What is a sock to a pony? What is it really? Something special, something wonderous?

Hardly.

And yet, a quartet of them bothers Twilight on her birthday.

Sometimes, socks are what you have to make do while reaching for perfection.

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Proofed by: Dumbgamer99 and Senyu

Equestria had face may terrors on the pass of the centuries, especially in the last years since Princess Luna's return. But nothing is compared to what is coming. Will ponies survive? Or will they be crushed under the hoof of true terror?
When certain mailmare finds a source of great power, Equestria and the life of every pony will change forever. For good or evil is still uncertain.

I'm not sure if I should add the Dark tag. It isn't that dark, but have some little dark moments.
I'll put a Slightly Dark tag here.

Special thanks to my editor, Scootareader

Covert art by myself.

Twilight decides to ask Discord about how he uses Chaos Magic. No mage has ever successfully cast Chaos Magic because it always does whatever it's least likely to do, yet somehow Discord utilizes it perfectly. Twilight just can't help but wonder what the greatest minds in Equestria have been doing wrong.

From the mind of Lapis-Lazuli...

When Dinky Doo finds something unexpected under her bed, she decides to find out what put it there.

(With thanks to Carmine from the FimFiction IRC for inspiring this story.)

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.

Your sandwich. Your lovely, obviously succulent sandwich is finally done.

Then Rarity eats it.

Discord's attempt to visit Fluttershy is postponed when she must go into town to run errands, leading him to suggest house sitting for her while putting up with Angel.