One week after the Friendship Games, a small group of Crystal Prep Academy's Shadowbolts meet at Sugarcube Corner for the first, and possibly, last time.

What they did today, they did with no regrets—and their actions will change the course of the Canterlot High/Crystal Prep rivalry forever.

Editing duties courtesy of nanashi_jones. Cover art graciously provided by uotapo.

Twilight's run out of ideas for new inventions, so she invents something to fix that.

No one said the machine would produce good ideas.

Preread by the lovely csos95, Majin Syeekoh, Arkadios, and ChudoJogurt!

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Remember when Sunset yelled at Twilight for putting everyone's "lives in danger?" Well, Rarity does, and she's a bit confused—after all, how could their lives be in danger when it's quite literally impossible for humans to die?

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Now with a reading by Teksune Studios!

Written from 3 AM to 5:30 AM, the morning after Friendship Games premiered.
Preread by Majin Syeekoh, Magello, and M1Garand.

It's the magical discovery of the millennium! Using a series of magical techniques devised by Starlight for leveraging limited magical power for greater effect, and a theory that Twilight quietly snuck out of the Forbidden Section with, a spell has been developed that can reverse Death itself!

There's just one problem: Ponyville doesn't exactly have a reputation for murders. They've tested the spell on a mouse, sure, but they've yet to find a dead pony who fits the requirements for the spell.

So Glimmer suggests that they make a dead pony. And, after racking their brains for a while, there's only one pony that both of them would willingly murder.

Written in a day under the influence of some very bad writing prompts.

During his brief reign of Ponyville, Discord encounters a strange young filly who claims to be a magician. After a short conversation he discovers her to be the loudest, most demanding foal he has ever known in his existence, and through the art of the temper tantrum, she is able to make him comply with her wishes. How far can the spirit of chaos be pushed before he snaps?

This story is a sequel to Pandoramonium: A Detective Rarity Mystery

The crime? Murder.

The crime scene? A locked room.

The culprit?

No biggie. Rarity's got this one in the bag.

If this is your first Detective Rarity Mystery, don't worry! You can read this one without spoiling the others. Or, if you'd like to start from the beginning, you can do so here!

Preread by the lovely Lunaria!

It's only been a month.

It's two in the morning.

Twilight can't sleep.

A tribute to my late dog, Cody.

Trixie's grandma is at the hospital.
The time has come for her to tell the truth she's been hiding for so long.
But it's much harder than she thought.

Written for the Writeoff's "Cold Comfort" contest.

Whirligig Breeze is a filly from Ponyville. She's built up quite a reputation for herself selling strawberry milk at the market for the low price of one bit per glass. She doesn't really care about the money, she just enjoys doing it. As such, it should be no surprise that she quickly became popular among the locals.

Today, she wants to try making something different.

Her customers aren't happy.

Sunset nearly loses everything to one of the stupidest things that's ever happened to her. However, in spite of how dumb all of it was, it continues to eat away at her. She knows it shouldn't, but she can't stop the feeling on her own.

Thankfully, she doesn't have to do it on her own.

This is the only thing I will ever write referencing anon-a-miss. No relation to any of my other canon.

Featured 12/20/23-12/22/23

Pre-read by Nudistsquid.

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