A quaint old well, a shiny coin, the first star of the evening: all harbingers of good luck and happy wishes. But lately, several ponies can’t even remember making wishes. They certainly wouldn’t have wished for this.

Takes place before “Magical Mystery Cure.”

Got the last of the finalist spots (and most controversial!) in the write-off event “Deal with the Devil.”

Featured on Equestria Daily.

This story is a sequel to Grunts

Following abject defeat, a certain amount of listlessness is to be expected.

Some Storm Guard settled down, tried to build new lives. Others took the chance to go back home in an effort to pick up the pieces of what they had.

One, who hasn't quite decided what he wants to do yet, vists one who most decidedly has.

And what he wants to do is bake.

Sometimes, the very best days are the ones where you don't do much of anything at all. Gallus, an expert napper, certainly believes that little else could be better.

But then, waking from a nap beside your loving husband and getting to enjoy some of his fall fluffiness, well... that might be the best thing of all.

Just a little bit of fluff about a little bit of fluff.

Rarity was prepared, or at least she thought she was. She wanted to ask Twilight Sparkle a small question but why was it so hard to ask her?

Preread and edited by: Lofty Withers and ChudoJogurt

Author's Note: Originally stress writing, that I decided to "patch" up and give to you guys because you are all awesome. Thank you to my patreons for your support!

Art credit to: Art by Funk
https://idrawraritwi.tumblr.com/post/187800129555/chin-up

Support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Nailah

When Twilight returns Cerberus to Tartarus, the last thing she expects to find and happen is to meet the ruler of the realm herself.

Even less so when that pony, Penumbra, turns out to be an alicorn. As she spends more time with the mysterious mare, Twilight finds herself drawn to her.

Unable and unwilling to leave Penumbra alone, Twilight strikes a deal with her to allow her to leave Tartarus. A deal that will change both of their lives.

Five hundred years after the Discord's first defeat, a lone unicorn scientist makes an interesting discovery. Across Canterlot, over the last few centuries, accident rates have increased in the area around the Royal Palace. His work is ridiculed by his peers, but comes to the attention of the Princesses, who know exactly what is happening: Discord is waking up. With Luna and Celestia, he concocts a plan to stop the Lord of Chaos forever.

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Cover art butchered from UnderwoodART's render of the stained glass in S02E01.
This story is based on S1/S2 (Discord was never released and reformed) and sits within my Soot-Covered World canon, but is stand-alone. No knowledge of the other books is required.

All thanks to ascendant, NoeCarrier, turol, KMCA, Caliaponia and billymorph for their prereading and editing over the life of this story.

While visiting Earth, Flurry Heart gets invited to a birthday party. Oops.

Sequel: The Disney Princess.

Recommendsday!

Flurry art is https://derpibooru.org/2059854

Thanks to the folks at the site Discord for idea bouncing and brainstorming.

This story is a sequel to Obsessions

Rainbow Dash has told Fluttershy of her bad thoughts and obsessions, and has promised to tell Twilight too.

She doesn't know if she can do it.

This story is a sequel to Just a Little Batty

For five long years, Nightingale Mooncrest has suffered from a terminal infection of Diamond-studded cooties; she is perfectly alright with this.

A Batty-verse Story Reading the first story first is highly recommended to avoid any confusion.

Cover Art Source
Artist is Kam3E433

Editors/Prereaders:
Dreams of Ponies
Jowijo
Level Dasher

This story is a sequel to Administrative Angel

Discord is having a gloriously unlucky day. First he accidentally got sucked into a human high-school version of Equestria. Then he got stuck there after blowing up the portal home. His life hasn't been this chaotic in ages!

But a burst of reverse future memory is about to convince him to destroy this new world — and the power of Harmony seems to be on his side. Against those odds, it will take the full wit, courage, and magic of Celestia and Luna to save the day.

No, not the Princesses.  That would have been simple.

Rated 'Why Haven't You Read This Yet?' by PaulAsaran! "I can’t stress enough how good this was in all aspects, from the narrative voice to the characterizations to the creativity underlining it all, to say nothing for how much fun it is. ... I greatly enjoyed this and think most people will too, be you a casual reader just wanting to enjoy Discord, a more technically minded one looking to see Discord done right, or someone who just wants a worthy follow up of Administrative Angel."

Recommended by Present Perfect! "The same strong writing and the same authorly voice as the original ... it's thrilling watching a world-ending threat through the villain's eyes."

Silver medalist in the January 2019 "Reversal of Fortune" Writeoff! Significantly expanded and edited for FIMFiction!

Praise for the Writeoff version:
"There are clever stories that make you feel smart, and clever stories that make you feel dumb, and I'm finding this very much in the first category." –Chris
"Things just don't stop moving." –Xepher