Princess Celestia had envisioned a much more joyful reunion with her sister, after a thousand years of separation. While seeing each other was a tearful event, the sibling she once knew is now different. Luna had become...cold. It feels as though something is...missing.
Fortunately Celestia knows what will cheer her up; a little reminder of the days long gone by. Perhaps one cold, could melt another.

After a long day of flight practice with Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash discovers the filly knows next to nothing about preening and takes it upon herself to teach her.

Warning: May Contain Feels and/or D'aww moments.

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Featured on EQDaily on 09/12/2013 Double Yay!
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When Twilight is testing out a new spell, Pinkie Pie disrupts it, causing a bright flash of light and the disappearance of Twilight and her friends. And soon Twilight and her friends find themselves in a forest seemingly devoid of ponies. How will they get home? How will they survive? How will they...wait, why do those does look so familiar?

The guys deviant.

Celestia and Luna were born as unassuming foals in troubled times. But already marked for greatness, the simple earth ponies stand to face a world set against them, full of danger, fear, and sadness. A world they will change forever.

A sweeping epic taking place before Equestria was made, where Celestia and Luna must rise from normal foals to become the Princesses we know them as, beset from all sides by monsters, other ponies, and even the forces that govern nature. Their tale is as tragic as it is triumphant.

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(Cover and internal art by Madmax)
(Editing credit predominantly Lightside Luc)

This was a one-shot fic written for the flash fiction event on Equestria Daily.

After her exile, Chrysalis finds herself separated from her changeling children. All hope has left her, but in her darkest hour a light will guide her way.

Edited by TheHerpestOfTheDerp
Pre-read by Eeveexpert

The story of a diplomatic crew sent from Canterlot to the Changeling hive, shortly after the events of either A Canterlot Wedding or the changeling appearance in the comics, if you consider that cannon.

Written in response to a prompt from EQD: A story about Queen Chrysalis being happy, but not from successfully taking over any part of Equestria.

I've spent the majority of my life tilling the desolate land in which I live. Every day, I wake up to move useless rocks from one location to another. This is an archaic line of work that my family has clung to for generations. It is a dull, grey existence.

Today, I have woken up in a strange room, lying in a bed that isn't mine. I'm surrounded by five mares whom I've never seen in my life. They claim to be my friends, and expect me to bring joy to the hearts of everypony.

Joy? I don't think I've ever experienced this for myself, so how am I supposed to thrust it upon others?

My name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, and I'm not sure what to make of this situation.

Twilight Sparkle loves being a librarian. She gets to spend all day surrounded by her favorite things in the world—books—and best of all, nopony ruins it by trying to talk to her (or at least if they do, they have to be quiet about it).

But when the new head of the Equestrian Library Association gives her an ultimatum, Twilight's future as Ponyville's librarian will hinge on her ability to face the most horrifying creatures she's ever had to deal with:

No, not her new boss (who's clearly up to no good). Not the cult of the Dark God Cacophonon. Not even the strange book that won't. Stop. Staring. Worse than all that.

Library Patrons.

Twilight Sparkle receives a request from Princess Celestia, who had planned to check up on a project of hers, but now needs Twilight to take her place. Problem is, the goddess of the sun only mentioned where it is, and not what.

When Twilight arrives, she finds her problems have compounded. Her destination has been overrun with changelings and an old enemy has been waiting for her. But what this enemy has in store is the last thing she would ever expect: a pleasant conversation.

Chrysalis has been the Queen of the Changelings a long time. She rose to power, expanded her Swarm, and then, through her arrogance, fell from grace and saw her Swarm destroyed. Now, one of the last of her kind, she reflects on her life, who she used to be, who she has become, and her hope she has for the future, for she has become more than just a new individual, she's become a mother as well.