eventually leads Twilight to a rather... surprising discovery.
    Petriculture


    Story: Researcher Twilight (Update Part 7!)



    [Sad] [Adventure] [Dark]

    Author: NATOstrike
    Description: Twilight Sparkle has been a student, personal protege, and friend of Princess Celestia for many years. However, when the Princess appoints her to be the new Grand Magus of the Equestrian Royal Court everything changes. Celestia becomes reluctant and unwilling to teach Twilight anything more advanced than what is absolutely necessary to perform her new duties.

    What is Celestia hiding? What is the Princess protecting?

    Celestia's attempt to withhold knowledge from Twilight tragically backfires, pushing the student to learn everything she can about magic and the workings of the world. No matter the cost, no matter how forbidden these areas of study are, Twilight is determined to learn the truth.

    Twilight is taking the first steps of a journey that once started cannot be taken back.
    Researcher Twilight



    Story: Contraptionology! (Update Part 19!)



    [Comedy] [Adventure] [Sci-fi]

    Author: Jeffrey C. Wells
    Description: Ponyville just ain't what she used to be. From strange kumquat-colored forest fires to the increasingly pathetic assaults of the Nightmare, life sure has changed around these parts, and it's left poor Applejack – once Ponyville's prize pony, now relegated to playing second fiddle to a big-city Canterlot wizard – in the dust. So when a stranger named Stranger arrives in town, teaching a new way of coupling talent to power using complex machinery, she is quickly suckered in, along with everypony else. Now, it falls to the Most Dependable of Ponies to bring the resulting ruckus down to earth, but can even Applejack's legendary pragmatism stand up to the brain-fizzing horror that is… CONTRAPTIONOLOGY?
    Prologue: Infernal Machines


    Story: So Long And Thanks For All The Ponies (Update Part 20!)


    [Comedy] [Crossover]

    Author: Sir Ginger
    Description: More popular than the "Celestia's Homecare" omnibus, better selling than "Fifty-Three More Things to do When Trapped on the Moon", and more controversial than the infamous "Cupcakes", how does the story of this remarkable book differ in a universe full of... pony?
    So Long And Thanks For All The Ponies


    Story: Of Steam Gears and Wings (Update Chapter 2 Part 1!)


    [Adventure] [Friend-Shipping] [Dieselpunk (Sci-Fi)]

    Author: RavensDagger
    Description: Ten decades after a massive war, Equestria has changed. The Empire now rules over all, giving peace and prosperity to those that deserve it, but some are against this new rulership...

    The CMC, a small, raggedy group of smugglers working for the Apple family, are caught red-hoofed by an Imperial patrol. As the friends fight for their lives, they learn about themselves, each other, and the world they now reside in.

    Meanwhile, in Canterlot, Emperor Blueblood has amassed a massive fleet and is preparing to smash what is left of the rebellion under the oppressive hoof of his Empire
    Of Steam Gears and Wings



    Story: This Platinum Crown (Update Part 24!)

    [Action][Intrigue]

    Author: Capn Chryssalid
    Description: After the time-looped events of The Best Night Ever, Rarity's relationship with Prince Blueblood seemed to be a fairy tale come true. Perhaps so, but it was a fairy tale soon cut short. Her dreams and future position quickly earn her the attention of powerful enemies. Only one mare can bear the Platinum Crown of the Duchy of Canterlot and be heiress to it's secrets and magics. The future of Equestria may well depend on that one mare being Rarity Unicorn.
    This Platinum Crown



    Story: Paradise (Updated Part 16!)

    Source: Madmax
    [Normal][Adventure] Oh hey! It's still alive! 

    Author: Slywit
    Description:  Celestia and Luna were born as unassuming foals in troubled times. But already marked for greatness, the simple earth ponies stand to face a world set against them, full of danger, fear, and sadness. A world they will change forever.
    Paradise



    Story: I Forgot I Was There (Update Part 10!)



    [Sad] [Comedy] [Slice of Life]

    Author: GaPJaxie
    Description: When Twilight receives one of the original journals of Starswirl the Bearded from Princess Luna, she can’t wait to try the spells inside it – but the books magic turns out to be a bit more then Twilight can handle, as her reckless experimentation leads to her accidentally bringing her reflection to life. At first, Twilight decides she quite likes the idea of having a copy around the library. But seeing herself from an outside perspective makes Twilight realize there are some parts of her personality she doesn’t care for, forcing her to confront her issues.
    I Forgot I Was There