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Vera Valeri is a bio-engineered consumer "My Little Pony"; a living, sentient toy. Living alone with her adoptive brother, life has been easy on her. For many others like her, it has not. When a bombing at an equinoid-rights rally upends her life, Vera finds herself without an anchor: cast out into an indifferent and unforgiving world with one chance at proving both to herself and others that she is as deserving of respect as those around her.

Unfortunately for Vera, there are many people out there who do not care for what she stands for, and some may go farther than others to see the status quo stand.

Some lessons are too big for one letter. Others are so important that they need to be shared with ponies everywhere. When these two come together, Twilight Sparkle tries something new.

She writes a book.

Everypony remembers exactly what they were doing when they first found out about the griffin invasion. Many saw it as a growing shadow that threatened to overtake all of Equestria. To those in the towns and cities that would become the front lines, it was a terror made real. With Canterlot in flames and Princess Celestia injured, many wondered how anypony could make everything right again. I was among them.

But we did it. Together.

These are my experiences and lessons learned during The Great Griffin Invasion, and it’s not just my story. War is a dark affair, but we can always learn something from the worst of times. In fact, we have to. The lessons are too costly to let them go to waste. And maybe, with a little help from this book, we won’t ever forget.

-Princess Twilight Sparkle

(Valor is Magic is a story of war and values set between seasons two and three of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. As of the end of season three, the events of this story do not justify an AU tag.)

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. ~ David Hothersall

The first author was given a prompt and wrote the first chapter. The second author was given only the first chapter and wrote the second. The third author was given only the second chapter and wrote the third. And so on.

What kind of story are we getting here? Read on to find out.

Featherweight has had a crush on Scootaloo for as long as he can remember, but he never did anything about it. That is, until the fateful day where he is given the challenge to kiss her before nightfall.