Being a rock farmer is simple. You just have to move and break rocks. Couldn't be any more complicated than that. Someday Limestone Pie is going to be as good at it as Papa! Absolutely nothing can threaten this.

Nothing, that is, except Great Uncle Holder Cobblestone and his stupid boulder.

A cutie mark story for everyone's favorite grouchy pony.

Slightly AU because I altered the history of the Pie Farm a bit, but I was convinced by one of my pre-readers that the AU tag wasn't warranted. We shall see!

All my thanks go to NumberFifth and Serketry for their pre-reading, editing, and plot suggestions. Seriously, it helped a lot.

Cover art belongs to Aureai. Tried to get permission but received no reply. Will change it if they ever ask.

A unicorn called Flash Point has been invited by his friends to join them for a trip to the beach. Being a poor swimmer, he brews a magic potion that he hopes will improve his swimming skills. Testing the finished potion at a local water park goes awry when the potion transforms him into a pool toy. Flash Point then finds out the hard way what life as an inflatable unicorn is like, as he tries to come up with a way to turn himself back into a normal pony.

Dragons are a lot of things. Strong. Brave. Confident.

Smolder has all of these qualities in spades. For example, she needed strength, bravery, and confidence to ask the object of her crush to visit her in the Dragon Lands.

She just didn't expect Ocellus to be such a good dragon too, or why that would be such a problem.

Edited by my dear friends FamousLastWords, Not Enough Coffee, Ice Star, Semillon, Muggonny, and MissytheAngle

Cover art by Raikohillust!

Under Captain Rainbow Dash, the Wonderbolts have expanded to include members from races allied to Equestria.

Now she's confronted with a problem at the Academy: a changeling cadet who's decided the best way to succeed as a Wonderbolt is to literally be Rainbow Dash.

The solution is obvious for anypony who knows Rainbow Dash: a race.

Featured 9/26/2023 - 9/30/2023!

And featured on Equestria Daily on 10/2/2023, and as part of 30 Of The Best Fanfics To Read For Rainbow Dash Day on 2/1/2024!

Maud Pie's not like most ponies. That's okay. She has a wonderful Ma and Pa, a sister coarser than sandstone but who still gets her, and she has rocks. Rocks make sense, unlike ponies. Rocks always tell you everything about them from the outside.

This unicorn filly is the opposite of making sense. She's dirty and hungry. She prefers to talk about Maud over herself, something nopony else does around Maud for long. And despite her age, she doesn't have a cutie mark.

Still, Maud's not one to look some gift quartz in the mouth. Maybe this stranger can help her. Herself too, for Maud's idea involves rocks. And rocks always cheer Maud up.

This story was written as a gift for darkcyan as a part of Jinglemas 2023. Happy Hearth's Warming!

The Breezie's are just as excited as the ponies are that the night market has opened once again. One in particular, Swift Breeze, feels a connection with the unicorn Onyx. They become fast friends, as Onyx is given a special gift- a key that will let her go anywhere she wants.
As the cold settles in and Winter Wishday and Wishihooves draw near, Onyx feels the pressure of the season and needs a quiet place to write. It is then she remembers-the key!

Other tags: Onyx -poor mare doesn't have her own tag yet!
Preread by: Azure Drache, Nailah , Calypso
Written for hawthornbunny for Jinglemas 2023

Twilight's castle has gone through many wild and life altering changes over the years. What once was a simple library was now the seat of a princess and her council. Not only that, over the years it's played host to so many new and interesting people; each one memorable in their own way.

Which makes it all the stranger that there's this pony tending to the books lately that nobody seems to know... But she seems so familiar!

Top featured 12/5/23-12/11/23! I couldn't be prouder! Thanks to everyone.

Reading by Skijarama/Tone Shift HERE.

Trixie has read literally dozens of true crime stories. She has no idea why it takes the police so long to solve the crimes when they're so obvious -- especially in hindsight. When a murder happens right in front of her, its her chance to prove her expertise to the doubters and claim her rightful title as the Intelligent and Insightful Trixie, Equestria's Greatest Magical Detective!

Assuming it actually is a murder, anyway.

An entry in the 2023 Whodunnit Contest

This story is a sequel to Forgotten

Sunny Starscout's ongoing search for Equestria's ancient past sends her up to the northern arctic, where it is written that a city protected by love once stood.

Cover art by: Little Tigress

This story is a sequel to Sunset's Overdue Paper

Warning: Contains spoilers for events in Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree!

Experiencing pangs of uncertainty after the events at Camp Everfree, Sunset Shimmer again reaches out to a mentor for advice.

She may find herself unprepared for the answer she gets.

Cover art by uotapo @ DeviantArt.

Inspired by the content, and lack thereof, in Legend of Everfree. If DHX seems content to abandon the cut content that is Sunset's homesickness, that doesn't mean I am.