When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.

*6-16-2017 Edit, added Rainbow Dash tag because it triggered knighty.*

You are Ted, a human who has been trapped in Equestria for a while now. Under the advice of your pony friends, you've come along to join them in one of Pinkie's summer beach parties. While the ponies play their games, you were just planning on simply relaxing and enjoying the rays of the sun. But after watching the ponies play under sun in swimwear, some mixed emotions are brought out inside you. Have you been trapped so long in this world that you were starting to find your pony friends attractive?

Things get even more complicated for you when a pony you were not expecting showed up beside you. And she asks for a favor of you that you'd never thought you'd hear: help her put on her sunscreen.

But she's Princesses Celestia! The goddess of the sun! Why would a goddess like her need sunscreen?

Story inspired by the art of Tex. Lucky, lucky TexAnon.

For the Equestria Daily Writer's Training Grounds Aug 8th, 2015 submission. Rainbow Dash gets hyperexcited about Tank awakening from hibernation during the Winter Wrap Up and plans a big celebration.

Alternate universe. Lackadaisical protegee Twilight Sparkle joins up with a new cast to find the Elements of Harmony, learn the values of kinship and vital life lessons, and protect Equestria from scheming foes under the watchful eye of Princess Luna. Old friends and new faces will appear to lend a helping hoof and show no matter where you go, friendship will always be magic. #ReturnToEquestria

Rating may change. Title page by AleximusPrime

Rainbow Dash is dead, and Sunset has to fix it.

She is neither amused nor enthused.

"I'm not the best at putting my feelings into words... Meet me on the roof after school. I need to tell you something. If I don't, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

"Please don't leave me waiting..."

George has a lot to learn about Equestria. For the most part he's been doing that by reading all he can at the royal library, where he works. He's not too concerned with going out and making friends but meeting one pony may change how he feels about things.

Thanks to FallenAngel for commissioning this story.

Anonymous is summoned by Princess Cadance during the Equestria Games. What he comes face to face with is a tearful, brokenhearted mare that needs someone to be there for her.

We all have seen how Sunset Shimmer's situation at Canterlot High arose. She was a student of Celestia's and then when she didn't get what she wanted as fast as she liked, she took a darker path, and then went through portal to the human reality of Equestria.

But what about before becoming Celestia's student? No one knows what happened before all that. Oh, many claim she was Celestia's daughter, and a whole band of other theories. But this little short one-shot will reveal the truth. The truth of Sunset Shimmer's past, and why she won't go back to Equestria.

Everything seemed to be alright the day that Discord came back to Canterlot under the watchful eye of Celestia as a (mostly) redeemed draconequus. But the luxurious life of royalty is so... BORING! "Do something creative," they said, "It'll be fun," they said. Thus it was that Discord sat down and began writing the worst stories he could imagine! But between posh living, running a ministry, court dates, random quests from Celestia and Luna, and learning about the magic of friendship, surely these stories can't be that bad, can they?