On this historic day, a small but proud nation to the chilly north votes on independence.

Unfortunately for Princess Celestia, that nation happens to be the Crystal Empire.

-Written to coincide with the Scottish referendum on independence.

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...

Life in Ponyville, outside of the usual events like a parasprite invasion or a revenge-seeking, all powerful megalomaniac kicking out the town librarian, tends to be laid back and typical. Which Applejack doesn't mind. However, after the CMC cause more problems due to influence from a newcomer in town, Applejack gathers the girls to go fix what the CMC did.

But then a mysterious creature ends up attacking Applejack, and while she survives and seems fine, it isn't long before she starts acting strangely. It's up to the usual group of ponies to figure out what's going on before it's too late.

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*Approved for Twilight's Library on 3/18/14*

Also has a TVTropes page

Suddenly, Twilight has hair that can talk.

... and the hair likes critiquing.

This story is a sequel to Beautiful: Rainbow Dash

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, Fleur de Lis finds herself meeting up with a mare who is young, independent, and totally unbound by societal expectations. Everything Fleur thinks she’s lost. What common ground could they possibly find?

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

A collaborative effort between myself and Nom_deCheval, told from two perspectives.
Check out Dash's side here.

Twilight's Library Approved

When Twilight is accused of nepotism, her friends rush to her defense! Sortof.

Written in four hours during a speed-writing exercise. Totally unedited. Enjoy!

Pinkie was always curious to see what Twilight's world looked like...

Spike the dragon has a lot of free time on his claws these days, and has to fill that time with something, right? And where is he getting all these bits from?

Twilight finds out just what he's been doing, and she is not pleased.

Edited by the amazing Level Dasher.

Edit: Special Link, just for Rainbow Bob. No one else click it!

I still love ya, Bobby. Just know that.

Octavia and Vinyl have been dating for months, but neither has had a chance to introduce their significant other to their families. Vinyl always dodges the issue, but when Octavia is insistent, they have a fight. This leaves Vinyl with no other option than to have Octavia over to meet her parents.

Maybe she should have told Octavia who she really was?

Dramatic reading by Goombasa available here.

Now in Russian, translated by Hopeless.

What happens when our dear Doctor Whooves becomes aware of some being narrating his life? Will dastardly shenanigans occur? Can this stranger give our hero some insightful knowledge? Probably not, he's a bit of a prick.