Big Macintosh has overworked himself and has to take a day off, much to his protest. Twilight Sparkle has to write a friendship report to Princess Celestia by tomorrow morning and she is stressing out over it. Can these two learn to not focus themselves almost exclusively to their work? Can the two learn it with the help of their friends, or by them helping each other?

*This takes place in a sort of alternate timeline (not an alternate universe) during season 2.*
**This is my first story, so advice and criticism of any kind is welcome.**

Twilight is being pestered by time-traveling clones of herself, all of whom are entirely too interested in her. It's up to Rarity to figure this out. Or try, anyways. If only Big Mac would be a bit more cooperative...

A romantic comedy. Think two parts romance to one part comedy to one part drama. Updates every Friday.

Author's notes:
Set sometime between Season 3 and Season 4. (Continuity is not my strong suit.)

Thanks to Sharp Spark and many others for their help with this.

Granny Smith raised her three grandchildren like they were her own. Now, she wants back in her investment. Hoping to help the process along, Granny Smith hires the best matchmaker in Equestria to pair her two oldest grandchildren with their potential new mate. Her plan is flawless...except for all the flaws.

Shelves aren't the only place Twilight Sparkle keeps books. In her room, beneath her mattress, lies a hidden enclave of romances that have rarely seen the light of the sun. Maybe she's read a few too many romance books before bed because, just as much as the characters in those books, she's in love. If only the author of those romance books could help her.

It's a good thing she knows the author. She just doesn't know it yet.

Starlight Glimmer is planning her revenge. She wants to wipe away the ones who took everything from her. Who destroyed her dreams. So she's decided to trail them and learn their secrets, especially that meddling alicorn's. The key to it all is that they don't know about it.

Unfortunately, one stallion knows and Starlight's going to have to play nice in order to keep him quiet.

Though entirely unrelated to birds, pegasi have been known to exhibit behaviours and habits that would be familiar to ornithologists.

Though it would not always be apparent, and indeed would often be shown in the most oblique of ways, Big Macintosh would find that his relationship with Rainbow Dash would provide good case studies to demonstrate this.

Blame Captain Unstoppable. For it is always his fault. Enjoy the MacDash fluff that is his fault.

Alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Sometimes people indulge.

Sometimes people overindulge.

Sometimes people get shit-faced whammered and write about cartoon horses in relationships.

Join us as Captain Unstoppable abuses his liver and writes some OTP for you and me, along with some side-pairings that we like. A series of prompts I gave him while he was drunk as a skunk. Written by him, polished up by me. Will update the next time Cap gets into the Angry Orchard.

Rainbow Dash has received some news that may or may not have been good news. To handle said news she had a plan to handle it like there was no news in the first place.

Well not all plans hold together well.

For Captain Unstoppable's MacDash Writing Contest 2.0

Twilight Sparkle is pregnant and Big Macintosh is the father. Aid comes from the most surprising places as their situation becomes public. Secrets and long-buried tensions are exposed as the pair deal with a changing dynamic and learn what is most important in their lives.

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SFC Ponycron: This story was started and originally written by Nagaina, and was adopted with their blessing. As of Sept. 11 / 2015, I'm doing minor edits and corrections to the previous chapters while mulling over Chapter 13.

Special thanks goes to:

Nagaina for letting me adopt this story and being of my pre-readers.

~HP~HF for the cover picture http://hp-hf.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5113nv

MisterClacky and Karn3, who volunteered to be the previous author's pre-readers. If you wish to continue to be pre-readers for this story, my warmest thanks.

For previous followers of this story, my thanks to you for wishing that this story continue. I hope not to disappoint.

This story is a sequel to Keeping It Simple

Octavia has fought hard in her life for three things: her art, her career, and her new boyfriend. She never learned to stop fighting.

It's a mistake that might cost her two out of three of the things she's fought tooth and tail for. She's still figuring out which two.