Big Macintosh and Caramel are asked to come to the Ponyville Schoolhouse one day to discuss a picture book that Apple Bloom made for a class project. The story is about how her big brother Mac, and her Uncle Cara, are both secret agents. On the surface, the story itself seems innocent enough. But when Cheerilee asks the two to read what's inside, the couple get a lot more than they expected...

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This story is a sequel to Blood Poisoned

Memoirs of Spike the Dragon as he looks back on his relationship as a court consort to the Changeling King, Thorax.

A special thank you to Avid Fiction for volunteering to edit this. And for eye-cfox for going out of his way to finishing it.

This story is a sequel to Blood Poisoned

It has been two months since Prince Blueblood had become the first male royal to come out as gay. During that time, his aunts noticed that although he has finally opened up about his sexuality, he is still single and hasn't made any attempt to seek out any stallions. Determining to help along with the assistance to Princess Cadance, they organized a masquerade ball for him to mingle among the crowd in hopes of finding a potential suitor.

During the ball, the Prince steps out of the room and hears piano music being played. He finds a lone stallion at the keyboard. Intrigued, he goes up to meet this masked stallion and to find out why he's alone.

Warning: The story you are about to read is currently unedited and contains m/m shipping. If you don't like one or both of those things, you know where the exit button is.

This story is a little gift to the God of Gay Drama, Storm Butt (not to be confused with VClaw, the God of Gay Comedy,) for having such a massive impact in the way I write romances.

Music used in this fic are:
- La Folia (Madness) by Vivaldi
- Adagio in F Minor by Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd Movement, Op. 2 No. 1 by Beethoven
- The Second Waltz by Shostakovich
- Waltz Waltz Op. 70 No 2 in F minor by Chopin
- "Heart Of Glass" Vintage '40s "Old Hollywood" Style Blondie Cover ft. Addie Hamilton by Post Modern Jukebox.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: The Castle by Philip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: The Inn by Phillip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: Seward Sanatorium by Phillip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: In the Theater by Phillip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: Excellent Mr Renfield by Phillip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: Dracula by Phillip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: Renfield by Phillip Glass.
- "Dracula" soundtrack: Lucy's Bitten by Phillip Glass.
- Adagio from BWV 564 by Bach/Busoni
- Liebestraum No.3 in A flat by Liszt.
- Chanson Triste, Op. 40 No. 2 by Tchaikovsky.
- Nocturne in C# Minor by Chopin for solo violin.
- "Valse Romantique" by Claude Debussy.
- Piano Concerto No.1, Movement 2 - Largo, Romance by Chopin.
- "The Swan" for solo piano by Saint Sean's.
- Ballade in G minor, op. 23 (played on an 1848 Pleyel piano) by Chopin.
- Turkish March by J. B. Lully.

In their foalhood, Twilight and Blueblood were best friends. In their teenage years, they were in a relationship. After two years not seeing eye to eye, Blueblood came to Ponyville to visit his old friend and maybe also restart their relationship.

Everything starts somewhere. Under the bark of a great tree you'll find where a sapling once began. The same can be said for all forms of life that to find out who they truly are, or where they began, you have to start at the roots. Deep in the soil they grow, and eventually blossom.

Caramel and Big Macintosh have been dating for a while. Two years to be exact. They've fallen into a routine of dates, romance, and finding time just to be with one another. Settling down might be seen as a negative to some, but it's comfortable for the two of them. The Apple Family reunion approaches quickly, set to take place for the first time in Appleloosa. Mac debates the question if he's ready to introduce Caramel to his extended family, and to take their relationship to a more serious level. During this, Caramel struggles to deal with an appearance of a letter on his doorstep. It's a letter that reminded him of the roots he abandoned, but never forgot.

To Princess Celestia, her subjects are also her children and, for them, she strives to be a beacon of integrity and friendship. To Prince Blueblood, she was even more than that, until duties stole her away and his parents naturally filled the role in her absence. They taught him to uphold his family's honor and accept no reproach on his brithright. Their example showed him how to snub his peers if they outshone him and exercise his authority without regard for his subordinates.

To see her own nephew become so cruel pains her. All those around him suffer, and so does he, the pain hidden beneath an unremorseful sneer at those quivering before his hooves. Luna's presence grants Celestia the time that had been denied to Blueblood many years before, and she vows to use it to help him rediscover the loving, happy colt she once knew. Determined and hopeful, Auntie Celly enacts her plan for helping her nephew learn once more what it means to love, and be loved in turn.

Warning: Has a adult pony wearing diapers and snuggling.

Cynical noble who hates everything.
Royal guard with big potential and a lot to learn.
Big, simple farmer with heart of gold.
Crazy self proclaimed time traveler.
Hotblooded, always second weather manager.
Expert lover and clumsy celebrity flier.

These six stallions will have to band together and discover true power of Elements of Harmony and Friendship to save Equestria from everlasting night.
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Applejack's cousin, Braeburn Apple, writes her a letter for her to come to Appalossa as quickly as possible but it doesn't tell her why. So assuming the worst, she ropes in her friends to come with her as a backup.

When they get there, not only is Braeburn fine, but Soarin is also there too. Why?

A friendly warning: this story is contains M/M shipping, if you don't like either or both of those, you all know where the exit button is.

This is my present to all of you guys before I have to go on vacation with my family. Consider this as a kind of weird Christmas present.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Your grateful storyteller,

-CrackedInkWell.

A special thank you to SecretBrony01 for proofreading this story.

Warning: The following story is currently unedited and contains some M/M shipping. If you don't like one or both of these, you know where the exit button is. This is an experimental piece that I'm working with.

Prince Blueblood's newest guards want to humiliate the Prince at the gala by slipping a love poison in his drink. After he consumed it, the Prince spontaneously falls in love with the first pony he sees. Unfortunately, it's Spike the Dragon.

Prince Blueblood is shocked to find that not only has yet another villain escaped the grasp of justice, but that said villain was invited into Canterlot as a guest. Princess Celestia must be completely insane to think reforming the former King Sombra is going to work. Blueblood is all set to leave untill he learns of a possible reward for aiding in the reformation. Following the carrot dangling in front of him, Prince Blueblood the 57th sets his sights on the former Crystal Despot of the North!
Or at least try to.

Warning because i have to: M/M shipping ahead.
Tag clarification:
Sex is there for implications 'off screen' and a singular use of the word "Cum".

This story came about, sometime the last year while I was still having my mental power outage, just based on one of the last lines in this story.