Lauren Marie Wolfram "Ren" (Fal)cey (Bav)aridge, was supposed to have been summoned into a medieval fantasy universe where kingdoms fight over the freedom of heroes... except she wasn't. Her roommate, Reggie got it instead. Instead of that, she's just a normal young woman who plays MMOs by day and works as a bouncer by night. Or was.

Ren wakes as a smart diamond dog with a new name and a rootbeer flagon pin on her vest after creating a new character in Equestria Online... which really turns out to be a one-way ticket to a new world. She still keeps her prosthetic arm and eye, so there's that.

Entry for the Friendship is Optimal contest.

Wake up at seven, go to work until two in the afternoon, wait an hour for the three forty-five bus, then attend afternooon classes 'till six-thirty. Clockwork, right? Wrong! From eating butterscotch-cinnamon pie for the first time to putting up with a taco-brained siren, Charl's life is far from normal.

On a winter night coming back from Canterlot, Twilight and Spike discover a small igloo at the edge of Ponyville proper, and its occupant turns out to be a familiar cerulean stallion. It is through curry that an already existing friendship between fellow outsiders expands to that of another. Twilight on the other hoof overcomes her aversion towards spicy food, at least for the time being.

Side story to an upcoming fic.

Inspired by THIS song.

Leaf Blade wakes up in the Everfree Forest as a statue with a manacle covering his neck, a strange hunger and no memory of how he ended up there in the first place to a zebra and her earth pony apprentice.

A hundred years into the present day, Apple Bloom is sent into the Everfree Forest for some reagents but is ambushed by timberwolves and survives the encounter because of a magic necklace from Zecora. She eventually meets a hungry, furless minotaur wearing a heavy manacle on his neck.

Editors:
Chapter 1: 8542Madness
Chapter 2&3: sunnypack

Mostly takes place between Season 3 and 4.