Twilight and her friends struggle to adapt to their new roles as extremely public heroes of Equestria, but unwittingly set in motion events that bring back Celestia and Luna's most ancient foe.

This story began as a simple pony-based retelling of The Lord of the Rings, but is now something entirely different. Starting with the end of Season 4, this story aims to continue from there in novelized form, as opposed to a series of episodes. (As a result, I've marked it with Alternate Universe: while I think it's compatible with canon so far, it certainly won't be after season 5 starts.)

I do like the slow burn, so it might take a bit to justify its tags, but I've based them on the story as a whole. Dark for honest depictions of warfare. No sex tag, but there may be some passing mention of sexuality in keeping with the Teen rating.