This story takes place after Mwah Mwah Mwah! and its prequels, but knowledge of them is not necessary to enjoy this one.

While buying groceries with your wife, Pinkie Pie, something catches both her eye and her heart. She really, really wants one.

You have to remind her that you have plenty at home already.

Invading an extra-dimensional mad scientist's secret lair? No big deal for the agents of S.M.I.L.E.

But what Lyra and Bon Bon find there might give them some second thoughts.

Entry to the sidewide Science Fiction Contest III.

Expanded from a speedwrite originally written for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting January 2024 Basic Contest.

Twilight gazed out into the evening ocean, her mind full of questions that had no answers. Why couldn't she stop it? Why couldn't she save her friends?

Done for a contest.

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"C'mon! It'll be fun!"

"I mean- Are we really sure we should be headin' into the Everfree forest?"

"Yeah... Rarity told me to not go snooping around places like that..."

"Oh come on! Don't be a bunch of chickens! It'll be fun! And plus, we could even get a cutie mark in archaeology maybe!"

"What's Ar...charcoal or, whatever the hays that name."

"The study of cool castles full of mysterious secrets, like Daring Do does in her book: Daring Do and the Secret of the Sphinx!"

"Right."

"I mean, sure, if we can do anythin' to get our cutie marks faster, I'm in!"

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS ARCHAEOLOGISTS!"

A short story made for the dialogue only contest. I had fun making this, and I think it turned out well.

Twilight has always been a great student. Any grade below an A seemed completely unrealistic. Today, when Twilight has a math test, it seems that everything will go perfectly as always.

Unfortunately, the test was too short.

With the intramural soccer championships in full swing, team captain Indigo Zap is riding high. But one day after practice, old rivals show up equipped with trash talk that cuts right through Indigo's confidence and straight to her heart.

Just as she's about to give in, Rainbow Dash arrives to remind her what's really important.

Part of the Montage Cinematic Universe.

Cover Art: Jabbie / Edits: FSSZilla

Lemon Zest is under a dark cloud. Literally. Nothing's gone right for her friends today, and there's nothing she can do to help.

Or so she thinks. Just when she's at her lowest, Canterlot High's premier DJ shows up at Crystal Prep to lend a hand, an ear, and the perfect song.

Part of the Montage Cinematic Universe.

Editing duties courtesy of nanashi_jones.
Cover art graciously provided by MissTickles.

Now with a dramatic reading by ScarlettBlade!

One week after the Friendship Games, a small group of Crystal Prep Academy's Shadowbolts meet at Sugarcube Corner for the first, and possibly, last time.

What they did today, they did with no regrets—and their actions will change the course of the Canterlot High/Crystal Prep rivalry forever.

Editing duties courtesy of nanashi_jones. Cover art graciously provided by uotapo.

In a crisp, clean, white office, important business is carried out. Crucial, some might say, depending on how they prioritise things. But even in a fantastical place such as this, there are limits. Budgetary limits, for example. So when a new starter wanders outside the lines a bit, they need to be set straight. There are rules, after all. The last thing anypony wants is to have to get Equine Resources involved.

Cover art courtesy of NowISee17 on DeviantArt