Surprise is an average mare, at least to those who don't know the truth. Do not read this story if you are opposed to violence, gore, and death.

Bass Beat, a character from my other story "Out of the Sky," spends her time on Hearth's Warming Eve in Fillydelphia. She does the same thing every year, but she added one thing the year before. This is her story.

Note: This was written last year in a contest on DeviantArt. I'd have posted it here then, but I wasn't here then.

Pan Sear, a cook living in Fillydelphia, has a secret: inside he feels as though he is a mare. Follow him through his journey to "her."

Sgt. Marcus Burns, SAS, is sent into the Everfree Forest by a strange bolt of magical energy, and Ponyville's local drinker stumbles across him.

Ponyville’s not a very large town; most everypony knows everypony else, and one could walk from one end of the town to the other in a few hours at most. However, the town has a rather prominent train station, vital to the transfer and transport of supplies to all parts of Equestria. It’s due to this fact that many unfamiliar ponies can be seen scurrying about the peaceful town, both law-abiding and not.