“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.” -Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

Twilight Sparkle has come up with an inspired idea for Rainbow Dash’s birthday present, the best one she can imagine. She’s made a living, breathing copy of her favorite fictional character for her. The new pony has one goal in mind, and one purpose that crowds out all others: Be the best Daring Do she can be.

A collaborative work with the incomparable Eakin.

"I don’t know where the book came from, or who wrote it. It was bound with a blank, leather -yes leather- cover and contained no identifying marks. I found it one day when I was rifling through the old archives in the Royal Library."

Here is all that it says on the first page:

The Great Chaos has ended. Discord has been defeated and his freshly entombed statue resides in the Canterlot Gardens.

But all is not well in Equestria. Death is everywhere, disharmony has taken it’s toll. The two royal sisters, Celestia and Luna, have been pushed to breaking. Yet still they struggle to rebuild what little remains of pony civilization.

Luna suggests intense action; Celestia refuses to disrupt what little normalcy they have brought to the shattered cities.

What could come between these two sisters? What could be so horrible as to drive our beloved Night Princess to become such a destructive nightmare? A nightmare that will terrify ponies for centuries to come? Well, immortality and power have a nasty way of taking any dispute and turning it into a cataclysmic event that neither party could imagine...

Written in collaboration with Sasha Nein.
Cover art credit goes to SilFoe

Captain Rainbow Dash of the Wonderbolts.
Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
Certainly her dream job.
Well, dreams and reality are two very different things.

Especially when our newly minted captain has to deal with an empty roster, budget cuts, the first non-pegasi cadets, and the pressure of finding out your best friend is now your boss, let alone a princess.

If that weren’t enough to make her quit, her three wing commanders might. Cloud Kicker is a sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen; Surprise makes no sense; and Lightning Dust is, well, Lightning Dust.

Meanwhile, Scootaloo arrives at the academy, ready and raring to prove she’s got what it takes to be an elite flyer. Pressure mounts as Scootaloo aims to make her hero proud.

Now on Equestria Daily
Editors: ping111
NotMurphy
Georg

Thanks for pre-reading go to:
John Perry
Distaff Pope
SolidFire
nygiants93
Eakin

Cover art used with permission by GSphere

For Pinkie Pie, life is pretty good—she's the pinkest, perkiest, most partiest pony in all of Ponyville!

Okay, so things could be better. Her friends aren't having the happiest time right now, especially her beloved Dashie, who she hasn't seen in a while. Upon reuniting, an innocent conversation quickly turns into a sour argument, prompting Pinkie to ask herself all sorts of questions. Who's in the wrong? What should she do? Why are all the bad things happening right now?

And, most importantly, can she patch things up with Dashie before it's too late?

A side story to The Life of Times of a Winning Pony, chapters 18 to 21.

Equestria is barely three years old, and already danger threatens the fragile peace forged between the pony tribes. Monsters stream out of the Forest Ever Free on a daily basis, and now a prophetic dream foretells of even greater chaos that will befall the land.

It's up to Star Swirl the Bearded and his team of manly, heroic, eminently bearded (and strangely familiar!) stallions to brave the dark and murky Forest Ever Free in search of their one hope for salvation. Along the way, they'll learn more about the history of the land they've claimed as their own, not to mention each other. But as their unintended friendships grow, the forest will try its best to drive them apart.

Can they withstand the epic trials before them? Can they save Equestria? Will Star Swirl be known forevermore as the creator of Equestria's first beard-restoring spell? Journey a thousand years into the past and discover Equestria's epicest, beardiest history lesson ever!

Story tagged Dark for increasingly epic violence. Cover art by M. D. Quill! Accepted by The Royal Guard!

In the elite circles of Canterlot, cultured music is one of the essential luxuries for anypony with status. Octavia Philharmonica is one of the foremost classical musicians in Canterlot. Her music is at the very pinnacle of her profession, her performances highly sought after, and her talents attract a steady string of wealthy and influential patrons. Her talent, however, is not always enough on its own; occasionally, her job demands more. For the sake of pleasing one of her patrons, she must perform for a charity concert—a collaborative concert with her dubstep-loving friend Vinyl Scratch.

She and Vinyl must find a way to weave their genres together to create a new style of music for their patrons, all while maneuvering the tricky and underhoofed backstage politics of Canterlot society and the musical world.

A Winning Ponyverse story.

Over a thousand years ago, Princess Luna was banished to the moon by her sister. According to the tales the Princess of the Night had become a wicked mare of darkness, and had wished to keep Equestria in Eternal Night to punish those ponies who shunned it. However, often the tales are history are changed and rewritten by the great victors of the age, omitting details, adding drama, and removing the very substance of what actually happened in those days.

How could an entire city be allowed to be swallowed by the once peaceful Everfree forest?

How could Celestia use the Elements against her own sister, even in defence?

How could there only be one Draconequus in all of existence?

And most of all...
How could they erase one filly from history, while she still lives on?

Written from multiple perspectives, this story is a mix of different choices and circumstances that was started as a 'short' rewriting of the original pilot episodes of M.L.P. , but with cross-over-lover-232's help, it has bloomed into this 100,000+ story that is cluttering up my roleplay inbox. So I am bringing out piece by piece, refining the generally poor-quality rolepaly we did into a respectable tale.

Star Fall is cross-over-lover-232's OC, I use her with permission.

My Little Pony is property of Hasbro, and I have no idea what they would think of this. But it's a parody, technically, so it's protected speech.

Around the time of Star Swirl the Bearded there was a story writing bard who traveled the lands collecting fables, fairy tales, and allegories to ensure that the word of mouth tales would be immortalized in paper. Ever since I was a young colt I've been enraptured by these timeless tales. So as I transcribe these stories in the 1,265th edition of Grimm Goose the Bard's Tales, I hope that you readers will enjoy them as much as I have.

- Ink Well
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A collection of Fairy Tales collected from all over Equestria. Telling important lessons for both young and old alike making these timeless classics the perfect story for any age. I will be updating this story as time clears up to add in a new one or I get a burst of inspiration for a fic. Current stories that will be developed can be found here (Warning contains description of the stories).

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Other than The Three Mages, all fics edited by AuthorGenesis.

Cover Art done by: Ijab

[2nd Person Romance Tale]

In an alternate reality, science and magic have conjoined to form a world of the Information Age. Equestria has become the capital of the world in the realm of progress and discovery. The nation is so advanced that companies on behalf of the princesses have started manufacturing life-like but artificial animals.

They created dogs, cats, rabbits, sheep, and even ponies...

Inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov.

Collaboration with electreXcessive.

Freshly graduated from West Hoof Academy, 2nd Lieutenant Storm Kicker decides to enjoy what little free time she has left before accepting her commission with the Long Patrol. And what better way to let down her mane than at the millennial celebration of Celestia’s reign, on the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration?

Well, there is the pesky little detail of a pesky little sibling who decides to tag along and be a pest. Still, it’s the last chance she’ll have to spend time with Star, so they make the most of it. It’s all fun and games, plus she'll have plenty of chances to needle her little sister along the way.

At least, until the two sisters are asked to look into the disappearance of a family friend; it soon becomes apparent that not all is well in Canterlot.

Part of the Winningverse.