Running across Equestria, a vast network of pipes transfers soup from the mines out West to hungry ponies on the East Coast. Few ponies sitting down to a bowl of fresh cazuela ever think about the soup pipeline.
Ocellus isn't feeling so great. After she and her friends harnessed the magic of Harmony to save the world yet again, she’s still got essays and final exams and graduation prep to do. And now she’s being betrayed by her own body.
Gallus wants to ask Silverstream to the Amity Ball their sophomore year without embarrassing them both to death. Silverstream wants that, too. The Spirit of the Tree of Harmony, learning of this, wants to help.
What's the best way to deal with that traveling cloud party? Make it somepony else's problem. And what's the best way for somepony else to deal with it? Repeat as necessary.
Leaving Carousel Boutique the morning before he and Yona are set to debut their latest fashion line, Sandbar finds himself thinking. That's the sort of thing that usually doesn't turn out well for him.
Twilight Sparkle has been hiding a terrible secret from her friends. A secret so horrible, so terrible, that Hearth's Warming will never be the same again.
How do you choose a gift for someone who has better taste than you do? If you're clever, you find a way to ask them that means they'll never find out you cheated.
As facts go, Celestia can always remember 'Why don't we let first-year Gifted School students have a project fair?' is a horrible idea. Everypony else usually needs about eighty years to forget that.
Creating an outfit for a magician is an intimate process. Rarity never knew this. But then, she comes to find there are a lot of things she never knew once she takes on a commission from The Great and Powerful Trixie.
Midnight Sparkle answers a summons as an evil spirit has taken residence deep within the Swampy Bottom Bog and is starting to corrupt the land. Midnight finds herself facing annoying haunts, monsters, irritating teenagers, and worst of all: mud.
Torque Wrench does a favor for Kerfuffle in her hour of need. Not that it means they're friends or anything. Just a little engineering project, don'tcha know.
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.
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.
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?
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?
When Sunset Shimmer's father arrives in Freeport hunting a warlock he's obsessed with capturing, Sunset finds herself dragged into the case no matter how much she wants to stay out of it.
Clover the Clever tricked war goddess Celestia out of a coup attempt. Now she's traded the sun to woo him, and he faces a bleak prophecy: if he's brave and clever enough, he just might survive her affection for long enough to break her heart.
Trixie has looked forward to her date with Starlight, but her hopes are dashed when she finds Starlight dragging her into taking care of Flurry Heart. Still, between them, how hard could watching a foal for a few hours be?
Puzzle Piece is the premier information broker in Freeport. However, after months of absence from Freeport, he returns to find everything he built in shambles and his lieutenants fighting over the remnants.
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.
After psyching herself up, Twilight asks Applejack out on a date. Everything's going well until an obscure form of unicorn magic interrupts and makes things really awkward.
Celestia is the very image of beauty and perfection, and has been for over a thousand years. Inevitably, she receives a large number of letters every Hearts and Hooves Day. Luna is not amused, especially when they interfere with politics.
For Bon-Bon and Lyra, the worst part of any holiday season is never the celebration itself. It's the day after. And when they both have something they're not talking about, it's everything.
Twilight didn’t know what to say. How easy it sounded, to just not think about things that hurt, but thoughts were all she had. Thoughts were the only thing that were hers, for better or worse.
When Celestia has to temporarily leave Equestria, she names Sunbeam Sparkle as her regent. Will Sunbeam be up to the challenge, especially when an unscrupulous foe tries to take advantage of Celestia's absence?
Hearth's Warming never happened: The three tribes went their separate ways instead of uniting. Royal Chef Amber Spice is a mostly model Unicornian citizen, but now she's getting exiled from the land. How'd she manage that?