A more realistic take on the opening events of the MLP movie, where the entire cast is NOT hit by plot mandated incompetence. It is, as expected, significantly shorter.

(Minor spoilers for first 15 minutes of the MLP movie, but 90% consisting of what would already be known from the trailers.)

Cover image borrowed from DashieMLPFim

Twilight faces the thought of immortality with her usual aplomb: falling down into a ball of misery and confusion about her role, and what she will do in the eventual absence of her friends and family.

That is, until a much older Twilight Sparkle takes the time to talk to her.

Rainbow Dash sends a letter to her father on Mother's Day.

Twilight stalks and harasses a nine year old filly...but it's in the past, so it's totally legal.

Now with Reading by CaptainBron3y

Princess Twilight Sparkle lay there in anguished silence for almost a minute until she decided to let Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and me help her. It came out as a whisper: "My special talent isn't magic." Of all the ponies we might help, I had never imagined our first might be Twilight, or that it would essential for Equestria that we got it right.

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Apple Bloom discovers a tragedy in the Everfree forest.

Reading by Sparrow9642 here!

Heiress Lucy Burdock knows life has a way of surprising you.

For example, she wasn't expecting a little pink pony for her birthday. She certainly didn't expect it to start talking, either. It was cute at first, but it kinda feels more like taking care of a little kid than a pony. Lucy's never really been great with kids... but she can make it work!

Can't she?

2nd Place in EQD's More Most Dangerous Game contest

The Chalk Family Cemetery is said to be the most haunted place in all of Equestria. On Nightmare Night eve Miss Cheerilee's class take a guided tour of the cemetery. An old-fashioned ghost story.

When she has a nightmare of being confronted by bullies, Babs Seed is visited by Princess Luna, who tries to show Babs that just because she is a blank flank, it doesn't make her weaker than what those who bully her try to say.

Vinyl wasn't just a DJ. At one time, she was Octavia's DJ. Her lover, her life, and everything she wanted; the same goes for Vinyl. Yet, she always felt like she gave more. Like she met Octavia more than half-way in their relationship. Everything she'd done was past what she thought she'd do.

Until the argument. The argument that left both of them broken and shattered for six months.

Story title is still in the works.
Cover art belongs to me.