For the first time in a long time, the Apple Family Reunion is being held somewhere other than Sweet Apple Acres. Big Mac decides this is his chance to finally have some time to himself and volunteers to stay behind to look after the homestead. But time alone doesn't mean that the chores can be ignored.

Berry Punch has had her eye on a certain stallion for a while now, and with his family out of the way, it's the perfect chance to test the waters.

Noticing her Princess' plight, the kitchen mare helpfully offers some of Luna's "special brew" to jumpstart Celestia's day. Chaos ensues when an overly percolated princess can't handle her caffeine!

(Rated "Teen" for the single use of one naughty word.)

Daybreak's story is told here in Sometimes It Takes a Double Shot!

(Many thanks to CaptainBron3y for this live reading!)

Don't miss the unofficial sequel "A Princess Needs her Coffee", a lovely story by my wonderful friend Broman.

It's Fluttershy's twenty-first birthday, and her friends expose her to the wonder of cider for the first time. But how will the adorably shy pony react to this intoxicating new beverage?

Pre-readers: Cockroach42, Oatsmaster, Phearlock.
Cover art by Lurarin.

Being the Princess of Love has grown tiresome for Princess Cadance. She used to enjoy helping bring two ponies together, but lately, ponies have just expected her to help. She feels used and abused - her job seems more of a burden than talent.

After a final unwarranted incident (and one too many drinks), Cadance decides to ship at will... Her will, that is.

Audio reading by Agent Fluffy!

Edited and proofread by Deshlune

Featured 4/17-19/17

This story is a sequel to 'Suckle

Alto Clef, who suffers from stuttering, has a conversation with his new friend, Honeysuckle.

He doesn't stutter once, but it takes him a few tries to get his point across.

An entry in the Weedverse.

Little Honeysuckle follows her mother, Rocky Blossom, around town doing errands.

It's a good way to make friends. Every little foal needs friends, even the ones that wear funny disguises just so they can follow their mother to the market.

An entry in the Weedverse.

It seems that every time I leave out one of my shirts, Fluttershy just has to put it on. She knows that ponies don't wear clothes, right?

So what else could this mean?

An idea created due to Flutterpriest's magnum opus, "Fluttershy Wants In Your Pants".

This story is a sequel to Shoot For the Moon

Luna visits Cadance with an important question on her mind. Cadance is always happy to help out a fellow princess, especially if that princess is her friend, but she isn't sure why Luna of all ponies would need her help, if she can help at all...

Set after Luna Eclipsed during Season 2, but before A Canterlot Wedding. Stand-alone sequel. There's a spoiler-y review here! Buy this story! Contribute to the TVTropes page!

After meeting Princess Luna at Nightmare Night, Twilight Sparkle has something to say to the recently-returned princess. She's sure she saw who Princess Luna was that night and feels a connection to the mare. Twilight Sparkle knows Princess Luna. That should make things simple, right?

Set after Luna Eclipsed during Season 2. Buy this story! Contribute to the TVTropes page!

After Pony Magazine declares Twilight Sparkle to be the most eligible bachelorette in all of Equestria, Twilight finds herself buried under a veritable mountain of bouquets and love letters from all corners of the country. Enlisting her friends to separate the chaff from the wheat, each of them try to find a letter from an admirer who might be worthy of Twilight.

But the others are skeptical of Rainbow Dash's choice - a hastily written poem that came with a messy bouquet that somepony hoof-picked and threw together at the last minute. There's no way something like that could have come from a pony worthy of Twilight's love, right?

There is now a Spanish translation of this story, courtesy of Spaniard Kiwi