As with every living creature, once every year, Princess Celestia has a day that commemorates the anniversary of her birth. Given that she is blessed with many wonderful friends and family members, she receives many gifts on her birthday. Some she likes more than others, while some are rather odd.

On this one thousand seven hundred and nineteenth birthday of hers, she receives a large stuffed squid plushie.

She is perplexed.

Chrysalis is desperate. Her hosts for feeding on emotions are depleted. As each day passes, more and more of her changelings wither and perish. Thanks to outsiders entering her homeland, there seems to be no hope for her and her family. Only a miracle could save them.

This is my entry into Equestria Daily's 5th Flash Fiction. The rules state I have to write a fic that involves Chrysalis being happy. The trick? It can NOT result from Chryssie either winning at the wedding, or taking over any part of Equestria as well as be 1500 words minimum.

This story is a sequel to I'm a Cat!

Additional tag: [Cute]

It's Hearth's Warming in the Rainbow household! It's a time of family, fun, and presents. How will Dashie react to her father having to work on such a special day? What gifts will she get? What adorable shenanigans await her and her family?

The quality level of this story was massively improved thanks to Hopeless Appraisal.

Author's Note:
My second attempt at first person Dashie was supposed to be out for Christmas, but you can see how well that worked out. I hope you still find it enjoyable.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders decide they need to expand their numbers, but things quickly go awry when their first target begins sobbing on the spot. Sweetie Belle soon finds herself roped into hanging out with the young colt.

Can Sweetie Belle see past the young colts weirdness and allow friendship to bloom? Can Button Mash fake enough normal behavior to make at least one friend? Will these two hit it off, or are Button’s only friends destined to be the ones in his video games, forever?

Cover art by users Vallis and Novel-Idea

Set in the 'Youngverse'

Princess Chrysalis is excited. Her mother and father, the current rulers of the changeling kingdom, have allowed her to go out into the neighbouring Equestria in order to take part of their annual holiday, 'Nightmare Night'.

Dressed as a ghost and followed by her royal guardian, Obsidian, the giddy changeling steps out to enjoy her first ever Nightmare Night.

Now on YouTube!

Part of the 'When they were Young' series. An expansion on the 'When they were Young' trilogy.

The stories that started the 'When they were Young series'
'To the Moon!
'The Box Queen and the Dracony'
'Operation: Cookie Liberation'

Silly story inspired from the cover art for Halloween by the awesome Aeritus, go show some love!

Thanks to my pre-reader DVAN56 and editor Vexy go give some of their work a look!

Living in Equestria under a false name and racial identity is one thing. Finding out you're not the only one of your kind stranded here is another... especially when that someone and the element bearers are looking for you.

Being my first attempt at a first-person romantic comedy, this takes a slightly different approach to the concept of being a human stranded in Equestria.

Enjoy.

Big thanks to DVAN56 for editing. Go check out his work!

Complications exist.

Celestia finds that she must overcome these in order to achieve her goal.

But discovers, perhaps, that she wants to go a little bit further.

Princess Celestia takes a moment on her birthday to recall the cakes she has eaten and the memories they elicit.

Now featured on Equestria Daily and Las Pegasus Tribune.

Edited by: PropdowPony
Princess Celestia With Cake used with Ric-M's permission

Isolated from her friends and taken prisoner in the middle of a war, Twilight must deal with the very real dangers of being percieved as an enemy as well as the nightmares of her arrival on 'Earth'. Can she overcome her own fears and the fears of her captors? Will the wayward unicorn's assistance be a boon or a curse to the 'humans?' Most importantly, will she ever find her way home?

"In short, it's a story of friendship and plasma rifles, with the emphasis on the friendship. The characters are well written, the XCOM setting is fleshed out very well, and the story is compelling. If you love XCOM, you'll love the story, but even if you've never heard of it, it's more than worth giving the first 3 chapters a read.

There's excellent action later on, but the real strength lies in the collision between the friendly and naive world of Twilight Sparkle and the desperate world of humans fighting a losing war for survival and willing to do anything to turn the tide."

--Arzoo

(XCOM/FiM crossover)
(Cover art commissioned by a friend and created by the magnificent FoxInShadow!)
(Original cover art by the amazing Carnelian can be viewed here!)
(Gore tag for blood and some violence)
(Many thanks to the studius OminousTen, Arzoo, xXFluttershyForeverXx and finally Setokaiva for giving my rambles a once-over)
(Now with it's own TV Tropes page! Get to tropin' folks!)

Most cutie mark stories are happy, exciting tales of finding one's special talent. But not Mac's story. And after Apple Bloom gets into a fight at school, Big Macintosh decides it's time he told her his own cutie mark tale.

Caution: Feels inside.

Spanish Translation: https://www.deviantart.com/spaniard-kiwi/art/La-manzana-en-su-flanco-1022796216