When Twilight finds herself suddenly losing control over her magic, our six equine heroes find themselves drwn back to the site where they became the Elements of Harmony to confront an ancient creature, older than Equestria itself.

It has been 5 years since Rainbow Dash joined the Wonderbolts. and she couldn't be happier. But if this is true, then why is she haunted by the same nightmare every night? And what is it about the strange lavender unicorn that distracts her so?

Twilight, Luna, Applejack and Rainbow Dash go on a camping trip together while Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are away in Manehattan, but what adventures lie for them on the way? Will they make it in one piece? Exactly what are Applejack's feelings for Rainbow Dash? And who does Twilight like?

Twilight and the rest of the mane 6 are getting together for a night of fun and drinking. What starts as a night in with the girls turns into so much more, leading our adventurous young mares to discover a whole new side to their friendship.

Just something fun that came to mind while waking up from a heat-exhaustion induced nap, hope y'all have as much fun reading it as I did writing it! Depending on what kind of response it gets I may consider doing a follow up for the day after the festivities, so please let me know what you think!

Story Picture provided with permission from Musapan
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=my+little+pony+alcohol#/d4kvcbh

After reading a book by Spitfire's personal trainer, Rainbow Dash decides that the best way to get closer to her ultimate goal of joining the Wonderbolts is to add strength training to her practices by having one of her friends ride her. However, when she decides that Twilight Sparkle is just the mare for the job, the pegasus gets a bit more than she bargained for.

Artwork by Piggybank12. Used with permission. Thanks to DPV111 for assisting me with story planning.

Twilight Sparkle never thought it would happen to her, but since coming to Ponyville she's made five fast friends. Now she's ready to take those relationships to the next level... but are they?

Vinyl is an unicorn whose life has been a complete mess. After the death of her grandparents, she gave up on life completely. Yet through a series of events that started one day, she again became the happy pony and wonderful musician she once was.
Author's note: I've been asked to explain the timeline a bit more. This contains spoilers to new readers.
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Vinyl's age : event
0 : Vinyl's parents die. Grandparents take her in.
7: Vinyl gets her cutiemark
9: The bully-incident.
11: Octavia leaves for the Academy
12: Vinyl makes her first record
14: Vinyl makes her second record under the name DJ PON-3
18: Vinyl plays at the Great Galloping Gala. 2 months later, her grandparents die. She moves to Ponyville, to her old parents' house.
20: The story starts.

Hope this clears up some misconceptions

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Rainbow Dash is a headstrong, athletic pony who is utterly faithful to her friends and doesn't keep any secrets from them. Or so she pretends. Yet a surprise visit from Twilight Sparkle is about to blow the secret wide open, and the multi-hued pegasus will find out just how strong their friendship is.

Note: This story was written in the week following the airing of "May The Best Pet Win", and well before "Read It and Weep" was even known about. As such it haws since been overtaken by canon, but most folk tend to like it still so I will upload it here so I have a bit of a presence on FIMfiction beyond "lurker #347,921".

This story also includes "The Unrelated Epilogue" which is a mini-story based on a loose bit in the main one that I felt did not stand on its own, but that I wanted up nonetheless. It has Luna, but not RD or TS.
Cover image is a screencap from the show.

Twilight has come to terms with her feelings towards Rainbow Dash, but with the chaos of planning and hosting yet another Iron Pony Competition, can Twilight find the words and time to tell her friend, or will the hype of the competition prevent her from finding the chance she needs?

Two ponies brought together by reading and the feelings that can develop between such opposites.

More characters will be added as the story progress along with a few useful OC characters. The picture includes the Equuleus constellation.