That is right . I am writing words. Words about brightly colored diminutive magical talking cartoon horses. I have never written fanfiction before, or really any fiction beyond very short stories, so I am rather terrified. Right off the bat I will let you know that most of you reading this will not be interested in reading my stories. Why you ask? Because all the ones I am currently planning on writing will have as their main characther a rather controversial Black Alicorn Filly that I am terribly fond of but whom many readers cant stand. Yes that is right, my stories are all recursive fanfics of " Past Sins". Deal. I plan to write other stories with more mainstream characters-you know ones actually in the show ( probably starring a certain Princess of the Night)- in the future, but right now this is what I am working with.

Anyways, with the exception of the first of these ( which is mostly done and will be up within the week ) all of these have a launch date of " to be determined". I have but extremely bare plot outlines, and more than anything the point of this list is to put me into an accountability system where someone will remind me to get these done. Actually I am also looking for editors and proofreaders for all of these, except for the first one. I wouldn't turn down a co-writer with good ideas either, so if you happen to like one of my descriptions or have had thoughts along similar lines please message me.

So without further ado here they are, in rough order of how soon I plan to write these.

1. The ( attempted) assassination and ( attempted) horrendous torture of Nyx by the dastardly murderer Cruel Knife ( a parody)

Comedy/Dark.

Cruel Knife, the most sadistic of Equestria’s hitponies, is looking forward to his next job: The kidnapping torture and murder of , the reincarnated Nightmare Moon, an alicorn demigoddess who is immortal and whose special talent relates to her near indestructibility, and who is rabidly protected by her mother the most magically powerful.. wait hold on … run this by me again? There might be a slight flaw to this plan… A parody of all those “ Nyx gets tortured” fics.

So yeah remember How i said a certain Alicorn filly was rather controversial? Apparently there is an entire subgenre of Nyx torture fics. This despite the fact that Pen Stroke said we could use Nyx in anyway we wanted EXCEPT a) torturing her or b) clopfic. Then again I guess the kind of people who write these things dont care about Pen Stroke's opinions.

The point here is to point out the sheer absurdity of the concept. Nyx's special talent relates directly to the fact that she is near indestructible, I am paraphrasing here, but in Past Sins, during her speech when she turns herself in to the Royal Sisters, she states that she will stand in the way of anything that is a danger to the ponies she cares about because " what is fatal to them is a scratch to me". Apart from this, there is also the issue of Twilight Sparkle, who is extremely protective of Nyx and is probably the most magically powerful pony in Equestria apart from the Royal Sisters. I am kind of winging this, since i have never actually read any of this Nyx torture porn garbage, which means I am parodying a genre I have never read and know nothing about. This story is rather Meta by the way. Hopefully someone will have as much as fun reading it as I have had writing it.

Will have 2 chapters.

chapter One " the one without Twilight". In which Twilight( and the Princesses and the Elements) is kept away from the events of the story by "a series of bewildering coincidences much too contrived for the readers to ever believe- and thus never to be explained or described"

and Chapter Two " the one with Twilight". Obviously WAY shorter than Chapter One.

2. A series of moments ( called " drabbles" in the Harry Potter fandom, no idea if there is a term for them here) showing the development of the relationship between Rarity and Nyx. Kind of a series of memories sketching out their relationship. ( slice of life)

I have always been fascinated by the Idea that Nyx would be terribly fond of Rarity, especially when it is revealed to her that Rarity knew she Was Nightmare Moon from the very moment they met, and still she kept the secret and befriended her. I would love to see how this continued developing later on in life ( can you see Rarity designing a Grand Galloping Gala dress for Nyx? I can!) I have been thinking about this story since i First read Past Sins, but have always waited for someone who is good at writing characthers ( Realitycheck probably) to write it for me. Well I am writing it myself now. If you are a Rarity fan who thinks you can write a good Rarity, or can help someone out in giving advice on how to write a good Rarity, your help would be Incredibly Appreciated. Might be two stories, one from Nyx's point of view and one from Rarity's. The goal of this story is a charachter study, as well as to induce as many Warm and Fuzzy feels as possible.

