Due to some unfortunate weather management, Twilight is stuck at home with her favourite foal-sitter Cadance. However, that didn't stop them from having some fun together at home. When Twilight's big brother comes home, it seems even the rain has planned a chance meeting of romance.

Inspired by the fanart Fated First Meeting
By artist InuHoshi-to-DarkPen

War has broken out in Equestria and the dragons have taken over. Forced to work in the gulag Shining Armour is left suffering until his friend from the military, Steel Hunk, comes to the gulag. After meeting up they form a close bond and aim for a better life outside of the gulag but along the way Shining Armour falls in love with Steel Hunk.

Once upon a time, Shining Armor approached an unoccupied Rarity with the possibility of trying out an RPG the kirin had sent to him for testing. In response, Rarity threw him out of his own castle. And Shining has no idea why.

Shining Armor has just had the best wedding he could ever, all thanks to his little sister and her friends. Now he's married to the mare of his dreams and it seems he couldn't be happier. But is he really?

With the little time there is before the wedding reception gets underway, Shining opts to visit Twilight both to thank her for her services as best mare, and because he wants to discuss something important with her.

Twilight agrees, eager to have one last talk with her B.B.B.F.F. before married life inevitably pulls him away. But not even she can anticipate what her brother wants to say, what he wants to apologize for. And it isn't just about the wedding.

Twilight Velvet returns home from shopping and has one very important question for her son: why is there a hole in the wall?

Thanks to Noble Thought for editing.

Cover art: The Proper Use of Magic by Ende26.

This story takes place after the events from the episode Power Ponies

Shining Armor and Twilight are spending a few days with their parents for a reprieve and one night the stallion walks into his sister's bedroom. There he finds an odd book labeled "How To Train a Princess" from the peculiar Enchanted Bookstore. Without realizing it he is magically transformed into an alicorn princess and now has to complete a course of strange classes within the tome. The courses will be hard and many will take days within the strange universe that this book constructed. He will have to pass a final test in which he may either turn back into a stallion or remain a princess alicorn forever.

Cover Artist: Pridark

This story is a sequel to For Want of a Horseshoe

Shining Armor's younger sister is many things: studious, awkward, devastatingly brilliant, neurotic, and occasionally, the rebellion's unwitting premier magical researcher in the fight against Nightmare Moon.

What she is not, is an alicorn from the future.

No, this Twilight Sparkle is not Shining Armor's younger sister.

That doesn't mean he's not going to tease her mercilessly, After all, she is still Twilight Sparkle.

A side story to For Want of a Horseshoe. The events herein happen concurrently with Chapter 7. The other stories in this series can be found below.

1. For Want of a Horseshoe
2. A Big Brother's Duty <-- you are here
3. Healing

Twilight Velvet is pregnant once again with her second foal. As she copes with her new bundle of joy she also deals with other trials both mentally and physically during her pregnancy.

There isn't much to be said about the Royal Guard. They serve and protect their country and their Princesses. And Captain Shining Armor couldn't be prouder of them.

But when their competence is called into question, what does he have to say then?

There is an ending to every great story. For Spike, Shining Armor's story will never end. No matter what Twilight, Cadence, or the doctors say.

Spike isn't ready for that story to end. Not yet. There is one more thing he needs to add... if he can find the words to do so.

Commission for Jake The Army Guy

Thanks to Sir Rustbucket, ajvasquezbrony28, Midnight Legend, and Pyrotechnic for editing.

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Rated Teen for thematic elements.