Limelight, a new model in Manehattan's coveted runway, gets ready for her big debut. With the help of a fellow model and new friend, the timid mare tries to build up the nerve to make her mark on Manehattan's fashion scene.

Then she gets punched.

(Submission for Equestria Daily's "Rarity Takes Manehattan" Writing Prompt)

Lightning Dust's botched attempt to make it into the Wonderbolts set her back quite a bit. Desperate to show her stuff and find the action she desires, she enlists in the Equestrian Royal Guard.

Not possessing much in the way of patriotism, Lightning ponders what could be worth risking her life over, but a mission into the heart of a dragon hiding spot could provide the answer she seeks.

(My submission for Equestria Daily's Flash Fanfiction Event: Memorial Day Edition.)

Unparalleled flying skills. Limitless charm. A go-getter attitude. Despite claiming to possess such coveted traits and more, Lightning Dust was still unable to achieve her lifelong dream. Years of self-discipline and fine tuning down the drain due to one fatal error, with nothing to show for it but a single nagging question: what was she lacking? With the help of some old friends and the observation of new ones, the confounded pegasus hopes to polish her few flaws and achieve heights most ponies could only dream of.

Breaking the limits of perfection isn't easy, but Lightning Dust obeys no limits.

In a surprise meeting, Princess Celestia reveals the truth behind the friendship letters that Twilight and her friends have been writing. It seems that the maturity and stability of the Elements of Harmony were being judged, in order to determine their suitability as initiates into a secret organization with a grim purpose. Their mission is to defeat an impending "darkness" that hasn't actually been proven to exist at all. But Celestia knows it's coming, so it must be true!

But when only two of the six friends are initiated into the club, what effects will it have on the Elements' friendship? Two unsuspecting mares must adapt to a new lifestyle while still handling their mortal duties, while the remaining four ponies deal with their rejection like mature adults.