Expectations. Fame or infamy. Family. Friends. Work.

They all define everypony in different measures. Sometimes the feeling is positive... and sometimes... sometimes it gets to be a bit much.

Maud Pie is devoted to rocks. She loves rocks. She has a pet rock. His name is Boulder.

Maud also writes poems. Thousands of them. They are all about rocks. Which she loves.

This is my first attempt at writing anything like this. Maud Pie is my absolute favorite character, so I decided to write a bit about her! I'm not attempting to follow any rules or certain poetic style; just writing it as it comes to mind. They all stem from my love for the character and the episode. These were all written with a very monotone, deadpan voice in mind.

Written for Equestria Daily's Writer's Training Grounds #002: "Rarity Takes Manehattan"
(Come and join in on the fun!)

What exactly happened to make Suri Plomare so distrustful of everypony else?

At her very first fashion week, she found herself without any fabric to create her dresses with. Luckily, two tailors step in to offer her some very exclusive fabric which is sure to win. Their names are Flim and Flam.

During a lull in the conversation at an upper class charity dinner, Rarity takes a moment to contemplate some commonly held assumptions made of Princess Celestia. Specifically, her table manners.

A server waits on six ponies in a restaurant. The diners have drinking contests and discuss social responsibility. The clock ticks ever on and on.

This story is a sequel to Happy Adventuring, Twilight!

After storming out of Ponyville in a fury, aggravated with those who refuse to understand why he does what he does, Pennington Inkwell decides to blow off steam in one of his favorite haunts: the Everfree forest.

As he travels deeper into the forest than he has dared in past times, Pennington discovers what appears to be an abandoned, run-down carnival. Abandoned, that is, with the exception of a mysterious pony who insists upon calling herself a cat. Crazy? Maybe. But as he is lured deeper and deeper into the mystery, the spirit of the carnival begins to take hold, bidding him to stay a little longer... Will he ever make it home?

((Carnival Cat is used with permission from Sand Josieph on youtube. The original video, "Carnival Cat vs. Ponyville, can be found on youtube. This is a tie-in to my other story, "Happy Adventuring, Twilight!", which I would highly suggest you read for a better understanding. However, the story will be able to stand on its own, so if you only came for the Carnival Cat, ENJOY!))

ON HIATUS UNTIL EXISTING CHAPTERS ARE REWRITTEN

The CMC are having a sleepover at Applejack's house, when they hear some music coming from the EverFree forest. When they reach the source of the music, what would they find, but a carnival! But something is off, the fouls talk in a droning voice, without any emotion, the rides look like they could kill, and there is something just not right about the owner.

Cover by SandJosieph, used with permission

This is the story of how one of the monsters of the Everfree Forest came to be. How a mind could be warped by tragedy into that of a horrifying monster. So step past the iron wrought gates and past the ticket eating booth and into a the dark depths of a subconsciousness twisted beyond control.

A sort of background story to my song, "Carnival Cat vs. Ponyville". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAabtQZSdlE

Vinyl lives a rough lifestyle, and it grates on more than just her health. When Octavia comes looking for her, Vinyl flees out of shame.

Daring Do returns to the Riverlands, the home she left behind years ago. On the road to the farm where she was born, she wonders if you can ever truly escape the past. Sometimes, the river comes up, the levee breaks, and you have no place to stay. No amount of crying can stop its inevitable progress.