What Spike saw in the doorway of King Sombra's crystal palace hasn't left his mind. The fear of Twilight abandoning him haunts him through recurrent nightmares. Anxiety taunts him when he's at his most vulnerable, reminding him of all his failures, all his inadequacies, all his wounds.

One night, this fear and anxiety manifests itself in a full-blown nightmare, dragging Spike face-to-face with his greatest fear. What if Twilight never needed Spike in the first place?

Takes place right after the Season Three opener (before Episode Three).

Thanks to RGLloyd for editing.

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Rated Teen for some dark elements.

Discord visits Sugarcube Corner with the intention of purchasing breakfast. When asked why he doesn't just conjure some up with his magic, what results is a profound conversation on the subjects of baking, chaos, and even Discord's social standing.

Edited by: Themaskedferret

All the coolest griffon alive wanted was a little peace and quiet and take a nap in her flat back home in the Griffon Empire after a long day. Too bad her phone starts ringing whenever she tries...

Just a random short fic idea I came up with during a long, eventless overnight shift at work. Hope you all enjoy.

A Diamond Dog king, feeling bold after gathering an army of 100,000 dogs, decides the best way to flex his new muscles would be to invade Equestria for past perceived slights. As such, he sends a letter to Princess Celestia with a declaration of war.

It goes about as well as you'd expect.

Greetings all you readers and welcome to Trottin' on Sunshine. This the comedic, lighter side to the adventures with the OCs created by myself and two other writers. One of them has published her story here if you'd like to read it for later, as we're all tackling separate genres: Elvenangel's The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Griffon Gala. If you love to laugh, crack wise, and you love the relaxed, Ponyville-centric episodes of the show, you'll love this story. We have several ideas in mind and we'd love to hear from you!

A troubled Princess Celestia, wandering her School for Gifted Unicorns late one night, chances upon her young faithful student Twilight Sparkle, who has problems of her own:

She can't catch the Tooth Flutterpony.

What possible advice could Princess Celestia give to her upset young pupil, who is desperately trying to prove that an old ponies' tale is real?

Inspired by Skywriter's How to Remove a Unicorn Tooth (which is a much better story and you should probably go read it, if you already haven't); and, of course, Sir Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (which you should have already read, and even if you have, you should go read it again).

Trixie Lulamoon has always been a theatrical and imaginative filly living in her own world where she gets to be one great and powerful hero or another, and now that she's starting school at the esteemed Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, she hopes to make her dreams come true! But when school proves it may be more then she can handle, the young filly lets her imagination run wild and it brings her on a few adventures inside and out of class!

Crazy Quills had just finished a book signing of her most fan-dividing novel yet. After a freak wind in a snowstorm causes her to crash into the edge of the Everfree Forest, she wakes up to find herself cripplingly injured and in the care of her number one fan, Band Aid. She'll need to rely not only on her friends to find her, but her despair to help her out of the clutches of the crazy pony.
(This story was written by myself and ElvenAngel, and is based on the novel Misery by Stephen King.)