3. Diamond Tiara's Diary. ( sad/slice of life) I feel that there is much to be said about Diamond Tiara and Nyx. Nyx is a perfect foil for Diamond Tiara. They have near opposite personalities To wit: Diamond is haughty, showy, pretentious, anti-intellectual, has a hard facade, has a carefully manicured self image of blase superiority, and refuses to reveal her inner emotions, while Nyx is demure, humble, honest, nerdy, excitable, hyper-intellectual, extremely curious, hates being the center of attention, is sensitive and empathetic and finds it next to impossible to hide her feelings. . DT crafted her queen bee/ alpha bitch personality because she wanted to be a Canterlot noble, but had the misfortune of being born in a " backwater" like Ponyville ( come to think of it DT is kind of Rarity's evil counterpart) So DT created a persona based on how she thought a Canterlot Noble would behave. Which was fine as long as no nobles lived in Ponyville. But then it turned out that Nyx moved to town. Nyx , who by Birthright is the Dark Queen of Equestria. Sure Nyx has renounced the throne, but as much as Nyx may hate it she still is ( or at the very least was) royalty. The fact that she behaves in exactly the opposite of the manner that DT thinks nobles should behave exposes DT as a fraud. And DT knows it . And hates her for it.

But I come here not to bury Diamond Tiara but to praise her. No seriously. I have no intent of Making DT a one dimensional villain. If you think of the events of Past Sins from her perspective you can see some clear psychological motivations for her hatred of Nyx. Past Sins made it clear that DT suffered during Filthy Rich's absence when he was Brainwashed as a member of the Children of Nightmare. Form DT's point of view all of this was Nightmare Moon's fault... and what punishment did Nightmare Moon get? none. she got turned back into an adorable little filly that continues to grate on her nerves and serve as teacher's pet to Cherilee. I think there is a lot of depth to be explored her,and I would like to do so, and take a look at things from DT's side making her more sympatehtic ( though never whitewashing her or removing her AlphaBitch tendencies.) Remember that we are all the heroes of our own stories, very few people look at their lives and go " yup, I am the villain".

4. The Magnum Opus: "Nyx at Celestia's school for Gifted Unicorns" . This is the culmination of the above stories, a novel length tale of Nyx's studies at the School, as well as her private lessons with BOTH Celestia and Luna as she trains to become " The Shield of Equestria". Will take a look at the social and political ramifications of her enrollment ( more on the school and less on Equestria, I am thinking here of questions like " should an Immortal alicorn be allowed admission to a school designed for mortal unicorns,how will other students and their parents react to going to school with Nightmare Moon etc) I also want to explore her relationship with Spell Nexus, which means i have to give Spell Nexus a personality ( since the only time we actually meet a not possessed/severely depressed Spell Nexus in canon is through the letter at the end of Winter Bells). I am not sure what kind of relationship to pursue between the tow since in some ways he is essentially her father ( though i can never see them having that kind of relationship) and the Dumbledore kind of mentor relationship is more what i would be wanting to give to Luna/Celestia.

Obviously there are going to be some Harry Potter influences here ( its a magic school and all) and Nyx, much like HP , would be a natural target for all kinds of conspiracies and rumor mongering , but at the same time I do plan there to be some rather clear differences, for example Nyx will not live in the dorms, but at her grandparents house ( in Twily's old room of course !) This is the story I would most like help with since i want it to be the most ambitious one, but all i truly have are grand aspirations, as opposed to concrete plot points. A co- author would be greatly appreciated! Extra awesome if said co author/editor/ helper were familiar with " Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" and Darkest Before Dawn Since these will be the stories that will be the prototypes of what I want to achieve with this. Also gives me the chance to have some breathless action and intrigue, which my other story Ideas don't really have.

5. Nyx! Alicorn Babysitter!( slice of life)

Princess Cadence is with Foal at the end of " Winter Bells"... and who better to babysit the Foal? This would correlate with story #4 above... since the Idea here is that Shiny/Cadence come to Canterlot on Royal Business every so often and.. who better to babysit their Foal than " "Teenage" Nyx, who is livingin town as a student at Celestia's school for Gifted Unicorns! ( I put "teenage" In quotation marks because Nyx's age is always a question of " it depends how you look at it") Hijinks! Adventure! Warm fuzzy feels!

well that is that So far. I await your comments and Pm's.