Spike has secrets. Secrets he isn't proud of. Secrets which clog up his thoughts to the point of needing to shout them out... This is why he has a diary. He converts all rage, hate, worry, fear, embarrassment and even crushes to simple text on a page. But this has continued to the extent that he is paranoid of anypony reading a single word of it...

So what happens when the diary mysteriously disappears?

Twilight is finally old enough to understand Christmas! But when her mother and Cadence tells her that everypony gets presents she has to figure out what everypony needs! Will she be able to get all the presents in time and celebrate her new holiday?

(This fic goes with a headcannon that Equestria has both Christmas AND Hearths Warming Eve! So it will go as a normal Christmas and not like Hearths Warming Eve with the play and such. Enjoy!)

Spike loses a bet to Snips and Snails. The consequence? Ask Scootaloo out on a date. But what starts off as a frivolous punishment for the baby dragon ends up becoming much more rewarding than he ever expected.

Ah'm trying to tell you guys, but yer not listenin'. Haven't you two noticed Twilight actin' different lately? How she's always nervous in public now? Or how 'bout the fact she's never at her library no more? It's like she's hidin' somethin' and Ah know what it is. She's got wings, and we're gonna prove it.

Spin-off of Ascend.

My entry into the "Hearth's Warming Care Package for Kiki" Fan-fiction contest. Didn't make the finals, but I was close.
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After a long day in the fields, Applejack only wants to be able to eat her dinner and go to bed. The only problem, it's already occupied by a very ill Zecora. The Apples are famous for their hospitality, but when does Applejack have to draw the line?

Princess Twilight Sparkle, daughter of the Queen and King of Gymkhana, is summoned to her mother's chamber one day. Princess Celestia of Equestria is willing to help their dying kingdom, and in return the Queen gives Celestia what she wants most; a student. Now Twilight Sparkle is sent to Equestria to learn more about magic-and her brother wants her to hide a part of who she is from everyone besides the Equestrian princesses.

However, while in Canterlot, tragedy strikes and Twilight is forced to flee Canterlot-and where else would she go than Ponyville?

Warning: Alicorn Twilight.

Twilight Sparkle goes to the Apple Family farm to retrieve Smarty Pants from Big Macintosh, and realizes that she may have done some damage to him. Concerned for his well-being, Twilight Sparkle works to ween him off his new condition, and consults with an expert on the subject. Over the following weeks, she realizes how troublesome taking care of anypony can be a hassle.

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There was a question... and Spike wanted the answer. The curiosity of it was gnawing at his little dragon brain like gerbils in a vat of candy corn. In desperation, he turns to Cadence for help, and she's more than happy to assist.

After all, it's just a simple question. What's the worst that could happen?

(Takes place prior to Season 1. Rated for scattered innuendo.)

An ordinary afternoon at Canterlot's Summer Sun Faire becomes extraordinary when a young filly gets too curious and Princess Cadence experiences every foalsitter's worst nightmare. This is how one Princess discovered there is more to Twilight Sparkle than she ever imagined, and realized she is truly anything but "a regular old unicorn."

EDIT: Featured on Equestria Daily on 12/31/12. It's a New Year's miracle!

RD's the strong one, the brave one, the one who never lets anything get her down. But one day, she sees another Apple Family Reunion, and something sticks inside her.

Elsewhere in Canterlot, a couple ponder what life would have been like if they hadn't given up their daughter.