It's a horrible city filled with monsters, horrible and deadly monsters. And an unlikely duo by the name of Dustin and Rainbow Dash will have to come together if they want to get out alive and escape this hell, known as Raccoon City.

As these two try to escape... one question rings through our heroes' minds.

Why me?

Part of the Snowverse

Huge thanks to Alex_ for the coverart Thank you so much buddy!
Feature Lite: 1/23/2018
Feature Regular: 2/15/2018

Here it is, since early 2014, it's finally been set free. Honestly, this story is... something important to me, something cathartic if you will, something I needed to get done, something that I should have gotten done years ago but let my own problems with self loathing and just general disregard for shit get in the way. Regardless... here it is, I hope you all enjoy.

Anon is meditating after doing a whole lot of nothing all day. Twilight stumbles upon him doing this and asks him what he's doing. Anon just invites her to join him as he stops thinking and just viiibes.

She doesn’t know how to vibe. Book pone can only think.

Anon decides to change that. One way or another.

Idea provided by golabi2101.

Pipp Petals. Princess of Zephyr Heights, second to the throne, owner of a golden headdress studded with a beautiful emerald that she never takes off.

Neither Hitch, Izzy, Sunny, nor Misty have ever inquired about it. Not even Zipp knows why.

But with one misstep, the truth becomes revealed.

An experiment in mixing past and present-tense storytelling.

You've been in Equestria for a while now, and you've been in a romantic relationship with Sunny Starscout during that time. But what you didn't know is that since this world is dominated by ponies instead of humans, Sunny decides to show her affection to you in a way one would least expect.

As Misty runs away from the brighthouse in a guilty panic, an unrelated botched spell leads to her meeting a fiery unicorn with a similar story to tell

Princess Cadance is tasked with babysitting her boyfriend's little sister, Twilight. She ended up enlisting the help of her roommate, Sunset Shimmer. What could possibly go wrong?

Sometimes, a dream can seem so close, yet so far.

Cover Image from here.

The original speedwrite (in author's notes) was written for the Quills and Sofa's "Fiddlesticks" Speedwrite Contest, on Sep 9, 2023. This version was polished for publish since then.

Sunset Shimmer is no spring chicken, that much is for sure. Her best days are a long, long way behind her. Content to live in the human world without settling into any sordid romances, she set her scientific mind to good use, and pursued a career that left the world in a better state than it was when she first arrived. A lifetime ago. But nobody, not even an equine-turned-human, is immune to the passage of time. And as an elderly Sunset settles down to enjoy a quiet evening on the porch of her small cottage, an old friend pays one last visit.