Twilight has a special gift/curse. One that she wishes she didn't have. What is this ability? Well, she can hear buildings talk, and boy are they ever chatty. Obviously,, this drives the princess a little nutty.

Now with a reading, huzza!

It was a week before Nightmare Night, when Rarity decided to take a trip to Canterlot.

And while there, she meets a sweet, classy mare with a prismatic mane, and a habit of saying "Darling". But there's something about her that she finds just too familiar.

And as she'll learn, maybe there's more to this familiarity than meets the eye.

Update (4/8/2023): Now with a Dramatic Reading by Obab Scribbler

Author's Note (11/14):

Sweet Celestia.

Less than 24 hours live and this story has set three milestones for me. This is the first time I've had a story of mine be top of the Featured list, the first time I've had a story of mine get over 100 Likes, and the first time that a story of mine has reached over 1,000 views.

Thank you all so much. I am amazed.

Princess Celestia was sure that the day was going to be great. The Sun shone bright in the sky, the birds were singing, and nothing could possibly go wrong. That was, until she received some rather grim news concerning her sister.

She thought she'd been clear enough about things last time.

Polish translation by Dolar84.
Spanish translation by SPANIARD KIWI.
Audio reading by Pony&Wolf Productions.

It's Winter in the Dragonlands, which means lots of rain and time spent inside. Feeling somewhat lonely, Garble can't even work up the inspiration for his poetry. Luckily, Smolder is there to drop by and entertain him with her own storytelling.

Set between Season 6 and Season 8, circa a few months after 'Gauntlet of Fire'.

Several months after being named the new Dragon Lord, Ember receives an invitation from Twilight Sparkle to attend Equestria's Nightmare Night festival. Eager to see Spike and the others again plus meet all their other friends, Ember accepts the invitation. However, feeling like she isn't the only dragon around who could benefit from attending, she decides to bring a certain guest.

Pre-read and edited by BronyDad, TheMysteryMuffin, Vertigo22 and James Fire

Princess Luna has a particular dreamwalking tradition around the holidays; it so happens on this of all nights she comes to visit you. Alone for Hearth's Warming, you really need her visit this year, though you might not know it at first.

Princess Cadance is rudely awakened by a crying child.

It's not who you think it is.

"This is an excellent comedy."
—Posh

"I think it's the character work that really makes this one shine."
—Not_A_Hat

"This story [...] Good job!"
—GaPJaxie

Cover Art by Blues LeSharpe

Audio version!

It's Building Inspection Day at the Wonderbolt Academy, and Spitfire has given everypony the day off to allow the building inspector an easy, routine check-up—free of accidents, free of injuries, and free of Soarin.

But when all three of these disasters hit the academy at once, Spitfire and Soarin must do everything they can to prevent the inspector from shutting them down.

Spike has a problem regarding inviting two of his royal friends over on the same day! To avoid a diplomatic disaster, can Twilight, Starlight, and Spike prevent these two from meeting? No. No, they can’t. Let’s move on to the real problem.

Thanks to Tired Old Man and Nova Quill for their edits and inputs!

There's really no way to prevent it. No matter how careful you are, regardless of one's dedication to personal cleanliness, they're going to get in eventually. And for most ponies, it's a moment of deep gross-out, followed by scrubbing down their entire pantry, kicking out far too much of what's in it, and ending with a regretfully expensive shopping trip to replace what was lost.

But this is Rarity. The situation was unacceptable. And her intention was to take out the problem at the source.

Now if she can just find a way of explaining that to the jury...

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Rated C for Crackfic.