This story is a sequel to Mundane Utility

Nopony seems to understand how hard this is on her. Maybe Zipp can find joy in social isolation, but the more sensible of the sisters recognizes that she's been largely cut off from fame, fortune, and the constant reinforcing platitudes of those who clearly love her. Still, when Pipp is truly feeling lost, she can always power up Bestie, check the views on her latest video upload, and bask in the approval of the upvote count --

-- what's that little red symbol? That's never been there before...

...okay. Even more to the point: who cast that downvote, and how can Pipp make sure they never do it again?

(Now with author Patreon and Ko-Fi pages.)

While the story is labeled as a sequel, this just indicates that it takes place after the original tale. No extra reading is required.

This story is a sequel to S.M.I.L.E Dragon (Sweet and Elite)

Ever wondered where Spike was, whenever he’s absent? Well, all will be revealed in these de-classified files.

The life and time of Spike the dragon as Agent Dragon Fire – S.M.I.L.E (Secret Monster Intelligence League of Equestria)'s Dragon Agent.

Season Two

Spike takes on the S.M.I.L.E agency’s training program to get him up to speed with the fighting techniques, the gadgets to better prepare him for the field missions he’ll be on with Agent Sweetie Drops and Fleur de Lis.

Spike helps Fleur and Sweetie Drops stop a swarm of parasites that’s been eating up Appleloosa’s apples. On the way home, Spike hitches a ride with Rarity and Pinkie Pie near the end.

Spike helps Sweetie Drops with her date with Lyra Heartstring. Conveniently, he happens to be having a date with Rarity in the area.

Spike, Fleur, and Sweetie Drops help Cranky Doodle Donkey rescue Steven Magnet from the changelings.

A dangerous criminal is planning to open the gates of Tartarus and set the monsters, and Equestria’s worst criminals loose.

Spike, Fleur, and Sweetie Drops must recover a super secret, and powerful recipe that was stolen.

There’s more going on to the story than what was seen on TV. And Spike knows it.

Season Three
Sleepless in Ponyville
Wonderbolts Academy

Season Four
Daring Don't
Flight to the Finish
Rainbow Falls
Somepony to Watch Over Me
Maud Pie
Leap of Faith

Season Five
The Cutie Map Part Two (Though Spike appears in Part One)
Bloom & Gloom
Appleloosa's Most Wanted
The Lost Treasure of Griffinstone
Rarity Investigates
Brotherhooves Social

Season Six
The Gift of the Maud Pie
On Your Marks
No Second Prances
The Saddle Row Review
Stranger Than Fan Fiction
The Cart Before The Ponies
Buckball Season
The Fault in our Cutie Marks
Viva Las Pegasus
Where the Apple Lies

Season Seven
Forever Filly
Parental Glideance
Hard to Say Anything
Not Asking for Trouble
Discordant Harmony
The Perfect Pear
Fame and Misfortune
Campfire Tales
To Change a Changelign
Daring Done?
Marks and Recreation
Secrets and Pies
Uncommon Bond

Season Eight
Grannies Gone Wild
Surf and/or Turf
The Mean 6
Friendship University
On the Road to Friendship
The Washouts
What Lies Beneath
Sounds of Silence

Shorts
Triple Pony Dare Ya
The Great Escape Room
Mystery Voice
Teacher of the Month
Starlight the Hypnotist
Sundae, Sundae, Sundae

Season Nine
Common Ground
Frenemies
Going to Seed
Student Counsel
2, 4, 6, Greaat
Daring Doubt
Growing Up is Hard To Do

Rainbow Dash likes to go fast. As a result, Rainbow Dash ends up crashing a lot. This is an uneventful, semi-regular occurrence that Rainbow has made peace with...

Twilight has not.

An entry for the Dialogue Only contest.
Written by me, and humored (proofread) by the amazing Paracompact

Everyone’s favorite unicorn is doing something else today so I'm writing about Rarity instead.

This short fic is just practice for writing Rarity and Sweetie Belle as I weave them into my long fic (which you can beta read if you visit my user page). Let me know if I’m getting the vibes right; that's all I really care about with this.

Edit: There's a dialogue contest so might as well incorporate this into that. Puts some constraints on where I was planning to go with the story, but hey, it's a nice challenge.

"In The Precocious Princeling's Guide to Diplomatic Relations, there are three rules for how a royal ought to conduct himself abroad.

1. A diplomat of Equestria must obey all local laws of the nation they are assigned to.
2. A diplomat of Equestria should advocate for the interests of Equestria to the best of their abilities.
3. Under no circumstance should a diplomat of Equestria get involved in the following: Political parties, popular uprisings, peasant revolutions, class solidarity movements, coups d'etat, or other attempts at regime change, violent or otherwise.

By the time I had finished my tenure in Saddle Arabia, I had broken all three."
-Prince Blueblood, First of His Name

Spike bakes a pie and visits Rarity. He hasn't visited her in a while, since his romantic hopes with her have vanished, but he recognizes she's still a friend. During his visit, he learns some things about ponies he didn't know before.

This story is part of a trade with Fancy_Blue, who wanted a cute story with Spike and Rarity. The cover art is by xniclord789x; I couldn't find anything more fitting.

This story is a sequel to Words Locked Away

To be able to spend a beach day with Smolder.

Gallus learns to swim the hard way...

After a few arguments Smolder and Gallus find themselves connected to each other by an enchanted pair of collars.

Simple words the key to thier friendship and hidden feelings.

Top Comment

Scyphi : I'm always down for some wholesome Smollus.

Or least as close to wholesome as these two knuckleheads ever get.

This story did not explode! What a relief and/or letdown.

Part of OPERATION CRACKFIC STORM 2024 ( group | stories ).

Thanks to Silk Rose for coming up with the idea, writing chapters 22 and 9, and developing the code; thanks also to Meadowsys for general code help.

Thanks to IrradiatedPirateBooty ( tumblr ) for the awesome character art.

And thanks to everyone in the comments who stuck around for the final countdown!