When Twilight casts a new spell to detect extraterrestrial intelligence, she doesn't get quite what she was hoping for. Now Twilight is being controlled by the combined efforts of thousands of aliens, and it is up to her friends to help her.

Inspired by the Twitch Plays Pokemon channel that, as of this writing, has been going on for 3d 23h, and has obtained 3 gym badges and is about to reach Erika in Celadon City.

The Power Ponies are coming again.

Another escape from custody, another scheme to take over Maretropolis, and another chance for the Power Ponies to defeat her. Such is the cycle that Mane-iac has endured for as long as she can remember.

And she's sick of it. She's sick of all of it. Now on the cusp of one more battle with her nemeses, she can only think of how much she has sacrificed for the city in her battles against the Power Ponies, and how much more she can take.

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First place winner of the Everfree Northwest Fanfic Competition!

Thank you to Prak for editing help!

Featured on Equestria Daily 4/27/14

Last night, Pinkie Pie exploded. That’s why Rarity is so blood-stained. A police officer interrogates her about it.

Inspired by this song.

Edited by The Abyss, Aragon, and ReFro.

Fan reading by orange_man_from
Fan reading by Iris and Fluffs
French translation by StrayPaolo
Chinese translation by scpony

Hello. My name is Rarity, and if you’re reading this, I’m probably dead. I have betrayed my best friends. Though I can never fully make amends for my actions, it would alleviate some of my guilt knowing that somepony learns of the terrible deeds I have done.

(DO NOT read in Rarity theme. There is a bit of colored text that is impossible to see with those theme colors. Try if you want but you've been warned.)

Twilight and Chrysalis attempt to do the other's job with predictable results.

Written for the Equestria Daily Writer's Training Ground #007: "Simple Ways"

It's opposite day in Equestria! Write about someone swapping roles for a time.

Pinkie doesn't tell ponies about Pinkamena and Surprise. The doctors said that they were bad for her, that they were a disease, but she disagrees. Sure, Pinkamena's a bit of a grumpy-pants, but she's still a great friend! She's often the voice of reason to counter-act some of the other two's crazier ideas, after all. Surprise, on the other hand, is a great prank-player, and always up for some fun. She's more like Pinkie, only more hyper. Both are great fun to be around, and they get on well.

Thing is, she knows that if she told ponies about them, then they would be dragged back to the hospital. And then be 'treated' again. None of them want that. Because of this, not even her best not-in-head friends know about them. The three of them have, for years now, been careful enough to keep the existence of Pinkamena and Surprise secret.

This has, of course, gone out the window now that Twilight is hammering on the door after overhearing one third of a conversation, with no sign of anyone else talking.

Hints of F/F shipping inside. Nothing will actually come of it here, though. Maybe in a future story.

Cover art can be found here: http://killryde.deviantart.com/art/Smile-338206490

Sweetie Belle is falling off a mountain, and there's nopony around that can save her. Finding herself reminiscing about the past, she remembers one regret, that one thing she would have changed in an instant were she given a chance at a do-over. Still, could there perhaps be one glimmer of hope to her situation?

Image courtesy of Microsoft Clipart
* I'm not a good artist, unfortunately, but I tried!

It's been nine months since the wedding in Canterlot and the changeling race was defeated and all is well. Until Queen Chrysalis returns with very surprising news.

She is nine months pregnant!

But why does she come back just because of that? Because she says one of the ponies she touched/was touched by during the wedding is the one who got her pregnant.

Changelings don't reproduce the way ponies or any other creature does. So even two females can have a baby together. So who is the daddy/other mother? Is it Shining Armor? She did have lots of contact with him. Cadance? She was the one Chrysalis captured. Twilight? Technically they did share a small amount of contact. Or... could it honestly be Princess Celestia?!

One of these four is the other parent to this unborn changeling/pony hybrid. And now they won't know who until after the foal is born. But each one is conflicted about what they will do if it is theirs.

And each one puts a little effort into trying to be nice with their possible-baby's-momma. And they get to know the Queen of changelings a little more. And there's a lot more than they thought there was...

Discord has watched Twilight from afar for as long as he has known her, and now he has written a letter in order to describe how he honestly feels about his one true love.

Celestia receives a letter from her faithful student. It's more than just a friendship report, for it is filled with pure emotion.

Today, I learned that there's more than one kind of spark.