Apple Bloom has the perfect prank: trick Diamond Tiara into thinking a spell was put on her to make her Apple Bloom's slave.

"What could possibly go wrong?"

Well, when the prank works...

Everything.

Note: This story was conceived pre "Crusaders of the Lost Mark."

When a mysterious stallion appears out of a portal, Twilight Sparkle is ecstatic. Who knows what other-worldly knowledge this stranger could possess?

Unfortunately for her, that knowledge may prove somewhat limited as this stallion... has a bit of an unexpected handicap.

Spike opens up to Twilight about his struggles with his gender identity.

Admitting you're not what others expect of you is difficult. Admitting you're not what you expect of yourself is even harder. And some things don't have simple answers. Spike can't figure out if his time in Ponyville has changed him, or if he was never quite what he imagined he would be in the first place.

Inspired by a comment in an article on autostraddle here: www.autostraddle.com/my-little-pony-lesbianism-is-magic-138465/

Sky Ice have finally gathered up the courage to ask his marefriend, Silver Stream, to marry him.

But when Silver tells him something that he'd never think of her. Can his love for who she is overcome the obstacle that is ahead of him?

Because true love never dies, right?

I look at myself in the mirror. My mane and my tail are much longer than what is usual for wearing a tuxedo. The fashion show is many hours away from now, and yet as I stare into the eyes of my reflection, I feel that the mirror's image lies to me. The pony in the mirror is not Rarity. I am going to fix that.

Covered in a light blue glow, a pair of scissors floats aside my head. I pull a strand of my mane between the blades of the scissors, and with a snip, the scissors close as a purple strand of hair falls to the floor. I take a deep breath, and continue cutting my mane. I finish, and as I look at the stallion cut I gave to my mane, I can't help but think: It looks so nice on me. And why why wouldn't it?

That is what I am, after all.

Rated Teen for sexual themes. So, I’m gonna leave that there as a testament of 2015 me being ignorant. This is Rated E for Everyone.

Snails has a little problem. It's the mirror in the corner of her room. Everyday it reminds her of something that she's not...and somedays are harder than others.

Sweetie Bell isn't a robot, right?

My entry into the Science Fiction Contest II, with special thanks to my proof reader, gapty.

Diamond Tiara is on top of the world, and she knows it.

She has a mother who loves her, a father who literally went to the ends of Equestria to make her happy, a best friend who will always be by her side, the adoration of everypony around her, and more money than she could ever spend.

Yet she also knows how easily all of that could fall away. So she goes through every day making sure to keep her world together.

Shining Armor and Cadence's spell reveals something completely unexpected as it expels Chrysalis and her changelings out of Canterlot: A secret kept from everypony for several years...

Now with a TV Tropes page! Warning: Will Contain spoilers.

A short brush with Poison Joke makes the Element Of Kindness question their gender identity, and what they should do about it. He's very glad he has the help of his friends.