Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria...

One week ago, Twilight Sparkle was crowned the fourth Princess of Equestria.  Tonight, Ponyville hosts the 1003rd Summer Sun Celebration, and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna want a vacation.  With two fine young princesses like Cadance and Twilight to take over for them, nothing could possibly go wrong.

(Title image hacked together from vectors by sakatagintoki117 and Chrome-MMVII.)

Sparkler Doo has just started her first summer in Ponyville and already has plans with her family. Why should she have friends?

Anypony will tell you that Princess Celestia is the most amazing pony in Equestria.  She's graceful, she's beautiful, and she always knows just what to say.  Her decisions are wise and her manners are impeccable.  Some might go so far as to say she's completely perfect.

Celestia has a secret, however.  As it turns out, she actually is completely perfect.  She's utterly infallible in every aspect.  And boy, is she sick of it.  

Now she's determined to manage to make just one little thing go wrong.

It won't, of course.  After all, she's perfect.

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Written for the Equestria Daily Pre-reader battle: April 2013- The prompt was "Celestia's terrible secret- Revealed!"  Unfortunately it didn't work nearly as well as I'd hoped, but hopefully someone gets a cheap chuckle out of it.

Trixie appears once more in Ponyville, but something is...off...about her. She isn't speaking in third person. She is convinced that she is supposed to be the Element of Magic, that Celestia is supposed to be the Tyrant Sun, that Luna is supposed to rule as Equestria's monarch - and that Twilight is supposed to be a wanted criminal. Has she gone insane? Or is something bigger beginning - with consequences that Trixie, Twilight, and two entire worlds, can only guess at?

The long-awaited Crisis on Two Equestrias begins at last!

While reading the stories of The Lunaverse can only enhance your reading experience, it is not necessary for this story! It is being written as completely, 100% stand-alone, with no prior knowledge necessary!

Twilight Sparkle, Element of Magic and student of Princess Celestia, has braved many dangers and defeated powerful foes. But on a peaceful afternoon, she will face her greatest challenge: eating some lunch.

With thanks to GlueFactory for helping me edit, and Equestria Daily for featuring me!

Junk, dummies, and ponies! Oh, my!

In this new and exciting global economy, businesses are doing their utmost to reach out to new and expanding international markets. Entrepreneur and self-made hundredaire Fred G. Sanford (and son) is happy to announce that Sanford and Son Salvage has gone the way of those other fly-by-night junk traders, delivering high quality garbage to the most discerning customer.

Whether you're Equine or Bovine, get your behine-d down here to Sanford and Son's, you big dummy.

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Cain’s Years as an independent Commissar were often fraught with not only terror and death, but also of victory and fame. Many of his feats, such as his participation in the Reclaimers’ quest onboard the space hulk Spawn of Damnation and his uncovering of a genestealer cult on the planet of Gravalax that saved the Imperium from the full threat of a Tyranid hive fleet, are well known. However, there are some tales that he dares not tell, either from Inquisitorial order, reluctance to remember such traumatic events, or the belief that spreading the story would discredit him. This is one such case.

-Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

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Rainbow Dash stands atop her father in a crowd full of pegasi. Massive anticipation lingered in the air. The little filly was certain Cloudsdale would get to host the Equestria games.

But what happens when they don't? What will a father do to comfort his crestfallen daughter whose hopes were shattered in a matter of seconds.

Takes place during and after the flashback from the episode "The Games Ponies Play"

Cover Art by John Joseco

Story Idea Based on Fic by: Colt in the Moon

Rainbow Dash has a problem. She's done reading the last of the "Daring Do" novels, and the next one isn't set to be published until the summer. She tells her troubles to Tank, and in the process realizes that if other ponies can't write fast enough to keep her reading, then maybe she should try her hoof at writing stories of her own. They say to write what you know, and Rainbow Dash certainly does know adventure. But writing about yourself isn't very cool. Tank, on the other hand, is awesome enough to deserve stories of his own, only nopony knows that. Yet.

— Featured on Equestria Daily.

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After months of practice, trial, error, and research, Twilight finally perfects the Wing Casting Spell. Her friends are more than excited to see the fruits of her labor. All her friends except for Rainbow. Why is the cyan mare so hesitant to congratulate Twilight?

Prior to Season 3.

Story seven in my Twidash Challenge: Slice of Life Theme

Cover Image by Psychodikdik