When the leaves of the world burst into deep reds, oranges, and yellows, earth pony towns all over Equestria chase the cold winds away with Fall Weather Friends Day festivals. From budding relationships to old flames, relations of all kinds gather from across Equestria to enjoy the season, including a peculiar pair of bitter and sweet stallions.

The dichotomous couple intends to make the most of their visit to the friendship capital of the world, Ponyville, by seeing the sights, savoring the fun and festivities, and ignoring the terrified screams of the locals, all the while deepening their love for one another. As long as they have each other, nothing will be able to stand against their star-crossed love, both figuratively and literally.

Tied for second place in Bicyclette's M/M Shipping Contest III hosted by the M/M Shipping Contests! group
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni, Alchemik, Falkenlied, and Arkadios
Cover Art: Pop-Rocking OCs by pop @rockin_candies on Twitter
Inspired by Crooked Beetles' Good OC x Bad OC Thread on Twitter

Featured from 11/16/23 to 11/20/23. Thanks so much!

As Igneous Rock Pie nears the end of his life Pinkie will ensure he gets to fulfill his dreams he never got to fulfill.

Entered into A Thousand Words Contest II. (How did I not know this was a thing!?)

After 10,000 years, one of the Great Old Ones has awoken. Surely this spells doom for Equestria.

Surely.

This story was originally conceived in 2014 as an entry to The Equestria Daily Outside Insight Summer Fanfic Contest. Nine years isn't too late to enter, right?

For months now, Ponyville Schoolhouse has enjoyed peace and harmony, but such tranquility can never last. A new bully has risen to power, striking fear into everypony at school, and her name is Dinky Doo! When she's not listening attentively in class, taking a test, or doing her homework, she becomes the baddest of the bad. It falls to Miss Cheerilee to set the filly back on the straight and narrow before it's too late, at least according to Dinky herself.

An entry for The Red Parade's 2023 May Pairings Contest hosted by the Original Pairings group.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni and Alchemik
Cover Art by: Askpinchy on Tumblr
Featured from 05/13/23 to 05/18/23. Thank you all!

Now with a Russian Translation on Ponyfiction!
Check out the blog post on The Herd (Табун).
Translated by: NovemberDragon on FimFiction
Russian Version Edited by: Randy1974 and Nuclear-pony-Jack on The Herd (Табун)

In the aftermath of a concert gone royally wrong, Pipp Petals must make her daring escape from the castle alone before she can be arrested along with her mother. When she stumbles across the crown jewel of her kingdom, the smallest princess decides to live up to her duty and protect the family heirloom from any would-be thieves.

At least, that's the plan...

An entry for Bicyclette's A Thousand Words Contest II hosted by the A Thousand Words group.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni
Cover Art: Smol Pipp by Kayle Rustone on Twitter
Now with a YouTube Reading by RainbowInfinityReadings

Twilight Sparkle is glad to have found a new place in life with her best friends. Really, there's nothing she appreciates more!

But... saving the world or school with them on a semi-regular basis is hard work, and some members of the group don't make daily hangouts any less taxing.

In short? Twilight is exhausted. She could really need a break and a few minutes to catch her breath. Just some time alone, some peace and quiet.

Or... does she?

Written as part of Bean's Writing Group under the prompt "Don't Look!". Check the group out, it's a great place to improve your writing, especially for novice writers!

Nothing is more of a temptation to Luna than secrets. But one secret Luna uncovers goes back to the earliest days of Equestria, one which Celestia is trying desperately to keep hidden.

Now, Luna must walk into her sister's dreams to understand the past she missed... and save her sister from the the same darkness that once consumed her.

CW: implied thoughts of suicide

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Originally done for a Quills N' Sofa's speedwrite on "Second Chances" in September 2021, where we took a story that we were not happy with and re-wrote it. The original version of this story was done in July 2020. Thanks to Lofty, Vis-a-Viscera,and Draconequus for encouragement and edits.

Cover Art by Yakovlev-Vad.

Notes on the story in this week's MT File.

Every year, the most obsessed birders of Ponyville gather to perform an informal census of all the birds in town. It begins before dawn, lasts a grueling eight hours, and involves very little speaking and absolutely no photography.

It, of course, has devolved into the most cutthroat competition this side of the Dragon Lands.

For the 1000 words contest (group / info). Category: humo(u)r

The newest threat to harmony comes from above: the sun and the moon themselves. 

It's Equestria's Golden Age of Harmony, and the amulet Princess Twilight Sparkle used for decades to start the day and the night is starting to fail. Moving the sun and moon across the horizon grows more and more difficult with every passing day. If a solution isn't found soon Equestria will be condemned to eternal day or night, never changing again.

Hope remains, though, as Twilight looks to the only two ponies in Equestria who might have answers about the sun and moon. It remains to be seen if she is ready to hear those answers, or to do what must be done to maintain harmony.

Now with a Ukrainian translation by GreenLion

Today, you're watching your neighbor build a wall.

Maybe today, he'll be your friend.

And maybe today will last forever.

Written for the contest A Thousand Words.
An audio reading by Pony&Wolf Productions.

“A high-quality HiE... that elevates the genre.”
—PresentPerfect