For one thousand years, Nightmare Moon wandered the moon, seeking perfection.

She found only dust.

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Entry for The Writeoff Association's first writeoff: Lonely Happiness.
Special thanks to Cassius Littner and SpaceCommie for their proofreading/editing assistance.

The following transcripts are of a journal found in Ponyville on April 16th of this year. The last recorded contact with the town had been 3 days prior, on the 13th, when a team under orders from Princess Celestia was sent to look into several missing pony reports in the area. When another group of investigators were sent on the 16th, the town was found deserted. The journal’s owner is believed to be the princess’s personal student, Twilight Sparkle. None of the town’s inhabitants have been located in the weeks since.

Readings:
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I highly recommend both of them.

A print version of all the stories in this series can be found here.

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Hearth's Warming Eve.

For the ponies of Equestria, it is a time of giving and great joy, but for little Rose Aphid it could be the last day of her life. For you see, Rose is an outcast female changeling, and it has been a long time since she has felt love or kindness.

With time running out, her journey takes her to the most unlikely of places in search of love.

The first story in the Life of a Rose.

Vinyl Scratch sits backstage, getting ready for the biggest night of her career. This is the largest crowd she's ever performed for, and the grandest club she's ever performed at. Anypony would have a few jitters, especially since all this happened so fast. There's a lot of pressure on her to perform, and she's worked hard to prepare for tonight. When the moment comes, will she choke, or will the quiet support of a friend help DJ-P0N3 deliver her best show ever?

A note, this story is a continuation from one of my earlier works, What The Heart Wants. If you like one, I hope that you will enjoy the other, but no prior knowledge or reading is expected! The only prerequisite for this story is an appreciation of cartoon ponies.

Columbine is an ordinary pegasus with an unusual problem - she can't sleep. She has been plagued with nightmares that she can't seem to escape of dark, shadowy beings wandering her house while her family is asleep. Desperate for a good night's sleep, she begins keeping a dream journal. What it reveals is less about dreaming and more about the very real problems that may be causing her nightmares in the first place.

{Submitted for EqD's Halloween Horror Story Competition. This is my first time working in horror, so constructive feedback is very welcome.}

Fancy Pants is euphoric. After a long decade in Canterlot, he has finally achieved the support of the masses and has risen to become a Minister of the Democratic Empire of Equestria. He figures that, with his new-found power, he can change the nation for the better.

Unfortunately, there's one obstacle before him. It is known as the Civil Service.

He's going to have a tough time.

Crossover with Yes Minister and its novelisation, by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay.

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This story is a sequel to Goodbye, Boneless

Cheese Sandwich keeps a lot of his thoughts to himself when he's around Pinkie Pie. For a party pony, he's still awfully shy. But today he’s going to slip up, think out loud when he’s barely awake, and say a lot more than he meant to.

Pinkie Pie is always happy to see her friend Cheesie. And this time, it’s not party pony business; it’s a really real visit just to see her! He’s so much fun to play with, and he thinks the nicest things about her, but she wishes he’d say some of them. Listening in is starting to get awkward.

This is a sequel to "Goodbye, Boneless." Technically, if you're trying to read in sequence, it also falls after "Flash and Trend Steal All Your Waffles." CheesePie, of course.

When Spitfire, Soarin' and Misty go to judge the 'Best Young Flier' competition, Spitfire only expected to be bored to tears watching amateur fliers peruse their casual hobby; but things take an unexpected turn when two ponies fly onstage for the last performance. For the Wonderbolts, unexpected is usually a very, very bad thing.

Thanks to crazypsychowoman for the cover art.

My name is Sunburst, and I live my life alone, because I prefer it that way.

Not everypony does.

For some ponies, in fact, that's more like a long slow death sentence.

I've received orders to a posting as a royal guard. My duty as a member of the guard is to protect the princess. Traditionally, that's taken to mean against physical threats. Less traditionally, I'm coming to a realization that it may mean assisting in other ways - maybe even in ways she's not aware that she needs. Normally I would say it's not our place to intervene in personal matters. But when you see as plain as the hoof in front of your face that something is wrong, sometimes it finally brings you to the point at which standing by and doing nothing is simply no longer an option.

Day by day, I'm getting closer to that point.

I may have to make a hard decision. I don't know if this is right or wrong. All I know is that watching my princess suffer is impossible to bear when I'm supposed to be protecting her.

Approved by Twilight's Library on July 26, 2014!
Featured on Equestria Daily on February 5, 2015!

[Queen of Queens is now an audiobook! Part 1, part 2.]

Our kind has it that the life of a queen is the happiest, for they are blessed with the shortest time in this world. A mighty queen will be remembered for eternity, forever residing in the hearts of her people. The greatest tragedy a queen can suffer is to be forgotten – to be stricken from history.

I refuse to bend before oblivion.

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