Applejack loves Hearths Warming Eve not just because of the festivties, the friendships, the family, and the love. But because she is reminded of how much she is blessed with. A home. A wife. And a daughter.

All of which are the best presents she could ever ask for.

A simple Christmas Story I wanted to do. Nothing more. Nothing Less. Merry Christmas to all.

This story is a sequel to Rainbow Factory

Cloudsdale Weather Corporation has been running without incident for over twenty years. That is, until two foals manage to avoid being processed and find themselves in the haunted bowels of the massive facility. Can they make it out of the abandoned factory with their sanity intact? Will they uncover the secrets even a company as dark as the CWC is ashamed to keep? And what of the workers who help ensure that, in the end, not a single soul gets through...

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—[TVTropes Article]—[Plagen Shiki's Reading]—[The Song Inspired by the Story]—

Thirty moons of annoying bragging from Rarity.
Three years of jealousy and annoyance.
Sweetie Belle was fed up.

Ever since the historic battle of Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer 3 years before, Sweetie Belle had been curious beyond words. How could such powerful magic exist in the universe? How is there a world of equines?
"It's the magic of friendship darling," Rarity said countless times.
That answer never satisfied her.
One afternoon, Sweetie Belle discovered that the fabled magical portal had reopened for the first time in 3 years. She called her two friends, Scootaloo and Applebloom, and explained the news to them. They were unbelieving, but decided to travel with their best friend into the portal. When they got to the other side, they were indeed in Equestria, but it wasn't what they expected. It was a tragic world of disharmony.

The mane six take shelter in a place that is, for now, safe from a disaster occurring outside.

This gruesome tale of violence and death is not recommended for colts, fillies, or the faint of heart.

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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Reading by TheLostNarrator (excellent!): Here
Reading by DRWolf: Here
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Riffed by Draklox: Here
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Chinese Translation: Here

Something I just couldn't get off my mind until I wrote it down. Be warned: the ponies in these battles really go off on each other. Almost exactly like it is in "Epic Rap Battles of History", except with less cursing. There's plenty of verbal bashing, though.

Vinyl Scratch is the DJ for most of these battles, and will be doing the all-caps commentary (except for the ones she's in, of course). OC tag because of slight self-insert.

I've heard that this story is better when read with someone else. You know, with each person doing one half of the rap battle?

List of Rap Battles (as per request)
#1: Twilight Sparkle vs. Rainbow Dash
#2: Pinkie Pie vs. Rarity
#3: Spa Sisters vs. Flim Flam Brothers
#4: Octavia vs. Vinyl Scratch
#5: Angel vs. Gummy
#6: Derpy Hooves (Ditzy Doo?) vs. Lyra Heartstrings
#7: Princess Luna vs. Discord
#8: Scootaloo vs. Pipsqueak
#9: Fluttershy vs. Screwball
#10: Apple Bloom vs. Diamond Tiara
#11: Trixie vs. Featherweight
#12: Silver Spoon vs. Spike
#13: Sweetie Belle vs. Queen Chrysalis
#14: Applejack vs. Carrot Top
#15: Bon-Bon vs. Lyra Heartstrings
#16: Twilight Sparkle vs. Rainbow Dash (rematch!)
#17: Big Macintosh vs. Shining Armor
#18: Iron Will vs. Photo Finish
#19: Gilda vs. Prince Blueblood
#20: Nightmare Moon vs. the Doctor (Doctor Whooves)
#21: Princess Celestia vs. Princess Luna
#22: Snips and Snails vs. Twist and Ruby Pinch
#23: Braeburn vs. Soarin'
#24: Zecora vs. Cheerilee
#25: Winona vs. Opalescence
#26: Derpy Hooves vs. Pinkie Pie
#27: Spitfire vs. Daring Do
#28: Princess Cadence vs. Queen Chrysalis
#29: Babs Seed vs. Lightning Dust
#30: Sunset Shimmer vs. Trixie *
#31: tba

Picture by Silversnow here on this site.

...should there be a 'sex' tag, considering some of the stuff brought up in the rap battles?

Seasons one and two are now complete! Season three is being continued in The AppleDash Project: Wherever Life Takes Us.

The AppleDash project is a series of short fics attached to various episodes, detailing a relationship between Rainbow Dash and Applejack behind the scenes. The stories take place sometime during or shortly after the indicated episode.

This is not meant to start shipping wars, argue that AppleDash is canon, or offend other shippers. In fact, if you like the idea I encourage you to try it with other ships!

Teen rating means that there may be talking about sex, and there is one line of dialogue that takes place during intimate relations, but it's warned for and skippable. Nothing sexual is described.

I try to write a shipfic about Pinkie Pie, but she has other plans...

THIS STORY IS INCOMPLETE!
All of my muscles ached.
I couldn't move my wings.
I was tired. I snuggled up into the blankets of my bed and tried to sleep.
There was somepony whispering beside my bed.
I opened my eyes to see a purple unicorn staring at me.
"Rainbowdash your awake!" she shrieked.
What? Rainbowdash? was she talking to me?

Scootaloo still doesn't have her cutie mark. She still hasn't found what makes her special. And she's slowly getting left behind. What will happen when her friends move on? When her idol can't help her? When her parents give up? What happens when life becomes too much for one filly to handle?