After a long day, Octavia goes home and pours herself a stiff drink.

... no one sees the tears they shed. Just a piece of plastic with a forced smile on it. Of course, being a toy makes the idea of emotions questionable, but what if there's more than just a child's plaything behind that mass-produced figure?

Based on the three blind bags resting on my shelf (the only MLP merch I own), and the question why I even bought the one this story is about, as well as this song.

Originally written on October 9th; rewritten on December 26th, because the first draft was rejected.

Editors and pre-readers:
- Diarch The Illustrious
- Abcron
- ReFro
- The Abyss
- Kaidan

All the ponies from Miss Cheerilee's class have returned for the reunion.

All but one.

Written for EQD's Writer's Training Grounds #009.

(Audio version by Pony Tales.)

A monologue of King Sombra, from the time he was trapped in the ice of the Equestrian Arctic.

For EQD's Flash Fanfiction Event #3 - "Write a fic celebrating the fathers in the series." I might've stretched the term "father" a tad, but whatever.

In the closing days of the Pre-Classical Era, at the dawn of the rule of the Royal Pony Sisters, the devastation of Discord’s cruelty hits hard and leaves an open wound. As the young and inexperienced Princesses Celestia and Luna struggle to keep the peace, powerful figures in all three Pony tribes bridle at the upstart Alicorns who so quickly and easily claimed power...

Fic reading with soundtrack can be found here!

After another stunt gone wrong, Rainbow finds herself cooped up in a hospital room again. But when she ends up getting roomed with a nine-year-old colt, her stay at Ponyville General takes a turn that's worth just a little more than reading a book about an archaeologist.

[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.

Rainbow Dash can't wait to start the awesome day she has planned for her and Applejack. She's so eager she's already parked herself right outside the Acres, bright and early.

But geeze, what's taking AJ so long?

Sometimes ruling a kingdom means that you have to get your hooves dirty. When Blueblood starts stirring the nobles to disrupt Celestia's reign, she has to take a step in.

Reading by Scribbler Productions: Deceit

Over the course of a single day Lavender Breeze's life was destroyed. Regretting all the things she's lost, she longs for closure.

Then in her darkest moment, she comes face to face with the thing she hates the most, the thing she blames for everything that's happened.