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Colors of our Soul cover + gen. updates

June 7, 2025

Hi everyone! It’s been a bit since I last did a blogpost, so I just wanted to keep everyone informed in what’s going on. Mostly, I’ve just been really busy with writing and prepping for my move for grad school! Did I mention I got into grad school? I think I did, but in case I didn’t, I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!! I’ll be…

The Enchanted Era
Once upon a time, there was a mare who did not believe in fairytales, and a very different mare who did not believe in herself. Their lives intertwined, weaving together a fairytale like no other, filled with chaos and love, friends and enemies, adventures and tragedies. A fairytale they felt would last forever. But it couldn’t.
MLP:FiM • Alt. Universe • RariTwi • Romance • Main 6 • Rarity • Twilight
5 22.4 K Apr 16, '24 Ongoing
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The Last Resort
Finding herself at the end of her rope, the broke and directionless Sophia Majorelle decides to take a skeevy job offer to work at a hotel she’s never heard of.
Original • Comedy • Drama • Slice of Life • Mister Bones • Ramona Mondragon • Sophia Majorelle
2 7.8 K Nov 10, '22 Ongoing
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Crimson Lips
Amidst the beautiful and unforgiving city of Canterlot, where prejudice is rampant and passion even more so, two women forge an unlikely bond and explore the answer to a simple question: is selling your body the same as selling yourself?
MLP:FiM • Alt. Universe • Humanized • Mature Themes • RariTwi • Romance • Sex • Celestia • Luna • Main 6
38 119.3 K Nov 8, '21 Completed
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The Knight
A knight swore to protect her Lady no matter the cost. A Lady swore to care for her knight no matter the cost. They think only one can succeed.
MLP:FiM • Alt. Universe • Drama • Romance • OC • Rarity • Twilight
4 36.5 K Apr 14, '25 Completed
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The Weary Travelers of Caelum
The future of the kingdom in peril, Twilight and Rarity embark on their most important, and most deadly, mission yet.
Adventure • Alt. Universe • RariTwi • Main 6 • Rarity • Twilight
4 25.5 K Mar 16, '25 Ongoing
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7 Minutes
Princess Twilight Sparkle put Equestria first. She put it first once too often.
MLP:FiM • Humanized • RariTwi • Romance • Sad • OC • Twilight
1.4 K Mar 14, '25 Oneshot
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Latest Updates

The Knight
A knight swore to protect her Lady no matter the cost. A Lady swore to care for her knight no matter the cost. They think only one can succeed.
1. Part IV
  6.8 K • May 14
2. Part III
  7.8 K • May 14
The Weary Travelers of Caelum
The future of the kingdom in peril, Twilight and Rarity embark on their most important, and most deadly, mission yet.
1. The Tavern down the Road
  7.7 K • Apr 12
2. The Long Night
  4.5 K • Mar 16
7 Minutes
Princess Twilight Sparkle put Equestria first. She put it first once too often.
1. i forgot to love you
  1.4 K • Mar 14
the kinda song i could play forever
Vignettes set in a humanized Enchanted Library universe, spanning all of the timeline of the series so far, narrated by Rarity.
1. you or nothing at all [end of TEL re-imagined from Rarity’s POV]
  5.4 K • Feb 14
2. maybe death is like falling asleep [timeline: time between TEL and TEK]
  941 • Mar 1
In Which Rift Finally Gets The Girl
For once, Rift Shield WILL get to be with Rarity without Twilight stealing her away.
1. this time for SURE
  1.7 K • Feb 5
Lady Singularity
Twilight’s greatest enemy and deepest regret are one and the same.
1. i did it for you
  4.7 K • Jan 27
2. i did it for them
  2.3 K • Jan 27

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Colors of our Soul cover + gen. updates

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The Enchanted Era

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The Knight

The Weary Travelers of Caelum

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