Twilight and Rainbow Dash have both been set up on blind dates by their friends. What could go wrong? What might go right?

My entry for this competition

In the wake of Rarity’s ‘improvement’ spree, the Princesses have a discussion about their duties and what it means to be a princess… also they complain a lot… In fact they mostly just complain.

Rainbow Dash is determined to get married. The most successful apple orchard in Equestrian history is going broke. Pinkie Pie is unemployed.

Twilight is finding all this rather suspicious. Is she really the only honest pony in Ponyville? And can she keep it that way?

Ever wondered why you never see Scootaloo around her parents? The reason is quite simple, really. It's because she's scared.

Really scared.

Author's Note:
I am a bad person.
I should really stop publishing everything that I write.
Also, here is an obligatory warning that pretty much spoils most of the story. Read it at your own peril: NOT FOALCON.

(Image source and story inspiration.)

A tale from history. A pegasus, broken and injured. Alone in a cave.

A voice in the dark.

Claire and Illusion have a bond that cannot be shaken, they have shared in each others happiness and shouldered one another during times of great grief. They have encountered many challenges during their time together, and together they faced them head on. And now life has chosen to throw them their greatest challenge yet, but are they truly prepared for the trials they will face?

They don't know, but they will brave the challenge, together.

Cover art belongs to Kilala97

Rainbow Dash notices something wrong with Pinkie Pie. What does it mean that her Pinkie Sense has stopped working? Twilight's tests make her violently ill, and reveal a shocking truth...

Cover art by Shelmo69 from deviantART.

Luna and Celestia hunt The Derpy. Things get out of hand.

Authors Note:
Dear Cerulean Voice,
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
I'm so-rry that this sucks-sss.
Butit'sreallyyourfaultfornottellingmeuntilthedaybeforeyourbirthdayandbecauseoftimezonesIhadevenlesstimetowritethis.
But please don't be mad at me; have a good one!

Cheers, bro!

Now has a reading!

Oh, and awesome image link.

After some deep self-reflection, Rainbow Dash concludes that she is indeed a flaming homosexual.

Now she just has to tell her friends.

Today, King Sombra is reviled as one of the darkest and most evil beings to ever blight the face of the world. When the Crystal Empire was freed from his grasp, the people of Equestria were more than happy to forget him.

But Sombra was not slain, and he has not forgotten. He alone knows the truth behind his tyranny, the reason for his fall.

And he will be remembered.

Featured by Equestria Daily on Saturday, April 12th, 2014.

Runner-up for the Everfree Northwest 2014 Fanfiction Contest.

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