Twilight Sparkle has decided that she wants to be friends with Starswirl the Bearded.

Friends... with benefits.

And now Starlight has to hear her entire plan to do it, no matter if she wants to or not.

Written for the Pillars Shipping Contest!

Featured 7/8/2021!

Life is like a tree: constantly growing, stretching many directions.

But the trunk remains the solid center it builds from. A branch may reach the sky, but stays anchored to and part of the tree.

Twilight Sparkle isn't the only one to grow into a new role.

[Death] tag is only for discussions and mentions thereof, nobody dies on-screen.

Featured 7/6/2021 - 7/7/2021!

Following the disaster of the Grand Galloping Gala, the girls witness Pinkie Pie hugging the cello player that she had previously been harassing. The strange part, however, was that the cellist hugged her back.

Which led to Pinkie telling them about her sister - Octavia.

A simple story for Pride And Positivity 2021.

Featured 6/17/2021 - 6/19/2021!

When you have to turn your entire life over and start from scratch, it helps to have good friends by your side.

Rara is fortunate to have one like Applejack.

Of course, then she met Applejack's brother...

Written for the May 2021 Pairing Contest, where it took Most Original Pairing!

Featured 05/25/2021 - 05/26/2021!

Quietly, Sunburst has pined for Twilight Sparkle. Though his feelings run deep, his words fail him. He knows love isn't his expertise, so to resolve things he goes to the best - the changelings.

A special thank you to Techno Flare, Sledge115, RDT and iAmSiNnEr for assistance with proofreading and feedback.

Featured 05/23/2021 - 05/25/2021!

After taking the throne, Twilight had a lot of things to do - a transition that had never happened before was bound to be fraught with a thousand unexpected complications.

As part of the transition, Twilight finds herself going through Princess Celestia's old personal papers, finding secret after clue after instruction long forgotten about. And among those papers, Twilight finds a letter.

A letter addressed to My Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle.

A letter never sent.

Special thanks to RanOutOfIdeas and SymphonicSync for proofreading!

Featured 4/13/2021 to 4/18/2021!

Reviewed by Ghost Mike and rated as Really Good!

And by Loganberry in the blog Louder Yay!, earning a three out of five stars rating!

Now with an audio reading by StraightToThePointStudio!

And a second by Dear silent future me!

After considerable effort, Princess Cadance is pregnant.

Beset by fears and doubts, she comes to Flurry Heart's cribside to vent her heart.

Flurry Heart is deeply upset at this betrayal.

Written for the Cadance Is A Terrible Mom contest, where it took an Honorable Mention!

Featured 4/6/2021 - 4/8/2021!

Long ago, it would take several unicorns to raise and lower the sun each day. Many burned out their magic in doing so - sacrificing it for the good of all ponies. To honor that, Starswirl the Bearded founded a small monastery to care for those who had given up so much.

Though the Princesses mean that unicorns no longer need to sacrifice so much, the monastery still remains centuries later as a place for unicorns with magical ailments to come for support, care and sometimes even healing.

Now freed from the Storm King, Tempest Shadow journeys with Starswirl to find both their aid and perhaps her own peace.

Original concept by PingZing.

Cover art by Rayne The Skunk.

Featured 01/14/2021-01/17/2021 and then basically every update day after that.

The School of Friendship has graduated its first class and six young students have their diplomas.

Six, stepping out into their adult lives and taking their place in the world.

Five in Ponyville. One... not.

And that's the problem.

An expansion of my entry for Flashfic 150 - November 2020 with the prompt 'A Song I Remember', and winner of that month's competition!

Featured 1/7/2021-1/9/2021!

Also featured by Seattle's Angels, issue #185!

Discord embracing friendship was critically important for Equestria, bringing it a powerful ally and taking away one of its greatest threats.

Twilight just wishes that he would stop trying to give Fluttershy presents.

This was written as a Breezie story for Ninjadeadbeard as a part of Jinglemas 2020! For more information about Jinglemas, checkout our group!

Special thanks to Flutterpriest for pre-reading.

Featured 12/29 - 12/30/2020!

Reviewed in Ghost Mike's Monday Musings with a rating of Decent!