Sunny Starscout is a mare with expectations. What she did not expect was to find her wife making out with... herself.

Written for the July 19 2023 Quills and Sofa's Changeling Contest.

It was supposed to be a simple spell. How did I make it? Just to test a theory. Just to see what was out there, beyond reality. It shouldn't be possible It wasn't able to affect anything. Why did I do this?

My submission to the Thousand Words Contest, Experimental category.

A contest? I was created for a contest?

Note; some formatting doesn't work on mobile. It's not much, but you only get the full intended effect on PC.

What effect? Why are you doing this to me?

Rainbow Dash is fine, despite what her friends think. There's nothing wrong. She's just tired, that's all.

Pre-Read and edited by Rimmer.
Cover art edited by ModMCdl. Frankly I don't deserve either of them but here we are. (Original image by Arkwys)

Now available in audio format thanks to The Mystery Fluttershy Fan, available on their youtube channel here!
A reading also available from Reaper Prince of Light, which can be found on their youtube channel here!

In a thrift store, Discord finds Twilight's other half of their matching necklaces. He is not upset at all. Nope, not one bit.

A class field trip gets the Cutie Mark Crusaders talking about their parents. And an off-hoof comment by Apple Bloom gets Scootaloo wondering about something. She goes to Applejack to commiserate.

Revolves around S9E12, The Last Crusade, though that's maybe a spoiler.

Applejack wakes up in the forest, finds another creature called a human, and learns that the only way to escape this prison is to collect lumber.

Sounds easy, right?

Oh, how wrong they are. For out here, nothing is easy, everything takes longer than it should, most of the wildlife wants to kill and/or eat you, and there's no such thing as clean.

Mud, Misery, and Mayhem are the names of the game. Now, will they choose to play, or give up?

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NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME IS REQUIRED!

So, if you're unaware, this is a spinnoff/crossover of a older game called Spintires, which some years ago got a remake called Mud Runner, which then got a sequel called Snow Runner. I've played and beat the first two, and I'm currently about 40 hours into the third. While this story is heavily focused on the dynamics of the first two games, I will also be borrowing some elements of the third (for our characters sake) and be implementing a few other things not in these games, such as more survival tactics of being in the woods.

Also, currently no pre-readers or editors, and while this story isn't meant to be something perfect, if this genera, story, or even the game are your thing and you'd like to help out, feel free to message me and you can be part of this!

Lightning Dust is perfectly happy being on her own. She can figure this out.

And she doesn’t need this other mare with a constant supply of bad music jokes, at all.

Written for the FiddleDust contest.

(Takes place immediately after the events of "A New Generation". Featured on 7/22/2022.)

It's never easy to realize you were wrong, but that's just the sort of dilemma that Phyllis Cloverleaf now faces. Especially since magic has returned to Equestria, and Sunny Starscout has become an alicorn.

Now Phyllis desperately wants to talk with Sunny, hoping for a chance to make some long overdue amends. After all, there's a lot Phyllis has to be sorry for.

Sunny, for her part, doesn't seem overly concerned. But why? Is it possible that there's something she wants to apologize for?

Applejack tells her family about her new relationship. It doesn't go well.

Featured!

Now with a reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwUbOgtPSc
And a second reading! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--qEC39aA0

Rated Highly Recommended by PresentPerfect!

An idle mind is a dangerous thing, and Zipp Storm is a detective with no current cases. In the dog day doldrums of summer, suspicions sometimes see signs that aren't there.

Unless of course Zipp is right, and Pipp really is possessed by a ghostly diva from centuries past.

Contains: Paranormal (in)activity, supercharged imaginations, out-of-character creepiness, and Pipp chasing clout via memes.

This is an entry in the Snippet Series, an anthology of old oneshots that I (and my good buddy Str8aura) wrote based around interesting pics I found. New ones will be posted every other Thursday for the foreseeable future.