Derpy and Pinkie fight over which is better. Applejack gives them the idea to mix the ideas, and soon, the two ponies have made nearly a dozen recipes. Upon discovering this idea, Twilight realizes that it could be a big opportunity for both Pinkie and Derpy, and advises the two to go into business.

However, neither really know how to finance a business. Unsure about how to manage such a thing, the idea is nearly scrapped: however, Twilight offers her services. She hypothesizes that it would be a great opportunity both for them and for herself: they would make tons of money, and she would be able to learn things about economics. Perfect material to send letters to Celestia for, right?

[No Twilicorn]

I'll be watching Spice & Wolf over the summer for help with economic troubles for the sake of plot.

Main Plot: Applejack tells her family and friends that she is gay.

In her youth, Granny Smith was part of the movement giving marriage rights to interracial couples. Could you believe that, just forty years ago, many ponies considered it taboo for a relationship to exist between a unicorn and pegasus? Nowadays it's a different story: interspecies marriages happen all the time, and nopony bats an eyelash... as long as they are different genders. It seems that since then, the prejudice has shifted direction towards gay and lesbian couples now.

Lyra and Bon Bon are victims of this prejudice firsthoof, but regardless, they still got married a couple of weeks ago. Upon their return, Mayor Mare- an avid supporter of gay rights- finds herself swarmed with grievance letters from the handful of anti-gay ponies living in Ponyville, which she addresses at a town meeting. The meeting... doesn't go so well. As differing viewpoints clash, many are caught in the crossfire, and buried secrets are revealed.

Derpy isn't the mother of her own children, for she is incapable of giving birth. For some reason, Mayor Mare slips into ancient Equestrian occasionally... and is the sister of her ex-husband. Applejack reveals to her family that she is a lesbian (which actually ends well). [this will be expanded on in future chapters]

Romance tag for Applejack, LyraBon, and DerpTurner (aka DerpyDoc)

Sad tag for Derpy and Time Turner (aka the Doctor), and Mayor Mare's backstory

Rated Teen for allusions to sex. I will eventually write clop scenes (mostly LyraBon), but not right now.

Cover art by WhiteDiamondsLTD on Deviantart

Crossover. However, I just take the basic idea of the video game and transform it. Playing the game yields no spoilers whatsoever. Meaning, you don't have to have played the game to understand this story.

Pinkie Pie is the Priestess of Regeneration: she has to go on a dangerous quest to heal the world, so says the Princess Goddess Celestia. She will be accompanied by her teacher, Twilight Sparkle (no alicorn), and the mercenary Captian Spitfire. She will need protection from the Desians (a mixed-blood race of half crystal pony, and half earth pony) who wish to continue the scarring of Equestria, as well as the monsters who guard each Element of Harmony. There are six elements, and all are required to unlock the path to a tower built by the crystal ponies: the Tower of Harmony.

However, the quest gets complicated. Pinkie Pie's best friends Rainbow Dash and Trixie Lulamoon (Twilight's younger sister), through a cruel twist of fate are banished from their home village by the Desians. And, what's more, the five encounter a global conspiracy. The Exspheres, crystals that give you great power necessary to collect the Elements of Harmony, are actually made by draining the love and happiness out of ponies, ultimately killing them.

On top of that, after the 'death' of a main character, they find that they died in vain, for there is another whole world they didn't know existed. An assassin who had been trying to kill the Priestess, Applejack, turns out to be a good guy, who wanted only to protect her own world. They find a second priestess of this other world, Rarity. And two more ponies whose lives were destroyed by Exsphere research: Big Macintosh- one whose eyes contain no life- and Fluttershy- one who binds herself because of a past sin.

The one ultimately responsible for all the suffering is Night Mare Moon, the grieving sister of the Goddess who sleeps, Celestia. Can the ragtag protagonists convince Nightmare to redeem herself for all her wrongdoings? [Summary will be refined as the story is written]

Rated T for violence and moderate shipping*.

Featuring:

Martel- Celestia

Lloyd- Rainbow Dash

Colette- Pinkie Pie

Raine- Twilight Sparkle

Genis- Trixie

Kratos- Spitfire

Sheena- Applejack

Zelos- Rarity

Presea- Big Macintosh

Regal- Fluttershy

Yuan- Discord

Botta- Gilda

Altessa- Zecora

and

Tabatha- Derpy

*PinkieDash, RariJack, TwiShy, TrixTosh

Pinkie Pie couldn't have a more perfect life. Pumpkin and Pound Cake are with her half the day. When she doesn't have them, she's either working in a place she loves, or with her friends. She wouldn't change anything about it for the world. Fate, however, had a different plan in mind: Her employers and close friends Carrot and Cup Cake die in a gas explosion caused by one of the ovens.

The children are now left as orphans, and are in danger of being separated into foster care. However, Pinkie takes it upon herself to adopt them to keep them together. Now, she'll be taking care of the babies 24/7- with the help of her friends and the rest of Ponyville, of course- willing to sacrifice everything in order to preserve the lives of the two unlucky souls who lost their parents.

I'm contemplating PinkieJack PinkieXRoseluck shipping

[I swear this will be continued... eventually]

Time Turner goes missing: the Tardis doesn't return one day. Or the next day. Or, the day after that. After a week passes, Derpy and Dinky lose all hope of ever seeing him again. Then, things go from bad worse. Nine hundred years ago, Princess Celestia passed a law about custody suits, which contained a fine-print technicality that had never applied until now. The technicality was that if a single parent had a debilitating disability, they lose custody of the child to the state. Unfortunately for Derpy, her clumsiness and lazy eye were officially filed as symptoms of a mental illness. So, the FPS, Foal Protective Services, is forced to wrest her daughter away, much to the chagrin of the entire town of Ponyville. But, they won't take this lying down.

Cheerilee, who minored in law while she got her teaching degree, headlines the defense in the custody case. Can the unity of a town keep a shattered family from breaking even further? Or will the bonds between a mother and daughter be severed permanently...?