Written for Bookplayer's Variety Is the Spice Of Life shipping challenge.

This is a collection of stand-alone "micro-fics" that explores five different Mane 6 pairings in five different situations. I've tried to go for a balance of pairings I like (TwiShy), am indifferent towards (RariLight), and just don't get (FlutterPie), as well as one I adore (PinkieDash). Oh, and there's some RariJack, too.

Losing her first magic duel against Twilight Sparkle did irreparable damage to Trixie's reputation as a legitimate magic user. As a result, she has had to seek a new living as a con artist and treasure hunter. When she hears about a magic artifact that will grant its user three wishes, she knows it's her chance to get the magical power she needs to have her revenge on Twilight.

There's just one catch: Trixie can't get to the artifact by herself. She enlists the help of a humiliated griffon and a good-hearted but desperate Earth pony, but will she share the wishes with them as she promises, or find a way to keep them all for herself?

This story takes place between seasons 2 and 3.

[Cover image made by yours truly using art by Killryde, Turbo740 and a01421 on Deviant Art. If you're one of those people and would like the image removed, let me know.]

After failing most of her classes at Canterlot College, Octavia returns to Manehatten for Hearth's Warming break. Over a weekend of drinking, debauchery and moping, she struggles with her desire to drop out of school and return to the comfort of old friends and romances. That is, if she can keep from alienating all of them.

This story is set roughly six months before the first episode of MLP:FiM, and is intended as an homage to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In the Rye. It was written for National Pony Writing Month 2012.