Alone and afraid, Sunset Shimmer has been living off of the streets in Canterlot ever since she ran away from home. She is barely holding on as it is and winter is coming soon, and Sunset doesn't know how she's going to survive this one. On a particularly cold night, she's out searching for something to eat when she bumps into the last pony she expects to see walking through the slums: Princess Celestia.

Edited by Alcatraz
Cover art drawn by Dilarus

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Pinkie Pie has planned an epic surprise for her sister Limestone Pie's Hearth's Warming gift this year.

One emotionally volatile mare mixed with newly discovered magical phenomena—what could possibly go wrong?

Written for Cookie Crumbles for Jinglemas 2023.

Limestone Pie goes to Rockville to enjoy the Friday night.

Things only go down from there.

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Preread by Bootsy Slickmane and Dragonborne Fox.
Additional edits by kalash93.
🇺🇦Russian translation🇺🇦 by FoxcubRandy, edited by ColdSky.
Coverart created using vectors by Aethon056 (Limestone), TheSharp0ne (bits), Korikian (bottles and table), and OceanRailoader (background).

It had been a long day of saving the world, and the usually perky pony wanted nothing more than to collapse into bed.

Unfortunately, somepony's waiting at Sugarcube Corner.

Pinkie was fine. She just needed to sleep.

With a review by the Royal Canterlot Library

Twilight Sparkle has been a faithful student at the School for Gifted Unicorns for a number of months now. She has proven to be more than worthy of being Princess Celestia's apprentice and the time has now come to share with Twilight the importance of hatching Spike while eluding towards the future efforts in which Celestia hopes her prized student will accomplish.

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Princess Celestia, tired of the constant pressure that ruling a nation puts on her, decides to take a day off and let Luna take her responsibilities for a day, something the younger alicorn is more than happy to do. She disguises herself as a pink maned pegasus pony named Sunny Skies and decides to go walking around Canterlot without any supervision. Unfortunately for her, not all parts of Canterlot are as safe as the palace, and she finds herself at the wrong end of a gang of muggers, who decide to kidnap her for a ransom when they see how much money she has on her.

Luna freaks out.

Celestia thinks it's hilarious.

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Edited wonderfully by sqarishoctagon and Cloud Hop

Updated cover art by Dominatore

A thousand years ago in Equestria, Luna's frustration and desperation has been building for years and years as her social and political isolation grows, but just before Luna's jealousy and resentment can turn into murderous hatred against her sister, a new event triggars Luna's mental collapse and pushes her over the edge. When Luna by circumstance finds herself alone in Celestia's room she reads her sister's diary out of curiosity and discovers all of the disparaging criticism that Celestia has leveled at her over the years about how much of a nuisance Luna has been to her, but has been too polite to say directly to Luna's face.

Luna and Celestia had always supported and stuck with each other all their lives. Even when the common-ponies critisism and shunning of her was at its worst, the knowledge that her sister loved her kept Luna going. The realization that nopony, not even her own sister valued her or thought she was fit for the throne completely shattered whatever remained of her fragile psyche.

And so Luna just gave up...

She gave in...

If no one wanted her there...

Then she wouldn't stay there...

She would leave.

Canterlot Castle's Royal Guards haven't had the best track record when it came to doing their jobs as Canterlot's defenders. This hasn't gone unnoticed by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

When the sisters pondered the reason for their guards' ineffectiveness, Luna concluded that Celestia's motherly nature toward her guards – as well as all her ponies – had prevented her from ensuring they received the proper training. Therefore Luna volunteered to personally turn the guards into buff, mean, fighting machines.

That is, if the guards could survive what the Princess of the Night had in store for them.

Igneous Pie needs an errand run and Limestone has volunteered. Igneous lets her go, but he sends Maud and Marble with her to keep her in check and make sure she doesn't have another road rage incident. Can Maud and Marble manage the rage of Limestone Pie?

Most likely not.

Vice Principal Luna gets a call from Principal Celestia to come to her office.

One problem, though... Celestia's drunk.

A writing practice from Rated Ponystar!

Coverart made for me by Aunt Celestia!