Red Delicious has spent his life fighting against the abyssals, and he doesn't intend on stopping any time soon. Silverstream intends to change that, one way or another.

Written for the Quills and Sofas Expanded Universe Contest, in which each author was tasked with writing a sequel to another author's story. This story is a sequel to Dreamer Deceiver's Plumbers Don't Wear Ties and is better understood if you read that first.

Thanks to Moonshot, Flashgen, Bill, Schattendrache, HatMan, Silent Whisper, Zontan, Seer, Drider, Wish, Dawn, StyngerSkies, and Nailah for reading during the contest.

Sometimes, it takes little moments and chance meetings to feel warm again.

My entry to the Right Back at it Again Contest. This story was inspired by two things: the story Coming in From the Cold by Timaeus and the song Dasher by Gerard Way. The story was originally a Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Entry during an open prompt contest where it tied for second.

Thank you to MasterThief, TheLegendaryBillCipher, Koren, Vis-a-Viscera, Seer, N30, Snow Quill, and ScopingLandscape for prereading during/after the contest.

Cover art by Snow Quill! (On Derpi)

Cover Art on Derpi

And as usual, thanks to my editor EverfreePony for editing.

Slid in and out of sandbox between 6/27/20 and 6/28/20.

Featured on EQD for Lyra and Bon Bon day 2020.

This story was an exquisite corpse story written by the members of the My Little Reviews and Feedback Discord server. Join us here!

An exquisite corpse story is a collaborative writing exercise in which a group of people try to tell a story: the catch is that each author can only read what the author before them wrote and must continue despite not knowing the entire story. This was the result.

Cover art done by Moonshot :)

Chapter One: Greatazuredragon
Chapter Two: Lumina Faith
Chapter Three: Moonshot
Chapter Four: Firefoxino
Chapter Five: JPHyperX
Chapter Six: QueenChrysalisForever
Chapter Seven: Nailah
Chapter Eight: Jubal
Chapter Nine: Light Heart101
Chapter Ten: Jarvy Jared
Chapter Eleven: Schattendrache
Chapter Twelve: Stinium_Ruide
Chapter Thirteen: Cyonix
Chapter Fourteen: The Red Parade

The Royal Investigative Service runs an undercover op at a Wonderbolts Show.

Thing I did for a Q and S Speedwriting Entry that placed first (which I don't agree with because the other entries were better but hey). Prompts were 'tightrope' and 'give a lesbian an inch and she'll take a mile.' Yeah.

Fiddlesticks is tired of falling and faded colors.

My entry for PonyFest Online 3.0's Iron Author event, refitted for the May Pairing 2020 Contest.

Written in two hours with the themes 'hippogriff culture, a hobby/career in the arts, and a rare fruit' (although my connections to these were sparse at best). Top ten finalist. Check out the other entries here!

Edited by EverfreePony.

This story is a sequel to Desert Song

While waiting in a diner on a rainy day, Vinyl looks out the window and makes some comparisons.

An unintended sequel to Desert Song. Sofas and Quills Speedwriting entry with the prompt 'Where'd you go?'

Equestrian Listening Outpost Hotel Echo One-One (ELO HE1-1) is tasked with monitoring the sensor array located on the eastern end of Mount Massive and investigating any anomalous readings or activation of any sensor within the area.

Sofas and Quills Speedwriting First Place entry. Written in the span of an hour with the prompt 'Stepping through the door.'

Pre-read by Seer.

Edited by EverfreePony.

And thanks to all you fine folks who read the original edition during the contest.

Entry for the 2020 May Pairings Contest.

"You’ve reached Octavia Melody. I can’t come to the phone right now. Please leave a message at the tone.”

Fiddlesticks makes a long overdue phone call to her sister.

Yet another Sofa and Quills Speedwriting entry. Written in the span of an hour with the prompts 'sad' and 'without a trace.' Placed second.

Thanks to Lofty and Zontan for helping out and to everyone else on the server for leaving comments. Congratulations to Moonshot for winning!

Can we please give Fiddlesticks a tag

Featured from 5/11/20 to 5/12/20. Thank you.

In the middle of the sky, in the middle of a storm, Cherry Berry acts like everything is okay. It isn't.

Written for a Sofa and Quills Speedwriting contest, where it placed first! The prompts were 'pretending that everything's okay when it's not' and 'brace for impact.' Written in the span of an hour.

Entry in the 2020 Original Pairings contest.

Thanks to Lofty Withers (Great!), Moonshot, and RubyDubious from the Speedwriting Server for prereading.

Thanks to The Bricklayer for his thoughts, and thanks to my editor EverfreePony.

Great!

-- Lofty Withers

I read brace and now I hate you for it

-- PonyJosiah13

They grow apples in Appleoosa. Absolutely nothing else happens there. No matter what they tell you.

Yet another Sofas and Quills Speedwriting Entry. The story had to feature the shipping of Braeburn and Gabby and I couldn't help myself because I love writing Braeburn. Tied with Silent Whisper for first place out of three entries.

Featured on Seattle's Angels 6/6/20!