Fluttershy settles in happily after defeating the Dazzlings, and decides to follow the success of her song with an ode to her friends…
Twilight Sparkle is free to research in her own world, so she works on a song-spell as practice after what she learned in the Battle of the Bands…
Applejack fights off frustration from a crush that will never bear fruit, yet will at least channel her feelings into something beautiful for her love…
Sunset Shimmer returns briefly to Equestria, but struggles to prepare herself for the inevitable apology that weighs on her spirit…
…Each of these stories, each separate in their own unique settings, share a common conclusion: they are each the story of how “Shine Like Rainbows” was written in their universe.
Each story is set within the canon during Rainbow Rocks; however, within the story itself alternative and mutually exclusive narrations of the same event are given, so the AU tag is here as a hint to the nature of the story itself, not so much the setting. This is not a collection of stories, so please commit to reading the whole thing! Rated T for implied nudity and farm anatomy jokes, I’d let my kids read it but I’d like to stay safe. There are infinite possibilities, so I probably won't change it to complete ever, but don't expect a lot of updates.

Something isn't right in Ponyville. Everypony is acting strangely and Twilight can't figure out why.

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Terrific reading done by Voiceguy. Check it out!

Through unknown means, Sombra amassed an army and launched an attack against the Crystal Empire and a changeling sub-hive. This forces Celestia and Chrysalis to meet, and agree to a temporary alliance between their kinds. Neither is happy about the situation, but for the lives of the ponies and changelings they lead, they are willing to do what is necessary.

Yet, as weeks and months pass, the pair find working together is not as horrible as they originally believed. Is a lasting peace, and perhaps more, possible between ponies and changelings, between a princess and a queen?

Written for Equestria Daily's Super Happy Hearts and Hooves Lovefest Fanfic Event

Will you go out with me?

Rainbow Dash wants to ask Applejack to go out with her. The problem is that every pony seems to know her feelings EXCEPT Applejack. She enlists the help of her friends. Luckily they have their own ideas as to how to confess.

Warning: Get ready for a lot of face hoofs.

When Babs gets her Cutie Mark The CMC needs to find a replacement blank-flank. For this mission the crusader, out of pure luck, choose Canterlot. They meet and recruit a pegasus colt named Booker. But in a big city like Canterlot, starting a branch is harder than it seems.

Join Spike and his friends on his last treasured moments as we look back to the past. He is now Sophomore boy who has one last year with Twilight and her friends. New friends, villains, and a new girl that Spike falls in love with. He has to make this year count in order to have the best life he can ever ask for.

After massive advancements in technology, the ponies of Equestria set out into the galaxy. Searching for a new land, they come across what soon became known as The Frontier. A large collection of worlds habitable by the Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi. However, hoping for a fresh start, the Earth Ponies strike out against the other tribes, intent on calling the Frontier their own.

Caught up in the violence, Applejack and Pinkie Pie are split apart from their friends, becoming a part of the Earth Pony Militia. Applejack swiftly becomes one of their top fighters but she still doubts it all. A story of good choices and bad choices. Of struggles and worries....

...and of giant mech's and thruster packs.
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Stunning cover art by JetWave!

Fluttershy tries on a custom made dress which she had been making out of some special thread she got from Discord and his daughter, Screwball.

Centuries ago, the Kirin had grown corrupt and evil, and had enslaved all the sapient races of the world, treating ponies as their playthings. However, an alicorn rises to conquer them and free ponykind. The Kirin are banished and are eventually forgotten, but the immortal beings had not forgotten the alicorn who had defeated them. It is during the golden age of Equestria when a ruthless unforeseen strike against all the alicorns leaves them without their leaders and once more at the mercy of the Kirin. Who can save the ponies now?

This is the in-depth story behind the short story - "The Time Of The Alicorn".

Little filly Twilight read anything she found. Anything, that included classic romantic novels, and, though she found the idea of being carried away by a stallion a dumb one. Now however she has her eyes on someone...only it isn't a he, at all. and it is one of her best friends.