Ribbon Red is a gift-shop owner who doesn't get out much, and has a comfortable life selling his wares to ponies for their friends and family.

Rainbow Dash comes in with a special request: she wants to get Applejack the best gift ever, and she wants Ribbon's help in finding it.

Ribbon knows a lot about giving presents: He knows how to appreciate the value of a simple gift, the significance of a beautiful ornament... but above all, he knows that the most precious gifts come from the heart.

Contains AppleDash

Applejack, despite having worked hard all week during the Autumn Harvest, is going on a two day delivery trip to Fillydelphia, leaving behind her family and her sleepy marefriend, Rainbow Dash. Just before leaving, however, she recieves dark tidings of a mysterious criminal bent on fruit larceny...

Of course, the trip won't go as planned.

Contains Appledash and cartoon villainy. Beware.

Applejack loves Hearths Warming Eve not just because of the festivties, the friendships, the family, and the love. But because she is reminded of how much she is blessed with. A home. A wife. And a daughter.

All of which are the best presents she could ever ask for.

A simple Christmas Story I wanted to do. Nothing more. Nothing Less. Merry Christmas to all.

Applejack has been nominated to be one of the contestants for the 'Equestria Snowboarding Tournament'. With her friends all there, watching and cheering on for her. Her mischievous friend, Rainbow Dash, decides to take risky and desperate measures to make sure she will win. Either it be the contest...or her heart.

[Romance] [Comedy] [AU]–Just to be safe

[One-Shot] Appledash.

Special Thanks to Proofreader done by OghmaInfinium

For Applejack and Rainbow, life is busy. Rainbow is busting her flank in the Wonderbolts Reserves, and Applejack is working hard on the farm. Caught up in their busy world, Applejack gets upset that her partner forgot something. When she goes to confront her however, she finds she forgot something too...

Story inspired by this beautiful picture by Tsitra360

Since dating Rainbow Dash, Applejack's ordinary days are few and far between, especially when Rainbow comes to her asking her to help her find her cloud house which had blown away in a storm just over a week ago.

There's a little more to Rainbow's problem than meets the eye, however, and it's not just where the house landed that's the problem: her own feelings are starting to get involved too...

Contains Appledash, rated teen for mild sexual themes

Competition. It drives us all one way or another. Whether it’s to be the fastest flier, the best team, the greatest magician, to steal a land in jealous fury, or simply to beat that other pony to the stall for the last carrot; competition is in all of us.

Some claim that a competitive nature is healthy, and keeps a pony sharp and fit. Others claim it drives ponies apart and should be avoided as much as possible.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack don’t care about any of that. They just don’t want the other to win. Theirs is an unending game of friendly one-upmanship, a constant striving to prove their superiority to one another for no other reason than they can.

Neither of them thought it would ever bring about romance in their lives.

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Written for (and winner of) the 3rd AppleDash competition. Prompt by bookplayer.

Thanks to my friend, Radoh from the Escapist, for making some small, but very good, points.

Cover art by nekokevin.