All is well in Ponyville Market, when Fluttershy trips and suffers something that has been a long time building up!

Maud Pie has studied rocks. She has written poetry about rocks. She has played games with rocks. She has spent great amounts of time among rocks. But she has never been a rock, and now she intends to change that.

But will petrification be all it's cracked up to be?

I come here sometimes and bring them out again.

It's okay to hate them. I don't hate myself.

It's okay to hurt them. I won't hurt myself.

I want to smile like them. I don't smile for myself.

Adagio reflects on her fascination with Daring Do as she attempts to write her first fanfiction.

Preread by Cerulean Voice!

Royal Pin. Pinkie Pie's no-longer-to-be-coltfriend. Cheese Sandwich has
provided enough of a relationship for her. But the sweet pink mare
hasn't said a word to Pinny for days. What has gone through that mare's mind?
She was hiding that secret for months. She just couldn't tell Royal Pin or
Cheese Sandwich, for the sake of the friendships.

Cheese Sandwich. Pinkie Pie's new coltfriend.

And there's I.

Royal Pin.

Pinkie Pie's no-longer-to-be-coltfriend.

Cover art by mysticalpha

After Rainbow Dash wins another flying competition, she attracts the attention of a famous director who immediately notices her resemblance to the character Daring Do. It's been his dream to make Equestria's first Daring Do movie and she will allow him to live that dream, or so he says. When things go awry and the traps seem more realistic than necessary how will she get out of this one?

Be careful for spoilers in the comments.

Pinkie Pie drinks a cup of coffee.

Pinkie has never heard of Hearts and Hooves Day, and certainly not the idea of a "Special Somepony". But the idea of having a "super best friend" is enough for her to find one.

Twilight Sparkle deals with her new ugly castle.

Her heart was broken. Her reputation in Ponyville was in ruins. A menace, they called her. Said she wasn't a real hero. Blamed her for the sudden disappearance of their real hero, Mare Do Well. She'd even been abandoned by her five best friends. Everything she thought she could count on was destroyed.

Bent on vengeance and driven by her raw emotions, Rainbow Dash becomes a villain that Ponyville won't soon forget. But she soon finds that not everything in Ponyville is quite what it seems.

Special thanks to DragonShadow, who pre-read and helped me revise this story. Thanks also to JofY, who gave suggestions for the second revision.

The comments are full of unmarked spoilers, so watch out.
Obviously, this contains massive spoilers for the season 2 episode "The Mysterious Mare Do Well," and one must have seen it before this story will make much sense.
Rated Teen for violence and some blood.