Starlight is shocked to see that she has a meeting with a student already scheduled the very first day the School of Friendship opens up again for the summer. Ocellus had learned something about herself over the summer, something that she absolutely hates.

Cover art made using vectors.

Sandbar and Yona have gotten closer together since their trip to Yakyakistan. It seems that they can't be separated by anything. However, one night, the colt gets into an incident with a Timberwolf. He seems to be fine, but Yona and their friends start noticing he's getting more aggressive.

A new energy drink is being sold in Ponyville, which is selling like hotcakes. While some are happy to have an extra boost, others like Ocellus, Emerald, and Peridot aren’t so keen this. Things seem to escalate when Smolder can’t help but have a couple of these drinks. And is it just me, or is she bigger than before?

Twilight Velvet gave birth to two kids and didn't expect much out of the ordinary. But when your kids grow up to save Equestria multiple times, it becomes very clear to the rest of the world that they are extraordinary. That means a lot of fame for her kids.

And a heck of a lot of irritation for her.

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News of Princess Twilight Sparkle's School of Friendship spreads across Equestria, and many young ponies want to be students. However, the high demand means not every one of them can get in. In order to see who would be idol students who'd benefit the most from such a school, all applicants are required to write an essay about themselves and why they want to go.

This story follows one of those young ponies, Sandbar, as he figures out what to write about in his essay and maybe discover why he wants to enrol in the school in the first place.

Entry for The Discovery.

Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship, is renowned across Equestria as being perhaps the greatest master of the arcane there could ever be. But Twilight herself knows that there is one pony who, despite not being an alicorn, has managed to successfully hold her own against her. So, despite years of friendship between them, Twilight decides that it's time she and her first student finally settle the question of who is truly the top mage.

Twilight discovers that, even with the collective research, intellect and intuition of the entire Equestrian archaeological community at her back, nothing beats the source material when it comes to archaeology.

Smoulder is more than happy to oblige.

Emerald and Peridot are twin sisters. Like most siblings, they get along well but sometimes they argue. Eventually, the two dare each other to do each other’s activities. However, the twins have two body parts that can tell them apart. With a little help from a certain draconequus, they able to swap body parts and clubs. Now, how long until things go wrong?

Yona has something she needs to talk about, but she gets a little distracted.

The Fluttershark: elusive; yellow and pink; lots of teeth.

Also practices friendship. Underwater.

Swim faster.

Cover image taken with permission from Beach Day by Alasou.

Alternate forms:
* Youtube reading by StraightToThePointStudio
* Russian translation by GORynytch
* Chinese translation by Nova Twinkle
* Spanish translation by SPANIARD KIWI