Octavia is a high-class pony. Fine alcohol is her wont, and uncouthness her intense chagrin. Such is her surprise to find herself lumbered with an insufferable oaf of a DJ pony. However, sometimes these situations work themselves into a satisfactory ultimatum all the same.

The day after Hearts and Hooves Day, Diamond Tiara shows up at Sweet Apple Acres looking for advice about love. However, this is quickly overshadowed as cloud monsters begin to invade Ponyville and foals start disappearing from Cheerilee's school. It's time for... Cutie Mark Crusader Official Deputy Detectives.

Written for the February Write Off, where it was the fifth-highest rated of all 240 stories including the three winners. The Write Off version was truncated to fit the length requirements of 3000-10000 words, but this is the full version, as it was intended to be read.

Pinkie Pie is overjoyed when she meets a Pegasus who seems almost exactly like her.
She's fun, silly, and Pinkie's friends take an immediate liking to her.
What could possibly go wrong?

Translated into Russian here!

Rainbow Dash decides to overlook the humdrum in her job as weathermare with some extreme fun in the snow, but instead comes across Pinkie Pie doing something less extreme. With nothing else for pastime, Rainbow, for secret reasons, joins her in a seemingly boring activity that will teach her more than mere ice skating lessons.

Twilight's Research into Divination magic has given Rarity a vision about her future love. Will she interpret the portents correctly?

Pinkie Pie is haunted by feelings of self-hatred, stemming from the day she left her family to be on her own. Never wanting to see her best friend in a crazed state of distress again, Rainbow Dash resolves to reconnect her with her estranged family and bring an end to the personal demons once and for all.

Featured at Equestria Daily on September 28, 2011.
Featured at Canterlot's Finest on November 21, 2013.

Rainbow Dash is the bravest, most fearless pony in all of Equestria. But when she is visited by nightmares for the first time in many years, can Dash swallow her pride and seek comfort from a small pink pony and some delicious hot beverages? And is this the ideal opportunity to reveal feelings she has kept repressed for so long?

Cover art provided by: http://fbslyunfbs.deviantart.com

There's been another sighting of the mysterious Mare Do Well...but this time, all of Rainbow Dash's friends plead ignorance, insisting that they've put aside their costumes for good. Rainbow Dash is determined to uncover the masked mare's true identity before she's humiliated yet again, but this time around, the vigilante seems especially interested in her as well. Will Rainbow Dash be able to solve the mystery before the culprit takes the hoax too far? Or is she in danger of losing not only her mind, but her heart?

Featured on Equestria Daily.

"Love is a force of nature."

In the Swayback Mountains, a violent storm and its aftermath force Rarity and Applejack to reappraise their feelings for each other.

Illustration by the awesome JakNeurotic.

Twilight encounters strange nightly scratching sounds and goes to investigate.