On one of the last nice autumn days for his first fall in Ponyville, all Spike has to do is collect late fees and a lost book from a unresponsive library patron. A pony who isn't answering letters. A pony who might as well have never existed.
Rarity knows Ponyville's outdoor market is being systematically invaded by an army of fashion knockoffs and fakes. She just doesn't understand why she's supposed to care.
After yet another year of missing out on an athlete's ultimate honor by a single vote, their father is going to the Immortal Livery -- to induct a rival. And he's bringing Rarity and Sweetie along for the ride. Possibly not the best idea...
When a new mission for the Element-Bearers (from an unexpected source) arrives three weeks after Twilight's ascension, she finds herself forced to confront a pair of questions: what truly makes an alicorn? And what happens if it goes wrong?
There's probably a perfectly reasonable response to seeing a glowing tortoise slowly making his solitary way across the Trottingham fairgrounds. Pity about the local lack of perfectly reasonable ponies.
When Mr. Rich signs on to distribute seven different free samples in seven days, what could possibly go wro -- wait. It's Ponyville. What could possibly go right?
Long before Nightmare and Elements, primary school students Rarity & Applejack were forced to cooperate in order to defeat the most fearsome foe ever imagined: a teenager.
There are those who say that darkness makes the world close in. Spike, who once spent a sleepless night walking at Luna's side, knows the truth as something opposite.
Seeing Mr. Cake change a diaper in public sets off a strange, irresistible urge in the citizens of Ponyville. A mysterious & overwhelming desire to MAKE SURE HE NEVER DOES IT AGAIN.
It's so easy for Rarity to feel pity for those less fortunate than she, to give of herself in the name of helping. But even Generosity only has so much to give.
Scootaloo's living situation on the Acres is strictly temporary. Her parents will arrive to resolve things any day now. And then maybe Applejack will learn what 'responsibility' really means.
Trotting in endless circles while searching for an empty space tends to focus the mind. Rarity & Pinkie just don't have much influence over the subjects.
Shortly before a mission starts, a palace functionary asks the Bearers to consider the medical circumstances under which they would prefer to die. It's a perfectly normal question. It's also something nopony ever wants to think about.
What's the difference between a prison with a lock and a prison with a door? Discord's student feels it's something her mentor should be able to answer -- but there are some things which Tish has to figure out for herself.
Having to wait for the now-healthy twins to be discharged from the hospital has made Pinkie... bored. The adminstration isn't going to like her when she’s bored...
There are those who say that marks are destiny. But there is one who believes destiny is a trap. And there is nothing she will not do to make the world free.
Rainbow and Rarity often feel they have absolutely nothing in common. And with Rainbow temporarily grounded after a kite string impact, that lack of true connection is something they can talk about for hours...
A movie studio working on an adaptation, which listens to selected suggestions from fans, may benefit. A director who winds up taking all of his marching orders from an obsessive bibliophile is about to wish he'd never been born.
Spike thought that if a pony had checked out a book or printed a page once, they could be trusted to do it again without supervision. Spike was horribly wrong.
Having realized that the duration of Discord's "reform" may exactly equal his only friend's lifespan, the palace sends Fleur to assist Fluttershy with acquiring a social life and guarantee a next generation to adore. (What could possibly go wrong?)
The smallest movement from the most stable tectonic plate can produce an earthquake large enough to shake the world. On a related note, Applejack just asked Snowflake out on a date.
Yesterday, she was a sweet, somewhat old-fashioned exchange student trying to find her place in a strange culture. Today, Centorea Shianus is a new world's greatest terror.
So scheduled weather means never getting a surprise day off from school? There have to be enough traces of anger in this town for the Crusaders to conjure up one storm! ...surely...