My name is Luke Vaneer. I don't know how I got here or what I'm doing here in the first place, but this crazy, backward world of Equestria... is actually quite nice. I've managed to find myself a job, a place to stay, and I've become good friends with the town's local heroes and other friendly ponies.

However, what I may be missing in my life, even before I was transported to this world, was love. I was never a ladies man, nor was I always outgoing. I've always thought love would find me, but luckily this Hearth's Warming I think I may have a chance to shoot my shot with a certain blue pegasus I've been crushing over.

Four years ago Vinyl and Octavia broke up. It was messy, painful and left scars on both of them. Four years on, now one of the most successful DJs in Equestria’s history, Vinyl receives news that Octavia has been in a terrible accident. The doctors say she may never recover from her coma, but Vinyl refuses to believe them. There are all sorts of stories about coma patients who are brought back by the voice of someone they care about, right? No matter what anypony else says, offers or threatens, and no matter what it costs her personally or professionally, she is determined to stay by Octavia’s side and do all she can to wake her.

But four years is a long time, and no matter how many fairytales end with the princess waking up, real life owes no-one a happy ending.

Featured on EQD - 3rd August 2013

Now with a fabulous dramatic reading by the even more fabulous Goombasa!
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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This story is a sequel to A Family for Cozy Glow

Cozy Glow, along with Twilight, goes to the Crystal Empire to see Flurry Heart, the ruler of the Crystal Empire. Feelings of love will blossom in the pegasus mare. The problem is that Cozy doesn't know how she will confess to Flurry Heart. Will she be able to declare herself? And will Flurry feel the same as Cozy and accept to be her marefriend?

After leaving the Wonderbolts Accedemy, Lightning Dust was never the same. Bitter, scorn, and down trot, she ventured her way through Equestria only for doors to be slammed in her face repeatedly, when no one else will help, she turns to the last pony she'd ever expect to forgive her for her trangressions, will Rainbow Dash forgive her, or will it lead down a dark part for our heroine?

Originally written for Quills and Sofa's speedwrite prompt of "Never should have come here."
This is the extended version. I didn't think to copy the original speed write, so you get to see this.

Preread by: https://www.fimfiction.net/user/302575/The+Red+Parade, https://www.fimfiction.net/user/218083/Cosmic+Eclipse, ninja
Edited by: No pony. My editor has been really busy! (All mistakes are my own.)

Art credit to: https://www.deviantart.com/poniesplus/gallery/

This is the story of a very ordinary pony's extraordinary day. Carrot Top and Derpy are good friends indeed, and sometimes friendship can lead to wonderful surprises. It can also lead to arguments, frustration, and general grumpiness, of course, and this story has all of those things as well. But mostly, this is a story about the day Carrot Top learned how to fly.

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Originally written for the Hearth's Warming Care Package contest. Many thanks to the contestants who commented on this story, to my EqD pre-reader, and especially to Sessalisk, for helping to polish this story to its present state. Cover art by the incomparable Elosande, used with permission.

Fanart here, courtesy of lalieri!

Audiobook here, courtesy of Deftfunk and Scribbler!

Now available in Spanish, courtesy of SPANIARD KIWI.

“In every generation there is a chosen one. One mare who will stand against the demons, the monsters and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.”

Bon-Bon never asked to be a monster-killing secret warrior of the night. It's a lonely life in which she cannot afford to get close to ponies. After previous losses took their toll, she has closed off her heart and dedicated herself to never letting herself love anypony ever again.

Then she is sent to Ponyville.

Then Twilight Sparkle is sent there too.

Then Princess Luna returns from the moon.

Not to mention that darn unicorn neighbour Lyra won’t leave her alone.

And suddenly everything becomes much more complicated.

After beating the Templars, the Apple of Eden explodes and takes Ezio to the outskirts of Ponyville, which is the front line where the Assassins and Templars fight regularly in a war for Luna and Celestia, respectively. He can’t catch a break, can he?

A collaboration with RCharge. Go check out their stuff!

EDIT: 27/02/20 I can’t believe it! This story got featured after six hours of existence! Thank you all so much!

EDIT: 13/04/20 Oh my god. This is amazing. It’s been featured again! Thank you everyone that reads this story!

EDIT: 17/09/20 It took all of ten seconds for this to get featured again. Wow, thank you everyone!

Everyone wears a mask. For the rulers of Equestria, that mask must be impeccable for their subjects. Only around their guards can the two Princesses relax ever so slightly, occasionally showing that they are just as fallible as any other creature. For one Princess, the burdens of her own mind begin to make the mask crack. However, when Private Steel Heart notices that it is, in fact, the pony underneath the mask that is beginning to splinter, he offers to help.

He had no idea such help would first involve getting attacked with a large brush.

Warning: Involves slow-burn romances, lots of feelings, comforting moments, adorable affectionate gestures, lethal amounts of fluff, feel-good auras, and a deadly combing implement.
Takes place around Season 8-9 (ish)

Cover art used with permission by the talented Yakovlev-Vad, seriously, check out his art. He's fantastic!
https://www.deviantart.com/yakovlev-vad/art/Oops-Sketch-743917791
*Edit. Featured on the first day? WHAT IS HAPPENING?

It's a quiet day like any other at the Apple Family homestead until an incensed Applejack storms into the kitchen. Rainbow Dash has finally told her something which she was not ready to hear and her response leaves her siblings shocked into silence. A resolute Rainbow Dash must dig in and stand strong to face her best friend and fight to drag the real truth out, for both their sakes.

An incident lands Gallus in trouble. The biggest trouble he's ever been in. Because of it, he's now forced to confront and talk about the one thing he never wanted to address: his parents.

Thanks to Scyphi for helping me edit this.