Diamond Tiara lives a perfect life. She can spot weakness in anypony from a mile away. Almost too well.

Special thanks to PropMaster for both the story idea and the prereading.

Protect the ones you love...

Trixie isn't the perfect pony.
In fact, sometimes she's a downright awful pony....
And she knows it.

But there's another side to her
One behind the flashing lights and magic tricks.
One born and raised in the dark side streets of Canterlot. Where a painful past and a waste of what might have been a glorious future haunts her every step.
A world of regret and loss, with pride and dignity gone in a life-long struggle to make ends meet.
This is the life of a pony who has sacrificed everything to try to save the pure, innocent soul that is the only joy in her life.

This is the life of the pony who calls herself Trixie Lulamoon

"We're so close,/To something better left unknown,/I can feel it in my bones,/Gimme sympathy,/After all of this is gone." -Metric, 'Gimme Sympathy'

Feeling bad for how she acted last time she was in Ponyville, Gilda wants to apologize for her behavior. With the help of her old friend Rainbow Dash, Gilda starts out with two ponies in particular; Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

Image created by DepisedAndBeloved on deviantArt

Written for the Everfree Northwest 2014 Writing Contest.

"Oh come on, Applejack! Just one trip around the clouds! One!"

It's an invitation that Applejack has heard countless times. However, no matter how often Rainbow Dash bugs her to experience an air ride, the farm filly flat out refuses.

Then one afternoon, on a day when Applejack is strangely quiet and distant, she suddenly agrees to Rainbow Dash's persistent request. The pegasus happily oblidges, not knowing what has truly motivated Applejack to give in, nor the fact that--more than anything--Applejack could really use a good friend right about now.

Luna and Trixie both want Twilight Sparkle gone. Will teaming up solve their problem once and for all?

It's the morning after the 'Ursa Minor' incident. Her caravan destroyed, Trixie fled town with nothing. Twilight gathered the girls together at the library in the hopes of discovering what has become of the magician.

Cover art by BlindCaveSalamander

We trusted Him. We thought he had changed, but in the end he betrayed us all...

Discord has lived for quite a long time. Centuries as a ruler, a millennium as a rock, years as a reformed draconequus, it all gets very tiring. A nap is exactly what he needs. But when you live forever, time loses its meaning, years pass in the blink of an eye, mortals come and go like mayflies. And that's fine.
After all, any being that is truly important will live forever. Discord would never associate with anything less.

Cheese Sandwich is all about making ponies smile, just like the preposterously popular pink party pony of Ponyville taught him all those years ago. As a party planner, that usually means he makes 'em smile in droves. Droves! But when he encounters a certain down-on-her-luck unicorn illusionist, well, who needs droves when a single smile says just as much?

Back during the whole "Blue Flu" incident, Twilight kept claiming that she was Discord's friend. However, a certain Draconequus couldn't help but notice a lack of sincerity in her tone. Is Twilight really Discord's friend? Or do some grudges never die?

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Written in one in a half hours, ending at 1:15 am. That's the only time my creativity really hits its peak.

EDIT: featured 2/24. Wow.