If he's a diamond, then why does he feel so rough?
He's as strong as a stone, but even that's not enough.

Sometimes misfortune provides an opportunity for transformation. Can someone like Bane overcome who he is to embrace the potential of who he can be?

Professor Ocellus visits the Crystal Empire to escort a new student back to the school, and possibly commits some minor faux pas in the process. Cadance worries.

Based on an entry to the Quills and Sofas 2023 Snowponies Contest; this version has been significantly expanded for publication.

Entry in the 2024 May Pairings Contest.

Rainbow Dash asks Spitfire for teaching advice. Spitfire's not sure the analogy she's using is actually helpful.

Originally written for the Quills and Sofas 2023 Disability Pride contest, where it received second place.

Disability depicted: Neurodivergence, likely autism.

Grubber is determined to make sure his paying customer has a pleasant ride while he works to fly him safely to his destination.

Meanwhile, Thorax is just happy to be aboard.

An entry in the May 2024 Pairing Contest.

(Due to publishing this at almost literally the eleventh hour, no cover art for now as I've got no time to make one)

*My story's chapter is being proofread right now, sorry for the wait! Will be done by 12 pm*

Discord is left to foalsit the Cake Twins and Flurry Heart. Mostly Flurry Heart.

This does not bode well, especially since sugar is involved. A wonderland of sugar!

Written for the May Pairings contest, as I do not remember these two interacting much in the show; though I could be wrong and I accidentally disqualify myself because the friendship is not a unique enough pairing, LOL. I will definitely write a sequel to this one.

Slightly based on THIS wonderful fic.

*My story has a lot of slapstick/action in the first half, slow-paced cuteness in the second.

(Ships: Dislestia, FlutterBulk, ZephyrTree, CheesePie, Sugar/Mac, Pound/Flurry.)

Yes, the cover art IS from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

In this world, Sunset Shimmer is not the reformed student we know, but the charismatic and feared leader of a rock band called "The Sirens' Curse." Along with her bandmates-alternate and darker versions of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy-she dominates the music and social scene at Canterlot High. Her power is not limited to music; through her voice and guile, she manipulates students, teachers and even political figures.

However, beneath this bad-girl facade, Sunset hides a secret: her true identity as a girl in love with Adagio.

In this world, she was altered by a time-altering magic. So the roles change in every sense of the idea.

This story is for the contest of: Sunset x Villain Monster-Shipping Contest.

In the cold tundra sent off to find an artifact for Twilight Sparkle, Tempest Shadow travels the cold land. But in an unknow place along her path Tempest finds a strange obsidian crystal. Even stranger is that the crystal can speak.

This was written for the 2024 May Pairing Contest

"What?" Everyone shouted and I winced. I really should have seen that coming.

How the topic of everyone's relationship statuses got brought up, I blame Rarity. I really should have known she would have been the most annoyed at me keeping the fact I wasn't single hidden from her.

The wild, unsettled lands of Equestria are littered with ruins. Ancient temples, tombs, and testaments to long dead groups of ponies who decided to pass on the whole "Unification" fad and lost that gamble in Ozymandian fashion.

Some are filled with powerful lost magic relics. Others are overflowing with gold and treasure. (If you believe the legends, at least.)

There exist only a rare selection ponies who know how to safely delve these deathtraps to recover these lost pieces of history (and less still who would willingly accompany them).

But for these brave or foolish few, there is nothing more rewarding.

Written for the May 2024 Pairing Contest in the Original Pairings group.

Special thanks to Scream Queen for prereading and early feedback.

Inky Rose doesn't really interact with other ponies all that much. But that doesn't mean she doesn't ever leave the house, and underground shows are exactly her scene.

But the last thing she expected to find at a show like this is Troubleshoes, who looks like he wouldn't know the difference between a goth and a punk if his life depended on it.

Written for the 2024 May Pairings Contest.