For the first time in several hundred years, Twilight Sparkle–Alicorn of Magic, Princess of Friendship, and sole Ruler of Equestria–has a friendship problem to solve.
"I am Friendmaker!" -- Twilight is concerned she may one day go insanely evil, as with Nightmare Moon or Daybreaker. Knowing Twilight, you think she's just going to wait for it?
A few weeks before her college graduation, Sunset Shimmer attends Twilight Sparkle's funeral. She'd rather be anywhere else but here. She'd rather think about anything but what role she played—or didn't play—in her girlfriend's premature death.
After losing her sister, Rarity buries herself in her work. Just as lost, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, armed with a personal Ogres & Oubliette's module, try to help the seamstress open more than just her boutique.
After stumbling upon Apple Bloom in a compromising position with a colt, Applejack comes to terms with her little sister growing up and wonders what role she's meant to play in her life. *2nd place in the Most Dangerous Game contest*
After a slight misunderstanding about how far Sandbar and Yona have taken their relationship, Ocellus and Smolder contemplate how far they want to take their own.
Steel doesn’t worry about a colt’s well-being. Railroad cars don’t have much concern for the bodies of ponies. But, despite the dangers, I wanted to be a railway pony. I wanted to be like Highball.
When Twilight and Celestia have an argument about the existence of leap years, there’s only one possible way to settle their differences: a race around the world!
Equestria has fallen to a curse of eternal darkness. Together with the spirit of Luna, a stallion seeks to return the sun and moon to the sky, before the Devourer consumes all.
When you have so little, and another has so much, it’s easy to justify theft. The more precious the commodity, the easier it is to tell yourself you need it more than they do. And what is more precious than time?
Learning how to control your magic can be difficult for anyone. Especially for Flurry Heart, around whom things tend to explode. Just as well she's got a Spirit of Chaos to help her out.
There are a lot of things Diamond Tiara is, and a lot of things she isn't. One of the latter just unexpectedly drifted into her life again. She'd much prefer if it hadn't. [T-2nd Place in the 2019 EFNW Iron Author competition]
The Crystal Empire is hardly where I'd like to be right now—or ever, for that matter. But as long as I'm a guest of the resident royal family, I might as well enjoy the night life... and perhaps, if I'm lucky, their hard-partying daughter too.