Mane Melody survived its first few weeks and a visit from Phyllis Cloverleaf, letting Jazz Hooves finally find her place at the newly opened salon. When she is left in charge on a slow day, a strange customer stumbles through her door. As she gets to know the timid mare, Jazz discovers that showing just a little kindness in something as mundane as hoof care can make all the difference in the life of another.

Entry for The Red Parade's May Pairings 2024 hosted by the Original Pairings group.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni, Scriblits Talo, and ItsVelvet
Cover Art: Heartfelt Hooficure by @Marenlicious on Twitter
Commissioned the artwork while at ポニコン11!

Things are normal at the Crystal Brighthouse, but when Misty's notebook starts to burst with poems and writings dedicated to Sunny, a question sends her on a journey within to find the source.

Apple Bloom realizes she’s a fillyfooler, but now the pressure is on to keep it a secret. Her family has always been conservative, and Equestria only recently learned to accept ponies like her. Can she handle it? Will the truth come out? Will she?

Takes place during Season 4-ish

With advice from Zipp, Sunny decides to spend the day of a storm with Misty, and notices she's acting a bit secretive. Will she figure out why, or will it end in catastrophe?

Misty is buying presents for the main five and Pipp is giving her much needed help. Then all their friends start acting like crazy people and they really can't figure out why... Not until the party at least.

Written for Briarlight for Jinglemas 2022

Misty blindly follows Opaline's rule. She couldn't refuse, because she had nowhere else to go. No family, no real friends. No one knew who she was or where she came from, besides Opaline.

She feels shame for all the things she has done, from her lies to her outright theft. But everypony has a price. Opaline has promised her a cutie mark for her unconditional servitude. Opaline is an Alicorn, one of the most powerful creatures to ever exist, her rise to ruler is inevitable.

After helping Opaline, Misty realizes her mistakes and regrets them. Perhaps even a cowardly mare like Misty can stop whatever evil plan Opaline has in store.

*Original Cover Art done by me*

Izzy has been coming by Mane Melody nearly every day. When Pipp eventually has to turn her away, she starts to wonder why her friend has been acting so strangely.

This story is a sequel to Life In Quarantine

“Ain't got a thing to do,/I'm all alone and I just hit up all my friends.” -Chapel, ‘Friends’

With the lockdown in place, a group of friends are getting used to a lot of things during the quarantine: learning from home, passing the time, and keeping in touch. Thankfully, they each have their cell phones.

"For everything under the sun,/I owe you one." -Lights, 'I Owe You One'

Sequel 1: “Softly”
Sequel 2: "When You Know You Know"

An upcoming math exam has Gallus worried, so he asks a favor from Ocellus to help him study. However, the changeling also has a favor to ask of her friend. What could Ocellus want?

Cover art commissioned from Amy New.

Sleepwalking--the act of walking while not conscious of it or aware of it, during one's sleep; to walk and/or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate.

Which for Smolder, that alone is bad enough. Crawling into bed with Gallus while she's sleepwalking though...that's a whole other level of awkward.

Third place winner in "The Discovery" Young Six contest.

Featured by 2/5/2020.

Audio Reading done by No One And Nobody