Rock studies are far more intense than most ponies realize. Maud Pie finds this one out the hard way when she goes out to the rocky badlands of southern Equestria. Fortunately for her, help will come from the most unlikely of sources, and she may learn a little about life in the process.

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Spike just made a mistake. That's all it was. Letting his dragon instincts get the best of him wasn't really something that he could help, if Twilight reflected on the matter. If anything, it was Twilight's fault for not thinking about it. But everything worked out in the end. Spike was a kind dragon who never intended anything to go wrong. He just needed to be reminded of that.

It has been two years since the human TD ascended to become Princess Antares, and he is settling into his role as one of the rulers of Equestria quite nicely. His loyal guard is strong, his palace is awe-inspiring, and he is beloved and worshiped by ponies everywhere. However, when the Element of Magic is stolen by an old student of Celestia's and taken through a magic mirror while he is visiting the Crystal Empire with the Mane Six, he discovers that another world has been very close by during his whole reign. A rather familiar world at that. Deciding that he is the best pony for the job, he takes his two best soldiers through the portal with him to get the Element back. So, pretending to be a foreign exchange student from Canada, he infiltrates of all things... a high school.

He is less than pleased.

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Cover art by the perpetually awesome SoaringSketches

It is two years since the return of Princess Luna, and Ponyville has been hit with the latest in a rash of disappearances that have stopped and started over the course of about ten years. The police are baffled, as no traces of the ponies has ever shown up, but rumors of a serial killer have been floating around the station. However, when a pony appears in the police station covered in blood, they find out that the rumors have more than a little truth to them, and that the horror stories have only started.

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A Diamond Dog king, feeling bold after gathering an army of 100,000 dogs, decides the best way to flex his new muscles would be to invade Equestria for past perceived slights. As such, he sends a letter to Princess Celestia with a declaration of war.

It goes about as well as you'd expect.

Curse that dratted mailmare!

Bon Bon makes candy. It's just in her nature. She's done it since she was very small. However, many of her usual customers are going to Canterlot, for Doughnut Joe has revealed new pastries and candies the likes of which Equestria has never seen. Bon Bon isn't happy about that, so when she discovers that the secret ingredients for Joe's candies are being transported from Ponyville by Derpy, she gathers some cohorts together to stop that Derpy!

Inspired by the old cartoon Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines.

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It is a dark time for Equestria. Evil in the form of the Changeling Empire has swept over the North Pole, capturing Santa Claus and all of his elven workers. To counter this evil, the Mane Six, led by the heroic Twilight Sparkle, are called upon by the wise and just Princess Celestia to infiltrate the changeling controlled North Pole to rescue Santa Claus and save Christmas once and for all.

Through vastly superior firepower.

A commission that is long overdue. I think you can guess just about how long.

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The despicable woes of being a youth. I despise suffering through them day in and day out, but I fear that I must, but only with the help of my trusted friend Smarty Pants and my BBBFF. Unfortunately, I only find one of them to be reliable, as my BBBFF constantly is wooed by that insufferably chipper foalsitter that my life-givers dump me with constantly.

Well, at least I have you, Mr. Secret Diary.

Written for the Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder Bad Fanfic Contest. Based on the card Best Foalsitter Cadance

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Some days are rainy. Some days are normal. Some days you have to go out and save the world with your friends using magic necklaces.

Some days you have to fight off a schoolyard full of foals who have decided to attack you for no discernible reason. For Twilight Sparkle, this is one of those days.

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Fluttershy and Big Mac love each other, so they want to do grown up pony stuff, right? That's what two mature, adult ponies do. So, they do all sorts of lusty things, because they love each other, and are attracted to each other, and stuff.