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Once every month, a mare appears on a remote beach, far from her home. She plays, she reads, she sleeps, and she wastes precious, precious time.
Five days ago, the Friendship Map called Rarity to a task. It called her alone. It called her to the middle of an uninhabited swamp.
Today, she's returned to Ponyville, and she's asked her friends to meet her right away.
The Friendship Map never calls without a purpose.
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Originally written for the "Ot" writeoff event. Thank you to the other participants for their advice and encouragement.
Cover art by the excellent StarBlaze25.
Now available in Spanish, courtesy of SPANIARD KIWI.
The village had been perfect, free from the inequality and misery rampant throughout the rest of Equestria. Then Twilight Sparkle and her so-called friends arrived and ruined everything.
But all hope is not lost. Starlight Glimmer has a plan to restore her lost utopia on a much vaster scale.
After all, it's not like that purple princess was friends with anything worse.
Story contains spoilers for the Season 5 premiere, nonspecific allusions to torture, and nuts. Story does not contain Nikita Khruschev or shoes.
This story is a sequel to A Mad Glimmer
The plan had been perfect, taking everything from Twilight Sparkle and trapping her in a no-win situation. Then Twilight showed Starlight the alleged consequences of her actions.
But there's a bit more to the story. Starlight Glimmer has paid a heavy price, but there's one more debt to call in.
After all, Discord doesn't make idle threats.
Story contains spoilers for the Season 5 finale, potentially disturbing imagery, and nuts. Story still does not contain Nikita Khrushchev or shoes.
When Princesses Celestia and Luna visit a public art gallery, they come upon a painting of Celestia, banished to the moon. They react to this in the only reasonable way: artistic criticism and analysis.
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Cover art by that paragon of good sportsmanship and all-around talented person, Rocket Lawn Chair.
Originally written for the Reversal of Fortune writeoff, with the cover art as the prompt. Thank you to everyone there for the pre-reading and advice, and to Pascoite for his (always invaluable) additional help and editing suggestions!
Now available in Spanish, courtesy of SPANIARD KIWI.
Now available in Russian, courtesy of oranzinispegasas.
The Equestrian Postal Service used to be MUCH more dangerous.
"Now that we've invented paper," Princess Celestia tried to explain to her sister Luna, "we can send a message to another pony without the necessity to write the message on a THIRD pony, let alone ordering that third pony, upon pain of death, to seek out the recipient and display their flank."
Mortals have always gazed upon the stars in wonder. But sometimes, the stars gaze back.
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Dramatic reading by ShadowOfCygnus.
And by ThelifeonCloud9!
Special thanks to GaryOak and the Writeoff crew for editing.
Somewhere in the mountains by North End, there's a cave. A cave that, supposedly, can make all of your problems go away.
Happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts.
Preread and edited by EverfreePony.
Preread by Flashgen.
My first entry in the Barcast's 'Halloween in April' Contest.