During an evening performance at a private manor, Octavia is shown one of the rarest and finest instruments known to Equestria, a Stellar Variance cello. Just being in the same room as one is a dream come true for Octavia, but then she is given the chance to play it. It is an opportunity Octavia can't pass up, no matter the consequences.

Yet, the next morning Vinyl finds herself at the same private estate, searching for the friend and roommate who never came back.

Upset that Rainbow Dash blew her off for what seems like the millionth time, Scootaloo devises a series of plans to get back at her. Too bad today is the day that the Wonderbolt's Inspector for new members happens to be in town to see if Rainbow Dash is good enough for the team.

A bad day and a rainy night. It’s enough to drive a mare to drink. Winding up in a dark bar on the streets of Canterlot, Rainbow Dash finds herself meeting up with a mare who is elegant, graceful, and totally gorgeous. All the qualities that Dash thinks she completely lacks. What the heck could they have in common?

On this particular night, far more than she might realize.

A collaborative effort between myself and TheLandgrave, told from two perspectives.

To see Fleur's side, click here.

Look, I heard you the first time! Yeesh, I wish you'd stop staring at me, as if you're reading my thoughts. 'Cuz if you could, then you'd know that while this is the first thing I'd want to do, it's also the last! I mean, horseapples, things would be a heck of a lot easier if I'd known ahead of time that Twilight and the rest of the girls had only packed three sleeping bags instead of six for this mountain hike! For realsies, if you had any friggin' clue how many restless nights I've spent thinking about you, fantasizing situations like this, then you'd know... you would freaking know how impossible it is for me to actually... sh-share a sleeping bag with my totally not-sexy-in-any-way best friend... (*ULP*) ... overnight... s-so that we could keep our bodies warm in the cold, cold forest. Grnnnng! Alright... alright! I'll do it! Of c-course I'll do it! I'm awesome! I'm not afraid of anything! Okay... I can do this... I can totally do this... I can... I can... I-I...

Competition. It drives us all one way or another. Whether it’s to be the fastest flier, the best team, the greatest magician, to steal a land in jealous fury, or simply to beat that other pony to the stall for the last carrot; competition is in all of us.

Some claim that a competitive nature is healthy, and keeps a pony sharp and fit. Others claim it drives ponies apart and should be avoided as much as possible.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack don’t care about any of that. They just don’t want the other to win. Theirs is an unending game of friendly one-upmanship, a constant striving to prove their superiority to one another for no other reason than they can.

Neither of them thought it would ever bring about romance in their lives.

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Written for (and winner of) the 3rd AppleDash competition. Prompt by bookplayer.

Thanks to my friend, Radoh from the Escapist, for making some small, but very good, points.

Cover art by nekokevin.

Commissioned by TheMusicalBoy93

Tell me you've heard this story before? An awkward pony who doesn't have many friends happens to have a crush on the one pony, who is shy herself, that has been kind to her for a long time while others are always indifferent or mean.

Kind of seems like a cliche story, huh? Well, hopefully I can make this story a happy ending and never be alone again. If I don't anger Rainbow Dash that is.

Edited by Corpulent Brony

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After working the day away, Twilight decides that she wants to have fun. What better fun than by playing a prank on Princess Luna? Armed with her sticky notes and quill, Twilight is ready to start a prank war.

Twi x Luna shipping story.

Commissioned by DbzOrDie

It's the big day at last. The Wedding of Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie, a match none saw coming. Pinkie Pie wants to make this wedding the best wedding there ever was in the history of weddings. She goes all out to make sure it's perfect just like it is. Except there is one surprise that not even she expected.

Her fiance, Twilight, wants to do the wedding reception aka Pinkie's favorite part. Pinkie, reluctantly, allows her and soon learns that a wedding isn't just your special day.

It's both of yours.

Edited by Corpulent Brony

Thanks to Raikoh-illust for allowing me to use his art

Rarity just wanted to curl up with a book with no redeeming values except the prose. But curling up with a friend can be just as much fun.

Man, shipping is very anti-reading right now, isn't it?

Teen because hot mare on mare action isn't for everyone.

Edited by Magicman7997, DictatorDuck, and Evanescyan

Now with a positively fabulous Dramatic Reading, darling!

This story is a sequel to If I Could Catch Fuzz In a Bottle

Twilight Sparkle enlists Rainbow Dash's help in a "Fuzzy Muzzle Nuzzle" research project. The experiment only has three steps. That's not too much to ask of a close friend, is it?

Written for the artist CaptainPudgeMuffin on their birthday, and using their cover art.