Vinyl Scratch knew from the day they met that she and Octavia would be friends forever. They were inseparable, indivisible, invincible. Nothing would change that, Octavia promised. Nothing.

However, as time goes on, not all foalhood promises seem concrete. Time, after all, changes everything.

Inspired by and dedicated to the best friend I've ever known.

Thanks to RoboRed and Sir Rustbucket for editing.

Now featured on Equestria Daily!

Rated Teen for some language and thematic elements.

Celestia counts down the centuries until her sister's return.

Thanks so much to Soaring for pre-reading this!

Cover art found here by Rodrigues404!

The original speedwrite (in author's notes) was written for the Quills and Sofa's "Time Pressure" Speedwrite Contest, on August 29, 2023. I've polished this a bit more for publish!

Everypony has secrets. Some secrets are embarrassing. Some secrets are just things you don't want to share publicly with others. Other secrets can rock your relationship to the core if revealed...

Written for the X Becomes a Changeling May Prompt.

The plan is simple: Build a big ramp on the side of a huge hill, ride down it on her scooter, get some insane airtime, and land on a carefully placed cloud mid-jump. It's foolproof!

At least, that's how it seems to Scootaloo.

To everypony else, the plan clearly has more holes than a slice of swiss cheese.

A gift for 6-D Pegasus.

Queen Chrysalis has been banished from her hive and Thorax is now in charge of the changeling hive. However, the changelings are facing a new problem. Without a Queen to the hive, there can be no new changelings. Thorax goes to his new ponies friends for help.

Special thanks to sdponies and Twi-Fi Brony for editing this story. And Thanks to damiranc1 for the cover art.

Side story

Twilight has a secret coltfriend who nobody knows about.  Not even her.

And he’s not too sure either.

Then Luna gets involved, and it only gets weirder.

Editors: Tek, Mitch H, Airy Words
Cover photo: Getty images

It was a bright sunny day when Princess Celestia was taken from us by three very familiar fillies... Or was she?

Idea from Rated Ponystar and Edited by Jumbled

After defeating the Tantabus, Princess Luna finds herself staying with Fluttershy in her cottage to continue healing. Despite destroying the Tantabus, the fight is far from over as Princess Luna continues to struggle to accept love and forgiveness. Old habits die hard, especially ones a thousand years in the making.

Cover art by Joellethenose!
Contains self-resentment, self-punishment, self-sabotage, unhealthy cycles, breathing exercises, and sad ending.

This story is a sequel to Love Hurts

Nearly a year has passed since Luna first turned to Fluttershy for healing, and through ups and downs, the Princess of the Moon has come a long way. Though, Fluttershy wonders, why does Luna keep returning to her cottage? She spends more time at Fluttershy's cottage than at the castle, since she can take care of ponies' dreams anywhere.

At a coffee shop the day before Hearth's Warming, Fluttershy is set on finding it out.

Cover art by Chub-Wub
Written for Miller Minus for Jinglemas 2023!
Can easily serve as a standalone without any prequel reading required.

Baking cakes is part of being Ponyville's Premiere Party Planner. It's a particularly important job when the cake is for frowny ponies, or the sort of folks who don't normally eat cake.

But it's something that Twilight Sparkle doesn't seem to understand. At least, if she understood, she probably wouldn't barge into Sugarcube Corner early in the morning, screaming about Changelings invading Equestria and covert smuggling rings and blah blah blah.

It wouldn't kill Twilight to show some decorum. She clearly needs to get her priorities in order.

EDIT: This is now the most likely candidate for the image source. Thanks to m2pt5 for the tip!