For a human that ended up in an alien world full of talking ponies, you've been living a surprisingly boring life. Sure, you have friends and go on adventures and stuff, but you don't really have a "purpose" per se. At least, you didn't until about a month ago, when a "heinous villain" that had been turned to stone went missing from Canterlot. Now, there's a washed-up queen crashing in your basement and stealing your love.

If only you could get her to admit that she doesn't actually steal it from you.

As Rarity stepped into her workroom, her sewing machine stashed in the corner and half-finished designs chucked into an overflowing trashcan, she felt her already hollow heart somehow crumble further, still in denial over one simple fact: 

Rarity used to be a designer. A good one and a bad one all at once.

But... she wasn’t a designer anymore. 

And if she wasn’t a designer, then she had no use to anypony. 

And if she had no use to anypony, she was worthless.

And if she was worthless, she was better off dead.

Thank you to Maxima for the cover art, and to Jykinturah and RBDash for seeing the absolute worst parts of me as I went through hell last year yet staying with me as if it was the most natural choice in the world. Thank you as well to my supporters on KoFi and Patreon for having faith in me even when I didn't.

Anon was holding Princess Celestia's forehooves.

He doesn't know if she liked it.

She did. A little more than Anon thought.

Dedicated to the horse homies, NorrisThePony (you're welcome) and Odd_Sarge (who will most likely ask me why I'm SMIRKAING again).

Art by blackkaries (linked in source).

Now with an audio reading done by The Mystery Fluttershy Fan!

No one gets along with Pinkie better than herself. This only proves further true when she meets her human counterpart, and they form a kinship comparable only to the love they both have for their families.

However, they inevitably come to learn the relationship they have for their respective families may be more different than they would have guessed.

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Preread by the lovely David Silver, the amazing Lunaria, and the wonderful RB.

Spike gets two special guests one sunny afternoon at The Castle Of Friendship, and soon Twilight's attention is taken by some very strange noises coming from his room. What could be going on in there?

Twilight is a fascinating person, and anyone who knows her would naturally be curious to get a closer look at what makes a girl like her tick: likes, dislikes, habits, and interests. No one is merely who they present on the outside, and the complexities that lie beneath might shock you. But how close is too close? Will you cross the line?

This story is an alternate turn of events in the episodes Cutie Re-mark Parts 1 and 2

Starlight Glimmer's plan was to get revenge on the mane six by going back in time to stop Rainbow Dash from performing her Rainboom as a filly. This would cause a ripple effect and prevent the mane six from ever becoming friends, which meant they would never have ruined her plans for "Our Town." But when Starlight performed her time spell, she somehow screwed it up, not only turning herself into a foal but had gone further back in time than she intended. Now as a foal, she will need help from the baby versions of the mane six to help her fix her mistakes and get back to the future.

Editor Superpinkbrony12

Cover artist Pridark

Celestia awakens in a strange new place, her back aching with throbbing pain. The diagrams on the wall look like spines, but not pony ones. Was that a place to find help, or was something far more worrying afoot?

My entire life, I've been told I'm worthless, a mockery of the greatness my appearance foretold. I was born with the potential of a goddess, some would dare say I was the reincarnation of our lost Princess, but shortly after I came into this world, it became perfectly clear what I really was.

Fake. Weak. Unworthy.

For years I wallowed in the shadow of another, burdened by a legacy that I never wished to have. Until one fateful night, salvation answered my prayers. Now I share my story with those who would care to hear it, in the hopes that it might be a light in the darkness, a beacon to the lost souls of the world.

My only wish, is that the sins of the past, may never again be forced upon those like me.

The lost. The forgotten. The Shadows.

The newest student to the School of Friendship, a diamond dog named Ruff, gets teleported to Cloudsdale.

Starlight is panicking, Twilight is upset, and Ruff just wants to learn about friendship. Hopefully Starlight can fix all this before Twilight tracks her down, right?

Story inspired by Axolotl222's comment on another fic of mine.

Art by vensual99 on Twitter. No link because their page is NSFW. Source goes directly to the collab this is associated to, though.