After an urgent call to the castle, a snafu leads to a missing Celestia, and Twilight and Rainbow Dash caught (literally) red-hoofed in her royal chambers by the guards!

What do you do when the world is convinced that you've assassinated Princess Celestia?

You run! That's what you do.

You run your flank off!

Shining Armor and Prince Blueblood have always been a bit testy.
It comes to a head when they put their coin purse where their mouth is.
They compete to see who has the biggest balls in Equestria.

Things get a little nuts.

Twilight and Shining visit their parents' home for the holidays.
They have worked very hard all year to be on the Nice list.
But back together again under the same roof for Hearth's Warming night...

Written for tailsopony for Jinglemas 2023

Parents tell their foals that they can be anything that they want.
For me, however, it's a bit more literal.
At least it would be if my parents had said that.
Or if I knew them at all!
So what do you do when you can become anypony?
You become a spy, of course.

BEWARE: SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS

For Luna's Hearth's Warming gift, Daybreaker and Granny Smith take over the world. (It's... complicated.) And it turns out it wasn't even that hard.

Audiobook

Decades after leaving Ponyville, Spike is consort to Dragon Lord Ember, and father to her children. Settled into his role as her diplomat, relations with Equestria have never been better. His life as a proper dragon is going well.
Until one day he receives a letter, a summons he can not refuse.

Audiobook

Shortly after the events of 'Magic Duel', Trixie reconsiders life on the road. She had returned to Ponyville to prove herself to Twilight Sparkle. But perhaps it wasn't for the reason she originally thought.
She returns once more to finish patching things up with her but there are other issues at hoof. Twilight extends her hospitality, but there are her many questions about the showmare left unanswered. Where has she been? What did she do while she was away? How did she amass so much wealth in that time?
Trixie has dodged Twilight's scary questions long enough. But the answers may be more frightening still.
NOW SEQUELED!

We sometimes forget the past. Or rather, we do not want to remember it. But sometimes the past refuses to be forgotten. The All-Mother Faust, Discord, and a human named Alder created Equus and all life on it. But they betrayed Alder, sealing him away into the crust of the world. Only for him to escape during the era of Twilight and her friends.

Prompt idea written for Lord Despair of the Write Club.

This Hearth's Warming, Bonbon wants to finally introduce her parents to Lyra. And also to make a happy announcement.
Now with an extended ending!

Twilight has always preferred indoor activities like reading, to outdoor ones. But after not leaving her home for a long time, her friends decide they need to try to get the bookworm out of her shell. And out of her house.

A Royal Canterlot Library nominee.