For years, Twilight Sparkle and Queen Chrysalis have been at each other's throats. Both have experienced victory over the other, and both have experienced defeat. Out of all the creatures in Equestria, none despise each other the way the pony Princess and changeling Queen do. They seemed destined to remain locked in battle forever, or at least until one is finally dead at the hooves of the other. The cruel insults, the vicious loathing, and the powerful spells that have passed back and forth between them at each meeting have become the stuff of legend.

Imagine Twilight's surprise when she finds out changelings consider this dating.

And now they're married.

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Sequel: Pony Courtship Rituals

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Some beautiful fanart of the end of chapter three was done by Dmann892; you can see it here.

More awesome fanart, this time from chapter one.

Now with a TvTropes page (obligatory TvTropes warning goes here).

If you want a Russian translation, you can find it here.

There is now a reading of the story on Youtube, which starts here.

Darrilon has proudly served Princess Celestia for many years, and risen to the rank of Captain of the elite squad known as the Solarian Patrol. But every day is a new challenge when your superior officer (and divine ruler) has no respect for protocol or procedure.

Celestia likes her routine. Tax reforms, grants, laws and construction projects are all a princess needs to be content.

It's just her luck that for Pinkie Pie, "content" is not nearly enough.

Everyone has their own views on Diamond Tiara's character, but how do the differences in those views impact how she is written? Perhaps this collection of short stories can shed some light on the subject. Each one showcases a different author's perspective of a given scenario.

Brought to you by The Diamond Cutters, a group dedicated to expanding Diamond Tiara beyond the one dimensional character she is often perceived to be. Join today!

Chapter titles use the following format: Prompt #: Title - Author_Name, with one exception. The first prompt has its initial stories of 600 words or less bundled together.

Prompts
Prompt 1: Diamond Tiara arrives at school to find that the CMC are wearing tiaras.
Prompt 2: Diamond Tiara and Babs Seed get into a fight after school. What's it about and who prevails?
Prompt 3: Diamond Tiara is a spy and/or spying on someone.
Prompt 4: Diamond Tiara spends some quality time with her pet.
Prompt 5: Diamond Tiara visits a relative.
Prompt 6: Diamond Tiara is a ghost. Who shall she haunt and why?
Prompt 7: Diamond Tiara is going to explode.
Prompt 8: Diamond Tiara gets babysat.
Prompt 9: Diamond Tiara meets a fictional character.
Prompt 10: *Challenge Prompt* Any Diamond Tiara story that includes the following: Diamond Tiara takes off her glasses, then picks up the object on her right. Someone screams.
Prompt 11: Diamond Tiara does something that Diamond Tiara would never do.
Prompt 12: Diamond Tiara goes on vacation.
Prompt 13: Diamond Tiara is victorious.
Prompt 14: Diamond is the victim of a misunderstanding.
Prompt 15: Diamond Tiara gets weirded out.
Prompt 16: Song. Diamond sings, a song inspires you, etc.
Prompt 17: Silver Spoon gets a mysterious letter (provided by Shannon Chan-Kent, the voice of Silver Spoon)
Prompt 18: Diamond Tiara volunteers/does charity work! (provided by Chantal Strand, the voice of Diamond Tiara)

A class field trip to Sweet Apple Acres goes awry when rogue weather from Everfree Forest drifts in. Making matters worse, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon find themselves separated from the class and left to deal with the storm on their own.

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.

After feeling betrayed by Babs Seed, the one pony besides Silver Spoon that Diamond Tiara actually tried to open up to, the young filly returns home feeling heartbroken.

But then, the filly finds friendship not in the form of a pony, but in the form of an innocent little animal, who simply wants to listen to Diamond Tiara's problems and be there for her.

Fic inspired by:
The pic used for the cover art: http://kp-shadowsquirrel.deviantart.com/art/Bubble-Bath-341384219?
And this comic: http://haretrinity.deviantart.com/art/Silver-Spoon-is-the-Best-Friend-343878084

In an attempt to end the constant war between the Cutie Mark Crusaders and their biggest enemies, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, or at the very least tone it down a bit, Cheerilee decides to put the five of them together in the same group for the upcoming camping trip. What's the worst that could possibly happen?

Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon shipping inside. Thou hath been warned...eth.

This fic was originally inspired by Your Antagonist's 'The Serenade of Silver Belles', which you should all go and read.

Was originally going to be just a SilverBelle fic, but decided to expand it to also include background stories for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

While doing a little early Spring Cleaning (or possibly some very belated Spring Cleaning from last year), Octavia unearths part of Vinyl Scratch's comic book collection. But when she amuses herself during a break by reading one of the books, will she realize that some things are better left undisturbed? Will what she finds within reveal some of the puckish DJ's darkest secrets and tear to pieces the two musicians' nascent love?

Well, no. Not quite. Not at all, in fact... But it will give Octavia a pretty weird dream.

Picture by the awesome Skaleal. Gallery is work safe as far as I know, but it is on Furaffinity so your mileage may vary.

Author's Note: I came up with this silly idea when I saw that surge of "Octavia as small pony-octopus" pictures in November 2011. I hope you guys find the idea as amusing as I do. Oh, and I didn't tag this as a crossover or alternate universe because one, it's a dream and two, I would say it's more of a fusion...

Big Macintosh had a perfectly good reason for taking Twilight's doll; he wanted to use it to finally start a conversation with her. But Applejack's having none of it, Rarity's getting the wrong idea about everything, and the Cutie Mark Crusader Matchmakers are about to really throw a spanner in the works! A comedy of errors launching a full fleet of ships.