After a long summer filled with magic shows, Trixie comes back to Ponyville to spend the winter freeloading at Twilight's castle. However, she finds out that a lot of things changed when she was gone.

For starters, there's a monster in her bed.

Preread by Cinder Vel, Bootsy Slickmane, and Dragonborne Fox
🇺🇦Russian translation🇺🇦 by repitter
🇺🇦Russian reading by Demicorn Masterrace🇺🇦

Coverart vectors: Trixie by FamousMari5, Starlight by DashieSparkle, background by Magpie-pony

This story is a sequel to Ultimate Spiders and Magic: Episode IV "Friendship Games"

Peter is undergoing the mother of all mutations, and he becomes the terrifying Man-Spider! The Rainbooms soon take it upon themselves to take down the monster as it roams throughout the city, but they are in over their heads, leaving Fluttershy to team with the unlikely alliance of Logan and Kraven the Hunter. Can this ragtag group stop the Man-Spider and restore Peter's humanity before he is lost forever?

Coverart done by jmkplover and edcom02

Special thanks to this group of editors and proofreaders! Regreme, Azu, Commander Stelios, Titan Commander Sebaste, and Marvelsoldier

Of course Cup Cake has heard the rumors surrounding her foals, at first she paid it no mind, but as days turned into months, the blue baker has finally had enough and snaps like a rubber band.

See what one mare will do to dispel the naysayers.

Inspired by The Descendant's Mr. and Mrs. Cake ship fic "A Sweet Taste of Cake" and the odd behavior of a friend of mine who wallpapers his bedroom with his STD results.

An infiltration attempt goes from ‘wildly successful’ to 'weird and confusing' in record time.

Thanks to Tired Old Man for edits, suggestions, and helping with the title. Also thanks to Nova Quill for her edits and suggestions.

What does a mayor do? On a good day, you get to nose over an award. It helps if you can make sure the weather schedule comes off on time. But more than anything else, it's about leadership. Taking responsibility for the safety and comfort of all those who live within your domain. That's how it's supposed to work. The mayor is the one who makes sure everything is under control.

This is Ponyville. Marigold is fully aware that on a typical day, approximately nothing will be under control. But when it comes to protecting those who live there, she still has to do whatever she can.

If there's anything left which she can do at all.

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Cover art from a vector rendering by DaAfroMan.

This story is a sequel to Making Equestria Something or Other Again

How long was Mayor Mare out-cold? No one really knows. But what we can say is that the world has changed quite a bit and she needs bringing up to speed. Fortunately, her friends are there to do it. Also Discord served as the interim mayor of Ponyville for some reason.

Rated "T" for flippant and callous discussion of death and alcohol.

This story is a sequel to Home Is Where The Sanity Isn't

Ponyville's train station, having lain in ruins for years, is finally repaired. Mayor Mare shows up, hung over (of course) to give a speech, but the crowd has other grievances on their mind. So does she. Both involve an impending tribunal in Canterlot.

Ponyville is a special town. Its ambulance requires special equipment.

A collaboration between Samey90 and Sockpuppet!

Authors' notes.

Audio reading (quite excellent).

Whenever Luna asked Celestia to build a snowmare with her, they never seemed to have the time.

And then their time together was lost for a thousand years.

Written for Pen Stroke for Jinglemas 2022.

This story is a sequel to Schadenfreude Does a Thing

Schadenfreude does not like magic. Whenever it shows up, he gets hurt. Now, he has his own, personal curse to deal with, and had no one left to ask but the Rainbooms.

Who, if they can stop laughing, are more than willing to help fix his problem.

Oops, sorry. Hers. His? It's complicated.