A ten page short:
What if all the magic we see in the show is exactly what it appears to be? Does that concept scare you? It should.
After a shocking discovery changes his life, a young griffon follows in the hoofprints of his childhood hero, and mounts an expedition deep into the frozen west.

Both 'The Brightest Shine' and 'Piracy' redirect here, and with good reason; read on and it will make sense.

This is technically a shipfic as there is shipping but I consider it more of an awkward moments friendshipfic.
Scootaloo has just turned 18 [based on Australian drinking age laws] and goes out to a local bar that night. Ordering a drink and looking a bit nervous being here without her younger friends, an older woman comes up and sits down beside her. From there the two hit it off over there with shared interests in motocross, car engines and love of The Wonderbolts.
I am completely shocked that I can't find the term 'Gildaloo' anywhere else. Trade Mark.

New Chapter every Monday and Thursday! Completed!

Based on a side/back story from Happy Anniversary Sug. Not required reading.
Proof Readers: McStuffins and The Vault Tech.

Didn't think I'd be big on the pairing of Scoots and Gilda, but it actually works really well!

- McStuffins.

P.S. there are no SFW Gilda and Scootaloo pics I swear.

Sunset Shimmer is a girl with problems. For instance, there's the students of Canterlot High getting bewitched by magic from an unknown source. Then there are her attempts to enter a band in the Battle of the Bands, only one of whom can actually play her instrument! Not to mention she still hasn't gotten over her feelings for Flash Sentry. Oh, and let's not forget her massive inferiority complex in regards to Twilight Sparkle. Yeah, like that's not constantly hanging over her.

It's almost more than a girl can take and still keep sane.

Written a week prior to the Rainbow Rocks release. Has nothing to do with the movie... Outside the six or seven things I predicted!

"You're like an American version of Blueshift~" -RainbowBob

Queen Chrysalis has only one grub that has survived into fillyhood; her daughter, the physically lame and mentally impaired Crown Princess Pupa. Chrysalis has never been what many would call the 'maternal type', even towards Pupa, whose adoration of her mother has no bounds. Preferring to swamp herself in the dire affairs of state, Chrysalis lets her crippled daughter be raised by her affectionate nanny.

But one day, as the Changeling Kingdom's problems reach boiling point, the Queen's already short temper erupts and she must deal with the heartbreaking consequences...

Edited and pre-read by Chaodiurn
Pre-read by Scarheart

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Paul Matthews is a young man of average height and average weight and fairly average disposition. He is normal, and abnormally so. That rarely seen kind of person who, even in their early years, gives off the impression that they are destined for a moderately successful career in middle management at some cold, gray corporation.

Paul Matthews is about to come very close to something that few people do.

An entry for Obselescence's Most Dangerous Game contest.

After reading, you may want to head over to this blog for some explanations and/or backstory.

On the Density of Alicorn Skulls: A sharp blow to the head can do odd things to one's personality. This is particularly problematic if the victim in question is a widely respected leader of her people.
On the Classification of Divinity: In some other worlds where magic exists, the inhabitants have attempted to quantify the different levels of godhood. Unfortunately, it is not a perfect system, and the Princesses have never been ones to flaunt their absurd levels of power.

This is a series of unrelated one-shots focused around Celestia, who remains one of my favourite ponies. It's marked completed, since there won't be a continuing narrative going between all of the shorts. It will continue to see updates though, since I have plenty more ideas for the Princess!

Now available in Spanish!

Two thousand years ago, Princess Celestia suffered by the loss of her human. It left her heartbroken and mind-unstable. Two thousand years later after that fateful incident, she meet him again... but the happenings which are following directly after are slightly unexpected... okay, very unexpected.

To be honest, very discomforting.

A parody/crackfic based on the works of Zamairiac. He gave me permission to use his characters and the idea of a crazy Celestia. I DON'T want to put his stories down. Rated Teen for strong language, sexual innuendos, bad pubertal jokes, mindless randomness, 'Scary Movie'-based comedy and ooc ponies. Coverimage taken from this video.

Please leave a comment.

And Zamairiac, if you read this, you're awesome!

A simple, run-of-the-mill field trip. Cheerilee had been there last year (and the year before that), so bored she could fall asleep... but knowing it was her students first time was enough to perpetuate her through the trip and not just through the motions. Now that it's wrapping up...

What happens when a couple of Cheerilee's students are in trouble and she's forced to make a tough decision?

Under Teen for dark themes and mild violence.

Cover art by Smudge Proof.

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are sisters again, after their long separation and despite Luna's difficulty fitting in.

But there are still questions in Luna's mind, which come forth during a short discussion over one of Twilight's reports.

Every class has its resident dunce. Sometimes more than one of them. We've all seen it before: the idiots who make a ruckus whenever they can, sometimes making everyone else laugh, sometimes just to make themselves look bad. Not that they seem to care either way.

When faced with such a bond, one could say it's just "stupidity seeking out its own." In a way, perhaps they're right. Friendship works in mysterious ways.

That said, when the newest group of foals are brought under Cheerilee's care, she gets to see one such duo form among them: a mouthy joker named Snips, and a slow rascal named Snails. Two troublemakers bound in mischief, with no sign of either of them wanting to grow out of it.

This is their story... or at least some of it.

(Entry for the EFNW 2015 Pre-Con Contest)