Apple Bloom never thought of herself as a "s'phisticated" pony. She lives on a farm, she eats what's put in front of her, she follows the advice of her kin without question or doubt. That's all there is to it.

Rarity, on the other hoof, is so "s'phisticated" she can actually spell it. Probably too "s'phisticated" for her own good. The life of an artist - even one who actually makes money - is never a simple one.

But truth, like life, is like the gleam off a sun-caught apple. Turn it around, and though it was once dull and uninteresting, the flash of light may well catch your eye in a way that sparks something new and exciting. As if you'd found your cutie mark all over again. A life-changing moment of pure inspiration.

Maybe these two socially sensitive ponies have more in common than they'd ever thought possible...

After what had seemed like a lifetime of memories, Shining Armor and Princess Cadence had become best friends. But when Shining must leave an entire year for Royal Guard training in the West, he can't help but find a way to tell the filly how he's felt about her for years. How can one approach a topic without jeopardizing a cherished friendship? Can things ever be the same between the two again? But the one true question that wanders his mind: Does Cadence even feel the same way about him?

Inspired by Louis Armstrong's original song, and of course the connection between these two characters that holds their love in an everlasting bind of faithfulness, and passion.

Giving credit to jonhjoseco for the cover art. It was truly the perfect image to promote this story.Go see his deviantart at: http://johnjoseco.deviantart.com/

An injured Rainbow Dash is rescued by Zecora after a rogue natural
storm crashes her into the Everfree Forest. But with an even fiercer
storm on the horizon, will Rainbow Dash be able to recover in time?
Can they figure out how to tackle this tempest and keep it from
blowing Ponyville to pieces?

Rarity disappeared years ago. Rainbow never got the full story. No one wanted to talk about it. Painful memories, bits and pieces of half-remembered interactions, none of it told her anything. So she started looking on her own, and at long last, she found Rarity.

On a different continent, under a different name, with a different life.

Rainbow would like to know why.

Applejack digs a hole.

Featherweight is a simple stallion that runs a simple newspaper company for Ponyville. Yet somehow, he's managed to catch the eyes of the fairest mare of them all. It almost seems too good to be true...

Entry for Cozy Glow Short Story Contest

Selected Prompts:

They’d set her free. They’d told her she deserved another chance. She didn’t know what being reformed meant, though, in a world where the heroes crushed the wrong-doers with overwhelming force.

Cozy’s got a secret! Whether or not it’s hers is for her to know and you to find out.

Edited by SirReal

A story set in an Equestria that could have been...

Rarity, the personal student of Princess Luna, defeated Daybreaker with her new friends and reawakened the lost Elements of Harmony. With Princess Celestia's return, the long-lost tradition of the Summer Sun Celebration is going to be revived for the first time in a thousand years - but first Celestia will need to reclaim her power over the Sun!

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Don't worry, there's no previous story you missed that explains the setting. I was thinking of which characters could have their roles swapped, and I got to thinking - what if I just switched everyone? Depending on how people like this, I might write stories centered around other swapped pairings.

Written for the Secrets: A Swapped Roles Contest

Thank you to all my readers! I couldn't do it without you.

The crash that nearly killed Spitfire wasn’t even the weirdest part of her day.

Deep into the tail end of a less-than-stellar Equestrian tour, Spitfire and her Wonderbolts get orders to amp up the excitement of their flight show with a dangerous new stunt. When an in-flight accident leaves Spitfire with cold hooves about their new show, she turns to the advice of a local earth pony with a strange technique for easing her worries.

His remedy calls for alcohol, fire, and uncertainty.

Tempest Shadow is a pony trying to learn how to be part of pony society. To her, Equestria is a foreign land, and she's just a stranger in it. The natives are friendly, but her days are empty. What she needs is something to ground her. Something that can make her part of daily Ponyville life.

She needs a job.

Content Warning: Radical Freedom

This story was written over an embarrassingly long time as a commission for a friend. I have to admit I really like writing Tempest Shadow. She's a great horse.

Thanks to all my patrons and followers!

Since the day she ascended, Dragon Lord Ember has strived to move beyond the shadow of her father's rule. She's pursued some strange things to achieve this, perhaps none more strange than forging a close friendship with Twilight Sparkle, now ruler of Equestria. They've exchanged hundreds of letters over the years, growing closer and more familiar to each other with every one.

Ember knows her feelings for Twilight have changed, but the distance between them had provided an easy excuse to ignore them. Had, because with a summit between the Dragon Lands and Equestria starting, Ember and Twilight have the opportunity to once again enjoy each other's company.

And Ember is not the only one trying to come to terms with her feelings.

Ember vector by tyler611