Silverstream is your typical peppy hippogriff. Even if she can get too excited, her friends still love her. Then one day, while she was in the library she found an old fashioned book. She decided to give it a read, but it wasn't for the faint of heart. She tries to forget about it, but something feels... Off.

Edit: New cover made from mellow91 from derpibooru

Ocellus is sent by King Thorax of the Changeling Kingdom to serve as the Friendship Ambassador to Ponyville. As she becomes introduced to Ponyville, she meets five diverse creatures and soon befriends them. However, they're put to the test as Nightmare Moon returns to deliver eternal darkness. It's up to Ocellus and her new friends to stop her.

This rewrite of the first episode is a collaboration with Switch Swap.

Chrysalis's 'Mean Six' creations were no match for the Tree of Harmony, which struck them down and rendered them as harmless inert logs … but their spirits had not been completely extinguished. When Gallus and the rest of the 'School Six' stumble upon the logs, they unwittingly release the spirits within. It's up to Twilight and her friends, and perhaps others, to purge the demons from the students.

Smolder being taken to the School of Friendship by Dragon Lord Ember was one of the most random and best things that ever happened to her. As Smolder remembered that her three parents were not the friendship or pony loving type she decided to tell everyone that she was an orphan and all was good. That was until the map called Twilight, her friends, all three princesses, Smolders friends, and the leader of the other creatures to the castle of friendship. But it wasn't to solve a friendship problem that was already existing, it was to prevent a family problem from happening, and that family was Smolders.

Side note: Garble is not Smolder’s brother in this. Also feel the need to mention that the non-consensual and violence stuff is not gonna be in the story much just a little bit.

Ocellus confesses her horrible crimes to Counselor Trixie. Counselor Trixie seems less than impressed.

This story was going to be my entry in the 179th Writeoff contest, "I've Waited so Long for This...." But that was a minific contest, and I quickly realized this was gonna end up being way too long.

So I thought I'd enter it in the Original Pairings group's Speed Writing contest since I don't find many stories where Ocellus meets Pony Joe...or Donut Joe or Joe the Donut Pony or whatever name he goes by these days. But when Trixie shoehorned her way in to such a large extent, I abandoned that idea as well.

Here it is now, though, but not on my Baal Bunny account where WriteOff-related stories go as a rule. Because this is all about breaking the rules!

The finals of the School of Friendship are on the way and the Young Six are doing whatever they can to prepare for it. A few days before the finals they encounter a young pony named Cosette, who quickly seems to befriend the Young Six. But things start to take a turn for the worse after Gallus makes the decision to visit the Castle of the Two Sisters along with his friends and the young pony.