Octavia has hit rock bottom. After the Gala and being forced to play that song, she was cast out by high society. Now she must gather the shreds of her pride, only to have to swallow them to work under the only pony that seems willing to hire her. Now it's time for her to make a name for herself all over again, and she's determined to make it no matter what, even if she has to start over from Scratch.

"Consider this friendship over.", Octavia spoke in calm but disappointed and broken tone, before she cut the call off.

This time was one time too much. Not only Vinyl Scratch forgot another appointment - but it was Octavias very first performance on stage, with a large audience.
Now both of them have to cope with their breakup.

Will it be the romantic prince who dries the tears, or the power of party, WUBs, booze and loads of new friends? And will they ever be able to look in their eyes again?

- This story is inspired by the events of the fan-animation "I am Octavia". I don't own the clip (credits go to TehJadeh) or anything other (besides this story), so copyright goes to the respective owners. And the "(Not) Doing Hurtful Things to your Waifu - meme.

- OC don't refer to one single character, but to any made up characters in this story.

Special thanks goes to:

- Dan_The_Jerk who inspired me to this story with his blogpost / stories about (not)doing hurtful things to your waifu

- DWK for providing one very crucial line of text in his comment in Dans thread.

and
- Kirito-Black Swordsman for providing the Bow/Cello pet-name

- Last but not least I want to thank all the members of the Writers Group, for answering my questions.

Rhabdophobia:
(1) A fear of being severely punished.
(2) A fear of magic.

Octavia Melody is an up-an-coming cellist, and her band has been asked to perform in Canterlot. It's a dream come true for the young mare, but a hidden past and an anger for the magically gifted that she can't conceal boil to the surface and threaten to ruin both her reputation and the chance to perform in the famous city.

It isn't her fault, though; the unicorns are such cheats. They all use their simple magic to get ahead when earth ponies have only their bare hooves.

However, when Octavia finds herself unable to escape from a rather eccentric unicorn working backstage, she finds herself questioning what has been ingrained in her for decades.
What can you do, when you have nobody but a certain enemy with you to confide in?

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Octascratch and LyraBon shipping. Written for Fac3Desk in honour of Valentine's Day, and was encouraged to post it here.

After the mishap of the Grand Galloping Gala, Octavia Pie's Prestigious Classical Career came to a screeching halt as the disgruntled party planner fired her for her mistaken playful participation in the Pony Pokey. Feeling down and angry, Octavia can only look to the future and hope to salvage what's left of her reputation, and with a surprise opportunity, she plans on presenting Equestria with a masterpiece. The road to find inspiration is a long an arduous one, but one can only dream of the gifts and realizations that lie at the end.

**Sequel can be found here:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/12089/Everything-Ends...

After the treacherous happenings of In the Background, Octavia and Vinyl managed to escape with only scars and nightmares of their time in the Everfree. Octavia, on the other hand, is now being haunted by nightmares that are slowly revealing that the mysterious alicorn of nursery rhymes exists and has freed himself from his imprisonment. Are they all chess pieces in a large plot to kill the princesses in a power struggle that caused the sisters to split in the first place?

**This is a sequel to In the Background. If you have not read it, it would help in understanding what all is going on in this story. Comment, Rate, and Enjoy.**

Steve Murray, the first human who discovered alien life, landed alone on Equestria.
A new world, familiar and alien at the same time.
Now he has to adapt his life to the new environment.

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Co-authored/Co-written and edited by JBL
Proofread by Tofty

Set in an alternate universe. Takes place in Season 3, ignoring Twilicorn.
Earth time is 2013 in regards of culture/music/movies/games. Technology is more advanced, especially in space travel. Don't try to overanalyze in these scenes.

Jason has been in Equestria for quite some time and has lived countless lives. Some have been short, others have been rather long. No matter the length, they all share one thing in common. They all end in fire and flames.

He has spent centuries wandering the countryside, gravitating towards events. When whispered words of Nightmare Moon's return reach his ears, his feet take him to Canterlot, where what he encounters leaves himself and many others more than intrigued.

An idea that sparked a story. Immortality is an often used plot device with a Human In Equestria story, and I wanted something different, something new, something... fresh. Thus, the concept of mimicking the phoenix came to life, and from it, this story.

The Princess of the Night has called Twilight Sparkle to Canterlot, but what for?

Coverart by : fatalerror328

A/N: Just a short one-shot I wrote while trying to brute-force my way through writer's block while working on CfE chapter 4. The TwiLuna romance in CfE is going off a low slower than I originally intended, so I decided to publish this to reward your patience.

The TwiDash Project is a series of vignettes and short stories depicting the budding romance between Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash behind the scenes of season two and onward, taking place during, before, and/or shortly after canon episodes.

Concept is based on the The AppleDash Project by bookplayer. Bookplayer has kindly given her blessing for others to explore the idea with different ships.

Editing by Formerly Committed.

The TwiDash Project is co-authored by bats and Subsolar Drift. Authors of different chapters will be indicated in the chapter title.

While walking home from work, through a thick blanket of snow you find a little filly name Luna laying in the snow. Would you take her home or leave her alone to freeze in the snow?

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