It's the anniversary of a very important day in Apple family history. Important, but tragic. Granny locks herself in her room, reminiscing about what happened that day and why none of her grandchildren will ever be told the true tale.

A Full-cast reading can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74nfWdVlkso&t=1s

Granny finally admitted to Apple Bloom that Bright Mac and Pear Butter were just "missing". So she's taking things into her own hooves, with the help of her two crusader friends of course! The three brew a "Finding Spell" that will lead them to her long-lost parents at last, but she might not be completely prepared for what awaits her at the end of her journey...

Be sure and check out the fanfic reading/production here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugHtaO1Bvog&t=21s

I got that new app game "My Little Pony: Friendship Quest", you know, the one where you go around as Twilight Sparkle and have to make new friends to win coins and prizes? Maybe it's just me, though, but I've been getting a lot of glitches in my game since the new update... Snuzzle won't leave me alone.

Fluttershy has seen her share of tribulations and tragedies in her time taking care of animals. She realized that the thing she hated the most was to see them suffer; especially when there was no guarantee that they would recover from an ailment. Fluttershy knew the kindest act she could ever do would be to release those animals… and ponies, from their misery. She would be their Angel of Mercy.

Be sure to check out TheLostNarrator's full-cast reading of this story on her channel!
https://youtu.be/PIEWKy1TmjA

(Special thanks to Danny's Art Den for the artwork!)

Cheerilee dwells alone in sterile white rooms. The disembodied voice that calls itself the Chancellor tells her she has an important task - a duty to her students. Come what may, Cheerilee is a teacher. She will do what she must.

Second place winner in the Quills and Sofas 'Cheerilee' character contest.

A filly waits in a small white room. Waiting for her friends to visit. "Hi! I'm Silver Spoon and I'm the Perfect Patient! What medical symptoms would you like to treat today?"

Winner of the Magic Fades and Science Grows contest on Quills and Sofas.

TW for lots of gore and emotionally cruel treatment of a child. Read with care, and if emotional child abuse is something you've experienced perhaps steer clear of this one. I think my initial trigger warning wasn't extensive enough, so apologies if anyone was disturbed by the content. This is a grimdark look at sentience, souls, and the way people/ponies treat things they perceive to be inhuman.

Celestia pays Twilight and her friends a visit.

It has been a very long time since she saw them last.

Queen Chrysalis is happy. She can't stop feeling happy. She is strapped to a table, being experimented on, and she cannot stop being happy. How will she pass the time?

Written for Equestria Daily's fifth flash fiction event.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/07/flash-fiction-event-5-love-me-love-my.html
Picture credit to KillerSteel

After getting their cutiemarks, the Cutie Mark Crusaders realize that the symbols on their flanks means something. That they are bound together forever, and the markings will not let them separate for even a moment.

Only death will do them part they think. But even then, will it?

In a yard, all alone, a pony whiles away the time caring for the lawn and the roses. Roseluck can understand that, to a point. And she's determined to help.

First-place winner in the /fic/ write-off "Lost in Translation."

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Reading by obabscribbler, Present Perfect, Goombasa, and Reverb Brony.