When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.

February Write-Off Second Place Winner! Dodge Junction is a foul place, full of fouler people. At least, that's what Sheriff Bismarck wants Applejack to believe. And yet, here, among the dregs of society, Applejack finds an honest soul to help her rid her home town of a fearsome beast - a grizzled old outlaw, desperate for redemption.

Nightmare Moon is back once more and wreaking havoc on Equestria, leaving its towns in total ruin. When the Elements of Harmony have failed in defeating this powerful foe and her army of Diamond Dogs,who could possibly have enough raw power to save all of Equestria and restore it to its harmonious state?

The answer is pretty obvious.

Dramatic Reading: Here!

I am not the original writer, but he gave me permission to post it here: http://fim.413chan.net/fic/res/15524.html#i21894

"Venture into a whole new world where whole new winged unicorns, not alicorns, face off against evil forces unlike anything on FIM. New characters, newer plot, songs too. This is my world." - The description posted on FFNet.

This was posted here after it got many hurtful reviews on FFNet, in the hopes of getting a nicer audience. NO FLAMES PLEASE!!!

A simple Hearth's Warming Eve for Rainbow Dash changes her life forever after a series of tragic events.

Dedicated to my father, may he rest in peace.

Big thank you to Kiwi-Poo, Sean, Pinkemena and Shadowstar for all having a helping hand in making this.

Three years after the 'Cupcakes Massacre', Pinkamena Diane Pie is held in the Canterlot Prison for the Mentally Unbalanced. The state declared that ponies like her were beyond treatment or reason... but one doctor took interest into the mare's case and wanted to crack open her psyche in order to better understand her actions. Soon, a mental game of cat and mice takes place; in which you never know when one will be cornered.

~ Sequel: Dysphoria

[Cover image by LavosVsBahamut]

Awakening to find herself inside the Ponyville hospital, Rarity has to face the consequences of her actions, if only she could remember them.

Why is Lyra really called "Heartstrings"? Why are she and Bon-bon constantly around each other? Why does Lyra never have anything to say?

What -is- this mare's secret?

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P.S. This work is an independent fiction, but also is supplemental material for a future chapter of "On Wings of Change"

P.P.S. Art by xXCiaoBella23Xx of Deviantart

P.P.P.S Thank you Beige Monkfish for Proofreading and editing this on such short notice.

When Twilight Sparkle decided to ask Rainbow Dash for relationship advice she knew that things would most likely end in disaster. But is it possible for the awkward unicorn to somehow claim victory from such a ridiculous plan?

I might have been the most famous pegasus in all of Equestria, maybe the entire world. I might have revolutionized the world of flight, or had my name etched into the main street in Canterlot. I might have been so much different, but what I got instead...I wouldn't trade it for anything.