Granny Smith has passed away.

Big Mac is angry.

Apple Bloom is acting out.

And for the first time in her life, AJ is uncertain.

My entry for the Creative Talents Contest headed up by Silver Melodies and Little Wood

Applejack tells Fluttershy about the great oak tree atop a hill on the farm. It was the first one she ever planted, y'see. That doesn't have anything to do with why Granny Smith is in the hospital, and why Applejack isn't there.

Nope. Not at all.

Editing and prereading by Minds Eye, ZOMG, and Auramane

Featured in the RCL, Equestria Daily, and The Royal Guard.

Let me give this to you straight. I'm a doctor. My title says 'Nurse', but I'm a doctor. I deal with sick and injured ponies daily, and give both treatment and advice to them with trust and confidence. That includes a certain six friends and their own medical needs.

If the rest of Equestria actually knew that disaster was one missed pill away, I don't think 'riots in the streets' would be sufficient to cover it. But I'm bound by Doctor/Patient Confidentiality, so I guess I'm the thin red line between civilization, and eternal enslavement by some horror from beyond.

That eternal enslavement thing sounds better every day, mind you.

*Cover image original artwork credited to mysticalpha

Applejack hears a noise in Granny Smith's room late one night. What she finds breaks her heart.

The young mare is well known throughout Equestria, just as her friends are as well. Many have come to know her as the strong and dependable apple farmer from Ponyville, but some cannot understand her obsessive attachment to her trusty Stetson. Why would a lovely mare keep a weathered old thing like that when she could get a brand new one? A question most have asked.

This is a brief look into the origins of a simple farm pony's start in life and a treasure linked to her past.

A HUGE Thank you to Guilty Vulture for proofreading! You're the best!!

This story is a sequel to Letters to Rainbow Dash

It's been a year since Scootaloo died and Apple Bloom isn't taking it so well. Scootaloo watches over her and tires to help Scoootaloo feel better, but how can she do that if Apple Bloom can't see or hear her?

Cover at belongs to: Because I Am Pink on DevaintART

Hearth's Warming. A time of joy and cheer, of generosity and love.
Not so much for the Apple Family, though.
Winter means the end of crop season, and money is hard to come by. The family, however, protects their pride by celebrating small... meaning not at all.
When Twilight and and the rest of the mane six find this out, they spring into action, wanting this Hearth's Warming to be one especially for them. One to remember forever.
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This is another experimental-ish piece, working with symbolism, emotional development, complex scenes with lots of characters interacting, and world-building.
Of course, you can ignore all that and just read a story about tiny talking horses with magic powers. That's good, too.
Enjoy!
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Thanks to my wonderful prereaders!
General Soarin
Sugar Sprinkles
stanku
TinnyPiano26

This story is a sequel to Past Sins

Touch, Smell, Taste, Hearing, Sight

This is the order the five senses develop in for foals as they rest, cradled in the warm safety of a mother’s womb. But for one, her womb was a thorn bush in the dark of night. For one, the safety and warmth that should have carried her into the world was replaced with pain and cold.

These are Nyx's first hours.

On a dark night filled with even darker magics, an insane cult attempts to give Nightmare Moon a body and life of her own, utterly separate from Princess Luna. But, when the spell is interrupted by Celestia, something unexpected is created.

Now, a little black alicorn filly named Nyx finds herself living under the care of Twilight Sparkle, only to be haunted by memories and emotions from her past. Is she Nightmare Moon reborn or is she simply a doppelganger with a soul and mind of her own? Can Twilight Sparkle protect Nyx from those who refuse to see past her dragon eyes and black coat?

Or, will Nyx be forced to inherit the sins that may not even be hers and become the greatest evil Equestria has ever known?

Why is Fluttershy so painfully shy?

Why do we never hear about her parents in the show?

I have decided to answer these questions with my own little headcanon story. Enjoy!

Flagged teen for domestic violence.

Featured on 12-30-14.