Applejack and Apple Bloom desperately want to get back to the farmhouse, but Winona won't be budged where she lays. What reason could this normally obedient dog have to be so... disobedient?
Shortly before a mission starts, a palace functionary asks the Bearers to consider the medical circumstances under which they would prefer to die. It's a perfectly normal question. It's also something nopony ever wants to think about.
Donut Joe's. The Bakery has been the scene of so many times Twilight and her friends had together centuries ago. The establishment is closed now, the building in ruins. And Twilight takes a trip inside and down memory lane.
She sat in the corner of Sugarcube Corners every day wearing an old ragged stetson. She never took it off, not for anything. For ten years the frayed and dusty hat has stayed upon her head. And one day, the waitress asked her why.
A new family has moved to Ponyville, and Pinkie Pie wants to be their friend. However, as she gets to know them, she realizes there is more to the situation than meets the eye.
What would you do if it was considered a privilege, not a right, to have a child? When the number of stallions in Equestria is at an all time low, what will a mare do in order to become a mother?
Pinkie's run out of helium for her balloons, and she won't be able to get any more for two whole weeks—which is practically forever. Thankfully, she's found one last balloon to hold onto, and she'll never it let it go.
Celaeno does her job and doesn't cause trouble for the Storm King. Most days, she's able to go to bed feeling only mostly empty, but some days... some days are hard.
Freshly founded, news of Ponyville spreads through a still developing country, drawing other earth ponies and some pegasi to join the effort. One of these families happens to have fur on their wings, and the slit eyes of predators. They ain't right.
Long ago, at the top of the world, Love ruled a magnificent frozen empire. Then the sun rose, and darkness fell. (Based on T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.")