The Zebra civilization was never the richest in Equestria. They made do with what they had and stuck together like one big family. But even with a strong community, the lack of natural resources and food hit the species hard, to the point of near extinction.

Then a special zebra was born with a gift. A gift that she was destined with... a gift that could bring new life to her people.

Special thanks to Bad_Seed_72, Mr101, Skeeter the Lurker, Albinocorn, The Abyss, and Pearple Prose for their help in editing the fic, as well as the first three for their encouragement of the fic in general. You guys are amazing.

Something terrible is summoned to Equestria and now Princess Celestia has her toughest friendship project yet.

Meet Beelzeboob. Nopony is quite certain what he is. Nopony is quite certain if they like him. Almost everypony wants to kill him at some point. To help him fit in, Princess Celestia gave him a puppy and sent him to Ponyville, to learn if a minor spirit of disharmony can learn the magic of friendship.

Edit: Somehow featured on the fifth of September, 2014. It is a mad, mad, mad world.

This story is a sequel to The Long-Eared Temptress

The Principality hails and honors Prince Blueblood for standing up to bigots and openly embracing his love for Connie, the humble donkey palace maid who has won his heart. Their love is grand, their intentions clear and their hooves are set towards the altar. They will be married.

In the upper echelons of society.

A Royal Wedding is no small challenge. Blueblood has lived his life in the upper reaches and his great-aunts have as well. Connie... hasn't. The bride-to-be knows stern practicality, sensibility and the donkey desire for simple and effective solutions to ordinary problems. The world of gold-foil wedding gowns, fifty-layer cakes, and other inanities of the nobility are beyond her.

And then... there are parents...

Finally, the summer vacation has started. But for Silver Spoon, this doesn't mean fun and play. She has to go to summer class. And if going to school during precious summer time wasn't bad enough, Apple Bloom is there, too. But what seemed to become a nightmare of a vacation slowly turns out to be a chance to finally change a lot of things in Silver Spoon's life.

As of chapter 22, docontra is proof-reading this story. I can't thank you enough for the help :).

Side story: A Night at The Golden Mug

One, go to the spa with Rarity and Fluttershy.
Two, return to castle.
Three, stay up until the wee hours of the morning reading that book on ancient Equestrian history Princess Cadence sent her.
Typical Twilight Sparkle daily schedule. At least, whenever she can get her schedule to cooperate these days. Seems like there's always some kind of problem- a god of chaos with his antics, or two friends bickering about nothing, or a love letter that... wait, a love letter?

Flagged "teen" just to be safe. Comments are open, so tell me what you think and/or what I'm doing wrong!

Rarity gets dragged into a thrift shop by Sweetie Belle while in Canterlot

When Rainbow Dash agrees to temporarily care for an abandoned foal, she ends up getting more than she bargained for. Under the scrutiny of the public eye, Rainbow Dash has to try and bring up little Taboo right.

Princess. Alicorn. The pillar of all ponykind, against which so many ponies often judged themselves. Celestia hates having to constantly be these things, and it's past time for a break. Luna will watch over Equestria while her sister is gone, but taking a break from your duties and taking a break from how the world sees you are two very different matters. Enter Prominence, a quiet pony who nopony really pays much mind to. Perhaps because she doesn't exist.

Aided by this disguise, Celestia will find her peace and relaxation in the home of one of the few ponies who know Prominence's true identity: Princess Twilight Sparkle. But when Twilight begins to see Celestia as a pony, and not a princess, can she deal with the feelings that arise? And are the feelings for Celestia, or for a pony she knows is not actually real?

EDIT: I've been featured, July 19th, 2014. I have no words to express how terrified and humbled and terrified and proud and happy and terrified this makes me.

Five years. Five years have passed since Cheerilee chose to quit as a teacher. She had thought that life was behind her, but finds herself drawn back in, compelled to help her former students through their teenage years.

She will discover more about both them and herself then she thought possible.

Carrying more emotional baggage than her students, she will find that the journey to self-forgiveness, while not an easy one, is not one that can be ignored.

(Thanks to BluRoseFriendship for the temporary cover image.)

This story is a sequel to Numbers

Eleven years ago, a young stallion named Filthy Rich became a father.
His daughter was his most prized jewel...
And he swore he would always love her.

One morning that stallion's filly brought a grown mare to tears,
And Filthy Rich was forced to see his Diamond through new eyes.

Now, he must find a way to bring out the sparkling gem only he can see, before Diamond Tiara destroys her classmates... and herself.
If that gem even exists at all.

But raising a child isn't as simple as working out a business deal or solving a financial issue, and Filthy Rich must relearn what it means to be a parent if he ever has a hope of redeeming his daughter.
For the price of an innocent foal's tears is more than even he can afford.

Featured 5/27/14 - 5/28/14