Stories about Adoption
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Adoption as plot-central

Stories about an adoption.

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EHow to Preen Your Chicken
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
After a long day of flight practice with Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash teaches the filly a little about preening.
Rainbow Dash
Scootaloo
Drakkith · 2.8k words · 3,832 48 · 42k views
EOf Lilies and Chestnuts
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Unable to have a child of their own, Canterlot socialites Fancy Pants and Fleur give adoption a shot. Enter Chestnut—a filly from beyond Equestria who will quite possibly turn their life upside down.
OC
Fancypants
Fleur de Lis
Bat Pony
Prane · 43k words · 1,931 24 · 18k views
TWhat a Strange Little Colt
MLP: FiM
Drama
Slice of Life
Rainbow Dash finds a maimed, unconscious young colt on the edge of Ponyville and rushes him to the hospital, but nopony knows who he is and something about him seems off...
Death
Profanity
Human
Twilight
Rainbow Dash
OC
Lynwood · 106k words · 3,173 49 · 33k views
TNight's Favoured Child
MLP: FiM
Adventure
With her new apprenticeship under Nightmare Moon, Empress of Equestria and Queen of the Eternal Night, the orphan filly Twilight Sparkle plunges head-first into the conspiracies, secrets and intrigues of the Empire.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Luna
OC
Nightmare Moon
Municipal Engines · 151k words · 3,758 62 · 46k views
EYou Can't Always Get What You Want
Equestria Girls
Drama
After the Fall Formal, Principal Celestia discovered that Sunset has been living in the school clock tower. Now Sunset needs to find someone willing to take in a teenager whose issues have magic powers, and beggars can't be choosers.
Zecora
Sunset Shimmer
bookplayer · 7.8k words · 714 6 · 13k views
TA Taste of the Good Life
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
A down-on-his-luck chef from Manehattan moves to the rural town of Ponyville as part of a get-rich-quick scheme. But he gets a bit more than he bargained for.
Scootaloo
OC
Eakin · 70k words · 2,360 36 · 20k views
EFirst Hours
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
These are Nyx's first hours.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
OC
Pen Stroke · 5.4k words · 2,402 42 · 31k views
TThree Gems and a Scooter
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
Slice of Life
For Rarity, what starts as a simple quest to help her sister turns into an unexpected journey of what family really means.
Rarity
Scootaloo
RaylanKrios · 73k words · 1,363 24 · 14k views
EFinding Home
Equestria Girls
Slice of Life
Sunset Shimmer has to live somewhere right? But where and how did she get there?
Human
Sunset Shimmer
Principal Celestia
Cirrus Sky · 38k words · 1,293 23 · 32k views
EJust Words
MLP: FiM
Sad
Slice of Life
Tragedy
Twilight is adopted; Celestia is unsurprised.
Twilight
Celestia
Other
device heretic · 5.6k words · 2,489 62 · 35k views
TPast Sins
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
Slice of Life
Can Nightmare Moon, reborn without her hate, ever escape her past?
Alt. Universe
Twilight
OC
Nightmare Moon
CMCs
Pen Stroke · 202k words · 12,552 382 · 196k views
EHelpless
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
This story is from the point of view of a blind, orphan filly named Anthea. All she wants to do is show that she is capable of taking care of herself. She does something incredibly risky to prove that she is. Will it work? (Adoption story)
Fluttershy
OC
Main 6
kilala · 5.8k words · 456 6 · 9.3k views
EA Mother's Love...
MLP: FiM
Sad
Chrysalis is dying and she has but one thought on her mind. When she is gone from the world, who will care for the one thing in the world she values above life itself?
Celestia
OC
Chrysalis
Mayhew Cullen · 6.8k words · 894 18 · 11k views
EHooves Holding Hearts
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
Can Lyra and Bon Bon navigate the twisting waters of the foster care system to finally become parents! Even if they succeed, can they make a connection with a child without breaking their own hearts?
Lyra
Bon-Bon
Paleo Prints · 28k words · 594 10 · 8k views
ETrixie Lulamoon and the Horrendous Hypothesis
MLP: FiM
Drama
Slice of Life
An older, wiser Trixie Lulamoon just so happens to have a somewhat above average student.
Twilight
Applejack
Trixie
Big Mac
OC
kudzuhaiku · 29k words · 824 19 · 8.3k views
EWhen Consequences Come Home
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sometimes, consequences come home
DJ P0N-3
OC
Octavia
Maud Pie
Twilight Velvet
kudzuhaiku · 7.7k words · 332 5 · 3.3k views
EA Sparkle of Hope
MLP: FiM
Drama
Slice of Life
A young boy, a little girl, a chance encounter, and a big heart. All of these things will lead to changes in the Sparkle household that no one is prepared for, but will enhance their lives in ways that no one expects.
Alt. Universe
Human
Twilight
Spike
Celestia
Twilight Velvet
Night Light
TheSillyDuck · 20k words · 537 12 · 8.7k views
TThe Ambassador's Son
MLP: FiM
Romance
Adventure
Comedy
Sad
A colt loses his family, Celestia deems his best hope lies not with ponies, but a dragon.
OC
Other
Midnightshadow · 85k words · 1,035 31 · 17k views
EEnter the Dragon
MLP: FiM
Drama
Slice of Life
Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Dragon have a heartfelt discussion about the future of another dragon egg.
Twilight
Spike
kudzuhaiku · 2.4k words · 464 10 · 6k views
EA Fateful Flurry
MLP: FiM
Comedy
Drama
Slice of Life
Flurry Heart wishes on a star, hoping for a twin sister to make her mother happy. Unfortunately, she messed up in a few ways, and now I'm here.
Alt. Universe
Human
Luna
OC
Cadance
Shining Armor
Flurry Heart
FIygon · 135k words · 1,403 47 · 13k views
TI'll Always be Here for You
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sad
Slice of Life
After Rainbow finds Scootaloo trudging beneath her house in a vicious snowstorm, she takes her in, only to discover something shocking.
Twilight
Rainbow Dash
Scootaloo
The Abyss · 92k words · 4,162 179 · 60k views
TAh'll Protect You
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sad
Slice of Life
When a creature arrives in Ponyville, Applejack takes her in. She slowly begins to realize why she wants to protect this girl.
Human
Applejack
OC
Lilsane · 1.9k words · 718 22 · 11k views
TSoaring on Little Wings
MLP: FiM
Romance
Drama
Slice of Life
A small foal is found in Cloudsdale, but Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles know nothing of the humanity within.
Human
Alt. Universe
Rainbow Dash
Scootaloo
OC
Windy Whistles
Bow Hothoof
tom117z · 113k words · 969 36 · 15k views
ELonely Winter Nights
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
Slice of Life
Scootaloo, alone on the streets of Ponyville, faces the harshest and coldest winter she's ever experienced.
Fluttershy
Rainbow Dash
Scootaloo
GigaBowser · 19k words · 736 26 · 19k views

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