Cousin Braeburn, has always been a loud mouth, and always winning the annual Thanksgiving Grudgematch hasn't helped his ego. Big Macintosh aims to take his cousin down a peg with help from Applebloom, in her first annual Apple family grudgematch.

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle have had enough of Scootaloo hiding things and have decided to take matters into their own hooves. Join two thirds of the crusaders as they follow Scootaloo in an attempt to figure out where she lives and what her family is like, all while making wild, and ultimately wrong, guesses about their Pegasus friend.

Other characters tag used to hide things and build suspense. Or not.

Spirit Shine lives a mundane life in a small town. He has always struggled with being different from all the other ponies around him. He hides his true self away from others that would be quick judge him. This has stopped him from finding his special talent and having a happy life. But now he has discovered somepony that might be able to help him accept himself for who he truly is.

cover pic by Ironwolves21

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synopsis
by nerdrugger on funnyjunk

Twilight feels herself lonely in generic fashion, when she spends the Hearts and Hooves Day dateless. And that in spite of the fact she did something about it, too.

Thankfully, some sage advice from Applejack amends the situation.

In Putting Your Hoof Down, Fluttershy only got a chance to dismantle Pinkie and Rarity. What if Twilight, Dash, and AJ were there too? Pic by John Joseco.

Twilight Sparkle never thought it would happen to her, but since coming to Ponyville she's made five fast friends. Now she's ready to take those relationships to the next level... but are they?

After a day on the farm, Rainbow Dash finds the opportunity to ask her long-time friend, Applejack, out on a date. The farmer, however, finds difficulty accepting the proposition, given her reserved social nature and unknown feelings on the matter. Given that the pegasus has been her friend for years, however, she accepts, deciding to see just what they can make of it. Can the two carry a relationship in the midst of personal worries? Can they find the courage to tell their friends?

After rising to stardom following Rarity's first, poorly received fashion show, Vinyl Scratch struggles to adapt to the higher class of life celebrity status bestows. Her personality and own moral values do not mix with the fake, corporate ideals of her agent, and her sponsors are only interested in her as long as she conforms to their expectations. Her life is barely her own and soon she will have to decide what's more important; her existing relationships, her fame and fortune, or perhaps something unexpected in the form of a refreshingly grounded Canterlot Elite who just invited her to breakfast during the Canterlot Music Convention.

A Vinyl Scratch x Octavia story where the two Ponies involved don't instantly form a romantic relationship the moment they meet, and instead allows it to grow over time with good old character development.

All criticism is welcome, and of course some spoilers follow in the comments below so please read cautiously.
Mega thanks go to Cruel September for her fantastic cover art for the story. Go show her lots of love, she's an amazing artist. http://cruelseptember.deviantart.com/

Twilight and Pinkie are waiting for a train. To pass the time, Twilight suggests a game of haiku- a game Pinkie is familiar with, apparently.

The star system Omega Centauri was just another oddity on a map to scientists in the not too distant future. However when they found the star was orbiting an earth-sized, earth-like planet instead of a black hole as its motion had suggested, a mission was scrambled to investigate this most unusual of celestial behaviors.

Hamstrung by politics, and nearly crippled before it began, the 'Lone Ranger' mission was reduced to just one crew member and left to his own devices.

These are the logs of Arrow 18 and its lone commander. This information is classified TOP SECRET by the Global Space Agency.

Do NOT tell the princess.