After the defeat of Pony of Shadows, Somnambula returned to her old village. She doesn't quite feel at home in this new world where she feels out of place and where almost nothing is familiar to her.

Turns out that the sphinx hasn't changed much either, and can really hold a grudge.

Twilight Sparkle has learned many lessons about Friendship in Ponyville. On this beautiful spring day, she learns a very special lesson that she never anticipated.

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Inspiration Credit: Spring and fragaria ananassa
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Twilight Sparkle is no stranger to change. From being a closed off shut in to becoming the warm and friendly pony everyone knows today, to becoming a full fledged alicorn Princess. Despite all the adventures she's had and the amazing friends she's made, she now finds her adrift in her sparkly new castle.

Thankfully, there's one friend of hers that might just ground her and put her worries to rest.

Four weeks after helping her new friends turn Nightmare Moon back into Princess Luna, Fluttershy's still trying to adjust to the changes that have come so suddenly into her life. Because sometimes it seems like having friends can be almost as hard as not having friends...

Written for "Closing Time," the February 2015 contest at The Writeoff Association, the original version of this story came in 12th. The rewritten version here takes place just after "Griffon the Brush Off" and owes a special thank you to Bad Horse for the inspiration and another to Thornwing for finding the cover image I wanted!

Spike's dragon code is an integral part of him, and he knows it will help him become a better dragon. So when he finds a book about the noble dragon code, he intended to follow it word by word.

He was not expecting the noble dragon code to tell him to cuddle with all of his friends.

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Scootaloo joins Rainbow Dash at work for 'Take Your Foal to Work Day'! But just what is a day in the life of the Ponyville and Area Weather Authority like?

Like, at all. Unfortunately, she has to get her immunizations to continue working at Sugarcube Corner.
With the help of a friend, she just might make it through.

After a long day of peril and danger, all Twilight wants to do is cuddle up with her baby dragon, who, for only a brief minute, had been the ruler of all dragonkind in Equestria.

Fluttershy has always wanted to give more of her kindness towards ponies. However, her shyness impedes her speaking, which makes her hard to express herself. After asking for her help, Pinkie Pie teaches Fluttershy to communicate with physical interactions instead, like hugs.

It works so well that Fluttershy decides to hug every pony in Ponyville.

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Written with the single goal to create the cutest, most heartwarming short story I can imagine (without going romance).

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Due to a typo on her permit to build a new barn, and the meddling of a recalcitrant bureaucrat, Applejack is stuck running a bar, at least until Mayor Mare gets back to town. So sit down and have a drink in Ponyville's least likely watering hole!