Community service isn't exactly fun. Sunset Shimmer is learning that the hard way—especially when Saffron Masala keeps cooking extra meals that their soup kitchen couldn't pay people to eat. It's not fun, it's not worth it, and it's never ever ever going to change. And... for some reason, it seems Saffron's okay with that.

Now, six Wednesday nights out from the disastrous Fall Formal, Sunset decides that she might as well ask Saffron why.

Written for the May Pairings 2024 contest. Special thanks to my editors Octavia Harmony and Monochromatic, and to all of my wonderful prereaders. Art by me!

Despair can swallow you up. Cranky Doodle wants to get better, but he doesn't know how.

Entry for the dialogue contest.

Rated T for attempted suicide, discussion of suicide, and psych wards, but with a happy ending!

Fifty-odd years after Twilight Sparkle took the throne, Equestria is in a golden age of technomagical innovation, with concepts from the human world competing with entirely original innovations in an upward spiral of ingenuity that promises to last forever.

… Sorry, make that promised to last forever.

On an entirely unrelated note, two elderly twin unicorns just teleported to an uncharted tropical island.

A double entry in the Dialogue-Only contest and the Tropical Post-Apocalyptic contest. Rated Teen for references to alcohol and almost certain death.

Spike awakens within the Realm of Ninjago after being sucked into the Crystal Mirror after it's been behaving strangely, as a result after he and the Mane 6 investigate it, he is sucked into the Mirror upon hearing a strange voice, and the Mirror is broken which prevents him from coming back in any known way.

Spike awakens on the doorsteps of an old Monastery and is found by a man named Master Wu, who takes him in and lets him join a team of Ninja who all have cool Elemental powers, despite not having any powers.. yet, he's trained as a ninja to unlock his own potential and find his calling. And now Spike's life is being a part of a team who can be a new family with him, and hopefully he can find a way home one day..

Yesterday, a letter arrived in Twilight's mailbox. It was a letter from her parents, asking her to go to their old country house and get some important things before the house was sold. No one had visited the building in years, so it had obviously taken on an unpleasant appearance.

Well, the list of things to pick up is pretty short, so I don't think I'll be here too long.

A treasure trove of historical insights re-emerges after hundreds of years, and Sunny, Zipp, and Dusty Inkstain embark on an expedition to uncover any documents they can. But with centuries lost in Celestia-knows-where comes an unknowable question: What else was banished with the Crystal Empire?

This story is a slightly edited copy of my entry to the Expanding Universes #4 contest, which means it is an expansion of this story by applezombi. I'd recommend reading that one first, but it's not strictly necessary.

A Monster has come to Maretime Bay. A Monster that has the power to bring mares and stallions down. A power not even the darkest hearts could hope to beat. a power that it wants to share.....with everyone.

This story is a sequel to The Glue of Harmony

I woke up to find myself flying in the air. I saw the ground covered in snow hurtling towards me so I braced for impact. After getting up from impact and making friends with some locals, I saw somecreature that I never thought I would see again. The king returns.

In the summer of 1016 at the tail end of a long, bloody war between Equestria and the Changeling Hives, the tides have turned in ponykind's favor. Changeling forces have been pushed back to Vesapolis, and every element of Changeling society has been mobilized against Equestria. Every passing day, the prospect of invasion becomes bloodier and bloodier while peace remains as far away as it has ever been.

Forced into making a hard decision, Celestia sits in her office and awaits the end of the war.

Lil Cheese is starting her first day as intern at Marekham Asylum. Neon Brush is hoping today will be his last day there. Power ponies au.

Rated T for dead bodies, impermanent superpowered death, impermanent suicide.