It was just another day in Equestria.

On that fateful day, the canopy of Greater Finland extended to cover another universum – one filled with English-speaking, pastel-colored ponies.

This is a story about a boy who had a normal life until he was stricken with a terrible illness that revealed the truth about his friends, and how superficial friendship in this world can be. It's only through watching My Little Pony, and his parents' support, that he is able to get by. After going in for emergency surgery, he wakes up in a place he never thought was real, with six familiar ponies that represent all he had lost faith in.

This story is something that I've been thinking about writing for a while.

It is short, but I hope it's effective.

Based somewhat on my own personal experiences with ulcerative colitis (but I never did have megacolon).

And this is it. It's not the start of a longer HIE story, it's just my tribute to those kids who get sick and feel alone.

I was reluctant to upload this for a long time since it is a very rushed story and in my opinion not very good. It is, however, the only piece I've written that inspired fanart (multiples, in fact), and so I figured, why not?

Enjoy if you can. I won't blame you if you hate it though.

Original Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qpJFUx-_SzDKEy7Ds7RHC-U92M-dWtkT_HgpMLRz-D0/edit#

Twilight's best friend ever since her very, very young age.

(Thank you to Banami-Luv on DeviantART for the awesome picture!)

Cover artwork by Kirby Fokson: http://fokson.tumblr.com/post/18654545174/commissions

#1 of the Techorse short story series.

Techorse has gotten accustomed to living in Ponyville, and needs to have his castle inspected by Celestia to ensure that it's safe. Twilight, when helping him to clean up his home, suggests they use a shrink ray Techorse has invented to study objects from the perspective that insects have. But when they in conjunction with Pinkie Pie make a mistake, everything goes haywire!

When some friends decide to go hunt butterflies, what harm could there possibly be in experimenting with a little magic?

This story will not be completed by its original author, though if one is interested, they can adopt the story and finish it as they see fit. Unpublicized story resources exist.