Inner Strength
Twilight Sparkle is a princess. She has an important role as a leader of Equestria, which means she has to worry about what everypony thinks of her. So when she overhears a private conversation, she has to come to terms with how she feels about herself, love, and a certain somepony, all while weighing her public image against her personal desires.
A story set in the Who We Become series.
This story can be read with no prior knowledge of Who We Become stories.
Content warning: The non-con tag is for discussion about an event that happened before the story takes place, and is not depicted graphically. The sex tag is for consensual sex. This story contains depictions of homophobia, hate groups, and gay slurs.
Thanks to ArchAngelsWings and Eddie Grammar for editing 
Cover art by Pasu-Chan
28 Chapters:
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1 - Eavesdropping [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
4,195
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2 - Hiding Away [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
3,160
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3 - Wishful Thinking [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
2,923
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4 - Pen Pals [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
3,111
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5 - Unexpected Results [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,300
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6 - Taking Chances [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
3,658
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7 - First Date [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,774
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8 – Full of Surprises [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
7,785
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9 – Pride [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,146
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10 – Adequate [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
4,051
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11 – Another Side [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,720
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12 – Season of Change [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,479
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13 – Talk of the Town [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
3,460
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14 – Damage Control [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,125
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15 – Standing Together [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
2,412
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16 - Stay With Me [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
4,810
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17 - Welcome to the Family [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,050
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18 - Things Kept Inside [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
3,748
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19 - Oubliettes and Ogres [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
6,721
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20 - Night and Day [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,664
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21 - Of Mountains and Molehills [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
6,922
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22 - Picking Up Pieces [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
7,909
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23 - Front Page News [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
7,202
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24 - Storm Front [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
5,319
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25 – To Know and to Believe [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
6,542
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26 - Only As Blind As We Want to Be [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
9,905
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27 - Inner Strength [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
4,921
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Epilogue [Cache]
May 18th, 2015
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