Ever since his arrival, Tik-Tik had begun to doubt the wisdom of sending such a great and skilled sneak as himself for this mission. Infiltrating the horse-things country had been pathetically easy...

*** Submitted as part of the EQD Outside Insight Summer Fanfic Contest ***

***Many thanks to TheCacophonousMuse for the awesome character sketch!***

While tormenting a fellow classmate, Diamond Tiara gets asked an unexpected question...

***Second story in the 'Ask' one-shot series. These are stand alone stories and can be read in any order. For the others, follow these links:

Ask Snowflake
Ask Big Macintosh

***Props to CaptainAwesome67 for the awesome cover art!***
***Continuing thanks to JeffCvt for his great work proofreading this series***

At first glance, Princess Luna's charioteers might appear to be little more than Royal Guards dressed in festive apparel for Nightmare Night. However, there is far more to the story than that - the Night Guards once played a pivotal role in the history of Equestria, and have sacrificed more for their beloved princess than most ponies are even aware of.

Every pony in Equestria knows the names Octavia Philharmonica and Vinyl Scratch. Every musician in Equestria knows and reveres their talent and most semi-jokingly complain that Octavia and Vinyl's relationship should count as a monopoly on musical talent. Very few know their early story, years ago when Octavia had only just left Canterlot Conservatory and Vinyl was... well, being Vinyl.

Twilight is invited to Canterlot to compete with some of the greatest magicians in the world for the Moonstone Cup, a prestigious award for the most powerful and skillful magicians, unicorn and otherwise. Can she win? What sort of competition will she face?

Awesome cover image was taken from NoOneBahtim

Scootaloo asks her uncle a question...

***First story in the 'Ask' one-shot series. These are stand alone stories and can be read in any order. For the others, follow these links:
Ask Diamond Tiara
Ask Big Macintosh

***Added to Twilight's Library Feb 06, 2014! Thanks for all the support!***
***Reviewed by the Blunt Review Group***
***Huge thanks to JeffCvt for his great work proofreading this story***
***Props to CaptainAwesome67 for the cover art!***

Red Line is the rising star of the Fillydelphia Racing Circuit. No pony can match his speed and precision on or off the race track. His dream is to be the fastest Pegasus ever! To bad he lives in a world with a certain rainbow-coloured filly in it...

**Props to CaptainAwesome67 for the cover art!**