This could be Lyra's big break: she's the warmup musician for the first annual Running of the Leaves autumn concert! The audience will be huge, and if the musician does well, she could be on her way to bigger and better things! But it's going to be hard to prepare in the few days she has left, so Lyra really needs to work hard to be ready.

Unfortunately for Lyra, her mind doesn't seem to be at home right now. Instead, her body is being controlled by a very surprised MLP:FIM fan named Lyle Hartman. He doesn't know the first thing about playing the lyre, but time stops for nopony and the show must go on. So all Lyle has to do is figure out a way to get back to his proper world (and hopefully bring Lyra's mind back to wherever it went) before the unicorn is expected to perform on stage. Easy, right?

...Now if only Lyle could get somepony to believe him.

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Artwork by Discommunicator! Thanks for letting me use your art for this; it fits well!

"This is the scanner ship Verne of the research ship Romulus, requesting assistance. My ship is damaged and unable to fly. My coordinates are as follows: 17 hours, 45 minutes, 40 seconds right ascension, negative 29 degrees, zero minutes, 30 seconds declination.

The planet is uncolonized but populated by intelligent quadrapedal creatures. I have limited my contact with them as much as possible, but they are curious and some technological contamination was unavoidable.

There's something strange about this little planet, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

On a planet far away in both space and time, a mare awakens to find herself alone, out in the rain, in the middle of the night. She has no recollection of who she is, or where she has come from. This story follows her as she goes to the ends of the Earth (and far beyond) in search of her lost memory, as well as a place where she belongs.

During her journeys, however, this pony who initially knows nothing of the universe may come to realize that it holds more secrets than anyone could have possibly imagined.

Note: This story isn't entirely OC ponies, but marking them now would be a hardcore spoiler, so I will refrain. Look forward to it, though.

History teaches us that Star Swirl The Bearded was one of the greatest unicorn mages ever to have lived. But history is notoriously fickle. Was Star Swirl really the stallion everyone thinks he was? What was the secret of his beard? What the heck was the amniomorphic spell? Discover the truth about Star Swirl, and the greatest con in Equestrian history...

A strange blue portal opens up in Equestria and our six heroes are captured by the strange bipedal creatures from the other side, what will happen to them? can they escape? Will they ever make it back to Equestria? Only time will tell. Crossover with Portal.

Princess Celestia sends four adults ponies out into the world. They find that just because it's not your destiny to save the world, doesn't mean a goddess won't ask you to do just that. This story follows the tale of Pokey, Redheart, Cheerilee, and Medley as they find out what it means to sacrifice for the greater good of Equestria.

This one is a story that I've wanted to do ever since I saw the episode "Cutie Mark Chronicles." Than I saw that I wasn't the only one with the idea. But, I decided to do this one anyway.

Everyone knows that Rainbow Dash was the reason the mane six got their cutie marks. Or is it? When Rainbow decides against a race against Fluttershy's bullies, everything you thought you knew about Equestria is thrown out the window.

By the way, it would be really awesome if ponies started doing fanart of how they interpret these alternate ponies. If you've done any, send them to me at a.tempus [at] derpymail.org

Dainty Dish: The official record holder of the highest sustained speed and altitude over a recognized flight course in Equestria. As well as the holder of the time to climb record for a given altitude. There is no pony in Equestria who can match her abilities.

However, one stallion from from a far off place is determined to catch her. And in a brash attempt to prove himself worthy of her affection, gives chase. Only to fail spectacularly even with months of preparation. So on Hearth's Warming Day he enlists the help of Rainbow Dash, Equestria's foremost expert on speed to help him learn all there is to know about the art of going fast.

Can the mighty Mikoyan Ivanovich Gustaav the Thirty-First catch his dark angel? Or will he be too much stallion for Rainbow Dash- for Equestria to handle?

Unseen horrors lurk just beyond the horizon, but the future is not immutable.

A strange new pony arrives in Canterlot bearing knowledge that could help avoid the dark times ahead. What begins as a straightforward mission soon develops into an adventure that will carry all involved to the borders of Equestria and beyond.

5-star Featured on Equestria Daily... for some reason. I've been meaning to add this disclaimer for a while, and so here it is: this was a first fic of a first-time author, and it really shows. Know that whatever well-founded critique you have to level at it, I will almost certainly agree with. It has problems, of that there is no doubt, and significant enough ones that I'll always be bothered that the story is up. Taking it down feels like bad form, however, and bringing the writing in line with my current standards would require a full rewrite, which would be dishonest to the readers who have been through it already. I leave it up as a badge for having completed something, but just be aware that if you start in on it, you will almost certainly finish bewildered and dissatisfied.

When Rarity is given an order for a dress, a series of unfortunate circumstances lead her to request the aid of Twilight Sparkle. When she discovers that Twilight has been studying time spells, she asks if she can help her recover some of her time. Reluctantly, Twilight agrees, but when she is performing her spell, something breaks her concentration causing the spell to become unstable, sending them 15 years into the future. What awaits them in a world where they have been missing for so long? Will they ever get back to their own time? Only time will tell.

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Art by Dreatos
- http://dreatos.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d47n304
Seriously, check out his work. He is one of my favorite pony artists.