The Tunnel of Love is a magical and romantic place in the Everfree Forest, and Twilight intends to find out about it first hoof. With Applejack by her side, it seems like the perfect time to talk to her friend about the feelings she's been having.

But when it turns out that Applejack has been through the tunnel before, and has no interest in going through again, Twilight's hopes and dreams are tested by a deeper understanding of the tunnel and what it shows.

What happens when you realize that your feelings for one of your friends aren't quite the same as your feelings for the rest of them? Do you just prefer some friends for others, or is it a sign of something deeper? What do you do with those feelings? Hide them? Admit them? And how will the rest of your friends react when they find out?

Twilight is going to have to do her best to find the answers, because they're anything but obvious.

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Yes, this is a story about romance, but I'm trying to use it to explore the relationships between the characters and see how they'd really react if romantic feelings ever did crop up, and how such a development would impact the cast as a whole.

Now with a TvTropes page!

There's also a dramatic reading in progress on youtube, here.

And also an updated verison of the cover, courtesy of Novel Idea.

Distance can drive us apart. It can also bring us closer together.

After all is said and done, and the ponies have gone their separate ways, the only way they have to keep in touch is through letters.

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With Granny Smith's health in a slow decline, and Sweet Apple Acre sales also suffering, Applejack becomes despondent. Rumors of a mystical tree of life, bearing magic fruit, rekindle a flame within her, and she tackles the issue the only way she knows how - head-on.

Sequel to 'Forbidden Fruit': 'Unintended' (Shipping/Slice of Life)
Fic is rated Teen for brief alcohol use, mild language, and discussions of death.
Featured on Equestria Daily! Thanks to everyone who has read, reviewed, and commented!

Rainbow Dash eats an alien.

After their argument with Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie return to Sugarcube Corner in tears.

Are they really following pointless pursuits? Are they worthless?

As they ponder these questions, Rarity decides to stay the night.

If they are to be frivolous ponies, can they be frivolous together?

A Raripie one shot taking place during the episode Putting Your Hoof Down.
Proof read by Matcha Cheesecake
Inspired by the fan art of the same name by Raikoh-illust.

Rarity has accomplished everything she’s dreamt of accomplishing, and she couldn’t be happier. At least, that’s what she thinks, until an old friend comes unexpectedly bouncing back into her life. A RariPie story.

Warnings for: Dancin' and drinkin'.

Cover art was drawn by the multi-talented and ever-fabulous Baby Seal Burritos.

Golden Harvest is not jealous. Sure, her neighbor Applejack has a life of adventure and glamor, friends who are national heroes and princesses, an appallingly lucrative share in the local fruit market, and firm, toned flanks. And sure, by contrast, Golden Harvest has been stuck with her snout in the same old muddy patch of carrots pretty much every day since she earned her cutie mark, her best friend is a dentist, and her idea for a 'Carrot Juice Season' never really gained much ground for some reason. But Golden Harvest is not jealous.

Not jealous at all.

She just wishes Applejack would stop being so distracting.

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Pre-read by Midnight Herald and Communist Bob (no link).

A RariPie romance

Pinkie Pie has had a crush on Rarity for many months. After discovering Rarity feels the same way, she finds herself tagging along on a business trip to Manehattan.

A city that never sleeps, a city of joys and glee. All with her glamorous new girlfriend by her side. It should be everything she had ever dreamed of. But worries, insecurities, and the strain of trying not embarrass Rarity in polite society soon start to take their toll. If Pinkie really wants this relationship to succeed, she's going to have to drop the frivolity and work harder than she ever has before.

Pre-read by Blue_Paladin42 and jlm123hi, who stop me from writing dumb things.

Picture used with kind permission of Pinkproposal.

There are few situations more frustrating than when a carefully-laid plan doesn't go the way one expects or wants it to. But just because a plan goes wrong doesn't mean that everything won't turn out right.

My first attempt at MLP shipping using actual characters from the show. Please enjoy.