This story is a sequel to I'll Be Back

Read the prequels first!

Part 1:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/320236/ill-be-back

Part 2:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/344623/a-promise-made

With Christmas/Hearth's Warming just around the corner, you need to find something special for a special someone in your life. But finding the perfect gift is never that easy.

You've been best friends with Rainbow Dash since somehow winding up in Equestria. She's gotten your mind off of the terrible predicament that you've found yourself in and has been the most fun, supportive and understanding pony you've met.

Only, lately she's been acting quite strange around you. There is obviously something bothering her, but every time you mention it, she changes the subject and averts the question.

With the Helping Hooves Concert in their rearview, Applejack and Coloratura decide to catch up a bit before she has to leave. Before either can move on, though, some feelings need to be put out in the open.

Thanks to Steel Resolve, ZOMG, and Timaeus for prereading!

While ironically watching the sun going down, Sunset Shimmer looks upon the remnants of her life, questioning herself. Why does she need to exist? Why does she continue living? Everything in her life has gone wrong and she's just a burden to others; it would just be easier on everyone if she was dead.

Set directly after the first Equestria Girls, hours after Twilight's return home.

My first purely sad fic.

Cover art by Silverlinings

Lightning Dust has been in a bit of a rut ever since getting kicked out of the Wonderbolt Academy. Day after day, she's been sticking to a strict exercise regimen under the guidance of Cloudsdale's premier personal trainer, Haymaker. Her hope is that she'll unlock her true potential and show Haymaker how awesome she is, thus prompting him to use his connections to get her back into the Wonderbolts. No matter how many times Haymaker tells her it's impossible, Lightning simply refuses to listen.

Then one fateful night, Lightning Dust's training is interrupted by the appearance of her greatest idol, Wind Rider. It turns out he too has difficulty accepting reality, and he has his own, more nefarious schemes to get himself back in the game. Haymaker sees this as his last chance to save Lightning Dust from walking Wind Rider's path. And if that means rubbing salt in a few wounds and shattering a few dreams, then so be it.

Cover art provided by the amazingly talented Cyrano.

Sometimes, all it takes is a letter to let them know...

I told myself I wouldn't bring it inside. I will never bring it inside. No matter what I do, that box is going to stay stranded out on that porch... else I only hurt myself again.

A thanks to my editor, Future, for being awesome.

cover image by johnjoseco

Applejack decided the time is finally right to tell Rainbow Dash something she has been keeping a secret for too long.

Applejack has always been a patient pony; it came with being a farmer. So when the farmer found herself falling head over hooves in love with her best friend, she was content to wait for the right moment to tell Rainbow Dash how she felt.

But now time is running out, and Applejack is left scrambling not to find the perfect time, but any time at all.

An entry for the AppleDash Content

When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.

*6-16-2017 Edit, added Rainbow Dash tag because it triggered knighty.*