We rely on planes to take us places, but what if they didn't exist? More importantly, what if we didn't need them? What would it be like to fly on our own? (An EFNW contest entry)
Starswirl the Bearded developed a time-travel spell. A pony could use it - but only once, and only be in the past for about a minute. One chance. One minute. That's all Princess Celestia has to save her sister from the Nightmare.
Moondancer conned her neighbor, Trixie, into giving her some solitude when she was a filly, and now she tries to make amends by applying Friendship Theory.
On Remembrance Day, Equestria stops to look to its past to better preserve it for the future. It's a good day for everypony - or at least it is for those who will one day become memories themselves.
All the travelers from outside the Equestrian universes—and the political backlash from where they end up—are funneled onto one mare's desk. Unfortunately.
When the deposed king of the Diamond Dogs is brought before the court of Celestia, the story he tells is far too much to believe. For if it is true, the Equestrians' conquest of his nation has been a terrible mistake.
Friends. What does it mean to be friends? Twilight Sparkle wonders just what it was that drew these five girls together, what keeps them together, and where she fits in... if she fits in at all.
Always the lesser sister, the pawn, the goofball on whom every failure was pinned, Sonata Dusk is tired of it, and of being drawn into the conflict between her sisters, but she misses music most of all.
Sapphire Shores is haunted by her mother's whispering voice. Her dreams are filled with letter after letter, all asking the same question. It isn't until the mail catches up to her tour that she learns why.
Twinkleshine and Melliot's relationship seems perfect to everypony else, when it's anything but. When it seems impossible to get out, Twinkleshine reminds herself that she can.
Pinkie's run out of helium for her balloons, and she won't be able to get any more for two whole weeks—which is practically forever. Thankfully, she's found one last balloon to hold onto, and she'll never it let it go.
Cranky had a plan to make Matilda's Hearts and Hooves Day the best day of her life. Instead, he's in jail for running over Pinkie Pie with his cart. This is his story.
Friends who play together, stay together. That was the philosophy Rarity had in mind when she suggested she and Pinkie play a game of chess every week. Unfortunately for Rarity, however, she finds out that Pinkie is playing more than just one game.
Braeburn’s met the filly of his dreams, and he’s corralled Cheese Sandwich to throw the biggest wedding Appleloosa has ever seen. He’s only exchanged letters with his intended, but he’s sure she’ll be everything he wants
Flash Sentry loves Twilight from afar. She can never know of his love. She could never return it. The two could never be. Such is the order—the way things are supposed to be.
Lovers have their reasons. To Twilight Sparkle, the reasons she loves Celestia are perfectly obvious. And to Princess Celestia the reasons why she can't love Twilight back are equally obvious.
Rarity has always believed that there exists a prince for every princess. And she's not wrong about that. She's just not right for quite the exact reasons she thinks she is.
During the most violent storms, Pinkie runs outside and sits on the tallest hill in Ponyville. Everyone says she's "just being Pinkie". But she knows that by showing love for the storms, she shows love for the pony who makes them.
Cadance didn't know what to expect when her formerly banished Aunt Luna returned from her thousand year imprisonment in the moon. But, she's quite entertained by the hilarity.
Rainbow Dash hates getting up early so she can go through such a tedious routine. It's such a waste of valuable time. She could be sleeping or enjoying a few extra moments with her marefriend in their nice, warm bed.
In a yard, all alone, a pony whiles away the time caring for the lawn and the roses. Roseluck can understand that, to a point. And she's determined to help.
After the usual spell mishap, Twilight finds herself falling head over hooves in love with anything that she lays her eyes on. Can she ride out the Countdown, or embarass herself trying to?