You are a relatively new arrival to Ponyville, but you've made one friend there who's made all the difference. Now, she's coming over to exchange gifts and celebrate! Too bad you've forgotten to take down your mistletoe...

The fourth story in my December Christmas Carol writing project: this is based off...I dunno...Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe', I guess? (I just thought this was a fun idea to write, sue me :P)

Be warned...there is PG content within!

Cover art by Skyline19

EDIT: Featured less than 6 hours after publishing, on 12/12/17!
EDIT: 2nd Place Featured 12/12/17!
EDIT: Now with an AUDIO READING from LotusMoon!

Barry, local human, is even more local now having finally finished moving in with Twilight.

He also brought his books, much to her delight, even if some of them leave much to be desired.

She rectifies this.

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Straight To The Point Studios gets straight to the point.

Twilight Sparkle presents a collection of interviews, letters, essays, poetry and prose compiled over several years of her relationship with the human Bellerophon and his "herd", covering subjects as broad as Equestrian social taboos, comparisons of earth and Equestrian mythology, romance and the occasional recipe. Compiled by Twilight Sparkle, with foreword by Her Royal Highness, Princess Celestia.

(This is a bit of an experiment based on the worldbuilding concepts presented in AnonAuthor's Xenophilia [[NSFW] - caveat lector!], which intrigued me enough to want to take a closer look. It's likely you'll be very confused by this unless you read at least some of Xenophilia. Updates will appear as and when an idea pops into my head for a thing to add. And fair warning, some of this might come across very dry and dusty. Thank you academia! And thank you AnonAuthor for letting me have a go, and both AnonAuthor and AnonponyDASHIE for all the collab work they're doing. I'll make up for the dust by tossing in the odd piece of art now and then.)

You wake up in the middle of an unknown forest, surrounded by alien plants and animals, and a frightened bat filly. You take it upon yourself to help this filly get back to civilization, by way of miles of dangerous obstacles, bat filly antics, and the dread you'll never be able to get back home. But by the end, will you want to?

Cover art by Ravensun. Edited slightly to match Mischievous' colors.

WARNING: Contents may contain Adorable bat filly antics, Potential 'D'aww' moments, Feels

Featured 8/27/19! My first featured fic if I'm not mistaken. Thank you all so much!

Twilight and her friends want to go caroling on Hearth's Warming Eve. Anon really has to use the bathroom. Who will win in this war of wills?

No one, really.

Life can be difficult, even downright depressing from time to time. There are times we let all that bottle up until it reaches a point of helplessness, which becomes our focus.

Sometimes, we can find solace in the most unlikely of places.

This short thing is in fact based off a dream and experience that I had just weeks ago that I decided to put into words. Logic would say the dream was just that, the creation of an overactive mind during slumber, the result of a pessimistic and frustrated attitude combined with the ever-churning thoughts of the continuation of my writings.

My heart begs to differ with that explanation...

[Second Person][Romance][Comedy][Human]

Just an average morning with your favorite mailmare and her daughters, Dinky and Sparkler, the ponies that you value with all your heart, as they do with you. From the moment you met them all, they had favored you as a caretaker, parent, and even a life partner for that very special somepony that just so happens to be called Ditzy Doo.

As you, a Homo-Sapiens translator well-accustomed to Equestria and its language, prepare for your day and the meals of your favorite fillies and beloved cross-eyed mare, you attempt to keep your sanity...

...and Ditzy away from the coffee.

While moving to her new home, Zecora find the strangest creature - a large, nigh-hairless talking monkey-thing. Seeing how it lacks basic knowledge on surviving in the wild (and that it's quite tall and probably good at manual labour) she decides to adopt it as her assistant. Hopefully, she won't come to regret her decision.

Queen Chrysalis likes it when I boop her on the nose. It helps her relax. However, one day, Princess Twilight Sparkle bursts in, thinking that Queen Chrysalis has put a spell on me.

Surely, when I explain to her that I boop her, she'll understand. Right?

Right?

Inspired by a delightful flash game that can be found here.

Featured on August 28th, 2016. This is as unexpected as it is amazing.

Mary had made the most of her strange new world: a house, a job, and friends to share a meal with. When she find a young griffon stripped of all this and more, she begins to see the one things she hasn't found yet.

Editing by: ErsMiller, and my favorite German, m1nf4n

Cover art by: Exelzior