It has been one year since Lemon Zest graduated from Crystal Prep Academy. But while her former classmates are out chasing their dreams, she is unsure of her own life path. One night at a club, she has a most unexpected run-in with an old friend.

Contains: suggestive themes (go-go dancing), mild profanity, and alcohol references (no actual drinking).

This story is a sequel to You're Not Alone

After tying with Canterlot High after the Friendship Games, Principal Cadence is now in charge of CPA. After Shadowbolts earned the money they need for their Spring Dance, with transfer students coming, things will get very lively at Crystal Prep Academy.

Intro Entry of the MLP EG: Crystal Prep Side Stories

Events are After the Friendship Games and after Dance Magic

Story inspired by Cult of Personalities by Teyeson Bee

Sunset Shimmer has been living in the human world for over 25 years, and being on the most wanted list has not been a very pleasant ride. While escaping from some soldiers, she ran into someone she least expected.

This story focuses on the world of
Steins;Gate in one of the several seasonal lines but; it is only improvised for a single chapter story.

This story is for the contest of: Sunset’s Sci-fi shipping x villain competition (July 5th 2023 to August 1st 2023)

This story is a sequel to p-value

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Destabilized by Equestrian magic, Wallflower’s world is dying. For its sake, Sunset had to leave forever. All Wallflower can do is hold on to the last connection they still have: the journal Sunset left behind.

Review

Long-Distance is a wrenching story and more than one of our judges said that, though they won’t ever be able to bring themselves to re-read it, it will stay with us for a long time. Everything is ending, it may or may not be anyone’s fault, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. The time it will take to reach that final tragedy doesn’t make it any less remote. Sunset and Wallflower are separated across worlds, and have only Sunset’s journal to link them. One of them will die and the other will live on. They’re left to learn how to cope with and share and grieve the time they have left.

Long-Distance is superbly written, with just enough detail about the nature of the tragedy to make it feel realized without overwhelming readers with exposition. There’s a novel’s worth of story in this short story, but none of it feels compressed. Sunset and Wallflower’s tightly written, wrenching, and affecting, and the last chapter left us breathless.

--Judges of Scampy's SunFlower Shipping Contest

The result was an emotional tale of making the best out of a bad situation through inevitability and – if you’ll pardon the title drop – long distance. Bicyclette’s work is a delightful story that exemplifies how to Show a hard-hitting story through meaningful dialogue, contextual narrative clues, vivid scene setting, and a firm grasp of the characters and their struggles.

--PaulAsaran, Paul's Thursday Reviews CCCXLVII

Contest

Literal last-minute entry to Scampy's SunFlower Shipping Contest, and now unexpectedly the fourth-place winner. Go read the other entries please, there's a lot of good stuff in there!

I originally pulled this story for revisions after the contest results came out. I regret this, and I am sorry.

Credits

Thanks to Sledge115 for emotional support!

Wallflower dreads having to let Sunset go.

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for the Sunset’s Sci-fi Shipping x Villain Contest

Someone just confessed their feelings to Twilight. Sugarcoat of all people. Someone like her shouldn't have any jealous girlfriends to deal with, right? Surprisingly, she does. And it's herself. Wait, what?

Why is Midnight Sparkle looking at her with those hungry eyes? And why... is she liking it?

(Teen rating because there's inappropriate touching, but no sex scenes)

When Canterlot High goes on a field trip to Camp Everfree, they discover a mysterious magical force that causes strange things to happen around the camp. Add that with a digital entity lurking within the forests of the campsite and keeping a sharp watch on our heroes, Dustin and company are guaranteed have quite the adventure.

There will be drama, laughs, suspense, and romance along the way. So pack your camping gear and get ready to join our group of heroes on a camping trip to never forget.

View the Digitrix here

View Dustin's transformation roster here.

View the Digitalismans here.

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Wallflower and Maud talk to each other on a class hike, and are not very good at it.

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happy literal last minutes of Pride Month!

I fnid mslyef staindng bfeore a gorup of grils. Who are tehy? Who am I? Why cna’t I ueandrstnd my own tohughts?

This fic was written for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the category Experimental. Check out the other entries here.

Huge thanks to The Sleepless Beholder for prereading the fic and to Punished Bean for the cover art!