Hearthswarming, the time of year when ponies all about Equestria come together, both family and friends, to kindle the love in their hearts and share gifts that speak more volume than words. By now, most were in their homes, or in the guest rooms of far away relatives, staying comfy and warm while the outside billowed and snowed, blanketing the landscape with a layer of white which twinkled under Luna’s bright moon.

However, not all ponies knew better, and for three close friends and lovers, this Hearthswarming Eve would prove to be a challenging night.

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This was written for AndwhatIseeisme, for JingleMas 2020! They requested Starlight and Trixie shipping, and naturally I had to stalk them to see what they read and wrote. Once I caught my breath and put my pants back on, I noticed their love for a three way shipping of StarTrixBurst, so I rolled the dice and took the gamble and included him too. I hope you enjoy it!

Cover art is by soft-arthropod, who is sadly not active anymore (or at least on Derpi), used without permission so if there are any issues feel free to yell at me.

Edited by the ever wonderful Aurora Dawn, thanks man I owe ya a bunch.

Starlight Glimmer tried to deny it. A LOT. You have no idea.

However, the signs were there. She had feelings for Sunburst. Unfortunately, no matter how much she had grown as a pony since learning friendship, Starlight could never act on her feelings for her foalhood friend.

So, Starlight's Great and Powerful best friend, Trixie, decided to step in. She WILL have Starlight confess to Sunburst, even if there was more to her unusual insistence than it seemed.

This story was requested by superfun, and it is a special 2-year Fimfiction anniversary story to celebrate me being a writer on the site for 2 years.

Miracles do happen sometimes!

This story is a sequel to PETS (Pain Entering Trixie's Skull)

MART trips are hard to handles, even for a Princess of Friendship. But considering it's for the sake of her student Starlight? She'll happily put up with problems Great and Powerful to see this visit through.

Thanks to Quills and Sofas. for allowing me the chance to Expand on the Universe of Applejackofalltrades! And to wishcometrue, Zontan, SilentWhisper, RedParade, Exodd, HatMan, applezombie, AtomSmash, Decaf, Equss, LostinFandom, Shaslan, and otherws for reviewing!

Working at the friendship school as student counselor has kept Starlight away from spending time with Trixie. When she finally gets the chance to pay Trixie a visit, Starlight notices that she is acting weirder than usual. In order to save their relationship, Starlight comes up with a plan to find out what is going on with Trixie.

She wasn't ready for the answer

Based off the "arrival" prompt from Bean's writing group. And now time to give the special thanks to these beautiful people because they are beautiful and everyone needs to know it.

Bean besto editor

Gadot,Biké,Sledge for their sicc feedback

Sinner boi for his help with the title

Rdt,Mykola, poison joke, waywardfallout and gamu for being swell proofreaders

And everyone in the BWG discord server for their awesomeness and support. Stay classy.

*terrific alternative art from the talented short-tale:*

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After Cozy Glow was sent to Tartarus and the magic was returned to Equestria, Twilight and the school staff still had a matter to discuss with the rest of the students. All of the students were gathered to the main hall of the school to find out what their head mare had to say. Little did the students knew, it was mainly about them.

Suggestion of this story was given by BezierBallad

After Trixie's magic show (and seeing off Princess Celestia), Twilight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer and Trixie retreat to the local diner for hayburgers and hayshakes. There, Twilight and Starlight point out that it's obvious how Hoofdini escapes the stomach of the manticore and reappears in the box: teleportation.

Trixie knows the truth behind the Moonshot Manticore Mouth Dive, but doesn't dare correct Twilight and Starlight's false assumptions. How could she, when the truth is so much more horrifying?

Now with a YouTube reading, thanks to FateMLP!

Day 1 of my Self-Imposed 31 Fics in 31 Days Challenge

Capitalizing on her reformation from being a former terror to Equestria, Starlight decided to start a group to help reintegrate former villains in Equestria, as well as offer support for those having trouble adapting. Thus far, her group has grown to include Tirek, Cozy Glow, Chrysalis, Stygian, and Luna. Unfortunately, these meetings stay about as on-topic as Pinkie Pie on a sugar rush giving a speech about the best kind of dessert.

This is the fifth meeting of the support group, and they find themselves with a new attendee: Fluttershy. Not to mention, it turns out that the former villains finding jobs or hobbies that suited their skills may not have had the best of consequences.

Will Starlight be able to help them all become model citizens? What sort of devious terrors have these former villains unknowingly wrought upon Equestria despite their best of intentions? Will Starlight ever learn just what it was Fluttershy did last Thursday? One thing's for sure, she's gonna need a pay raise at the end of all of this.

Rated T for some slight profanity.

Cover art made by Nevel Yashgi. Give the guy a follow over on Twitch, would you?

Proofread by 0_0, many thanks for that and the suggestions.

Featured on 17 February 2021. Thank you all kindly.
Featured on Equestria Daily, 07 April 2021. I'm glad this story made it.

A unicorn's immune system is bolstered by their magic. Any ailments they develop simply dampen spellcasting until things work themselves out internally. Stronger mages tend to not get sick at all, but Trixie Lulamoon is not a strong mage.

Life is a performance for Trixie. Disasters must be kept backstage and away from audience eyes. But the curtains are closing on her solo act, and somepony needs to notice so they can hop onstage to help her. She's too proud to ask for volunteers.

Cover art is the fittingly named Worn Out by the artist Purmu

This is an entry in the Snippet Series, an anthology of old oneshots that I (and my good buddy Str8aura) wrote based around interesting pics I found. New ones will be posted every other Thursday for the foreseeable future.

As the former Bearers of Harmony and future Council of Friendship prepare to take the reins of the nation, something has to give. In this case, "something" is their positions at the School of Friendship.

This leaves said school's new headmare in a bit of a predicament. After all, the school now has two headponies, one counselor, and zero teachers.

At least qualifications were never a big concern.

Rated Teen for more risqué innuendo than the show could get away with.

Twilight Sparkle has always been a mare with a plan, and tonight that is going to be tested. The three most important mares in her life are all in town. They of course know of each other, and are happily accepting of Twilight's polygamous nature. However, Trixie has never met Sunset in person. Will they get along, or will there be tension which could possibly ruin a nice evening at the carnival?

This fic would have been a garbled mess if it were not for my close friend and great editor: Autumn Bramble

"This fic is cotton candy..." - DrakeyC