Note: this is an indirect sequel to "No Longer Lost," taking place several years in the future.  Cover art by MadHotaru.

Scootaloo is a brash, confident, no-nonsense kind of filly who acts first, thinks later, and isn't particularly concerned about consequences.

Silver Spoon is a proud, slightly timid, well-to-do young pony who would rather follow than lead, and has been friends with Diamond Tiara for as long as either pony can remember.

They have always hated each other, and they always will.

Well, unless their teacher Cheerilee throws a wrench in the works...

It could have been just another night.  Instead, Vinyl Scratch leaves a show to find herself suddenly presented with a chance to make a difference in the life of a filly no one else will look twice at.  Now if only she can convince Octavia she's not making a huge mistake...as usual.

Note: This story now has an indirect sequel set several years in the future in The Most Unlikely Places.  Cover art by 1n33d4hug.

How do you cope when all your friends are dying of old age around you, but you seem not to be growing older at all?  Twilight Sparkle tackles this problem for herself the only way she's ever known how: research, and then contacting Princess Celestia for advice. The explanation she gets is nothing like what she could have expected, and it will change Twilight's life forever.