Fluttershy awakes on Hearth's Warming Day to find a surprising gift waiting for her. Over the next twelve days, Princess Twilight Sparkle continues to send her a chain of amazing presents.

But just what did Fluttershy do to receive such wonderful treasures?

Friends who play together, stay together. That was the philosophy Rarity had in mind when she suggested she and Pinkie play a game of chess every week. Unfortunately for Rarity, however, Pinkie has a habit of changing the rules.

Christmas is a special occasion that comes every year. For many, it is something that is experienced annually. For others however, not so much. The Dazzlings have not experienced such an occasion, perhaps this may be the first of many to come.

Distraught after waking up from a nightmare, Marble Pie finds comfort from an unexpected pony.

Rainbow Dash is accepted into the Wonderbolts, and everypony congratulates her on her accomplishment. But with a six-month training camp ahead of the pegasus, a certain unicorn realizes that her time to make a move is running out- and running out quick.

Title picture is from RecycleTiger over on deviantArt: http://recycletiger.deviantart.com/

After a discussion in class, Twilight has a very important question to ask her mentor Princess Celestia.

Pre read by ZOMG, Jumbled Thought, Cerulean Voice and Zodiac.
Edited by Dont Look At My Name Bro

Cities are faceless places where anypony can go to loose themselves or else be lost, either by choice or against their volition. The sweeping metropolis of Manehattan is no exception to this rule, being well filled with the hidden and the hiding, pulled there by its promise. For two such as these however, living in amongst the ivory spires, a chance encounter will potentially open up a brighter world.

Great thanks to Haphazard for pre-reading.

Also thank you to anyone who reads my stuff.

Notes:
• Title: Fateful Threads and Silken Flowers (French)
• I use the word pegasus with both a singular and plural meaning, rather than pegasi, due to personal preference. Apologies if it is an annoyance.
• Sketch used as cover art used base by digitalfart (http://digitalfart.deviantart.com/)
• I welcome any and all feedback.

A certain blue pony in a caravan hasn't been having the best of nights. Her wagon is stuck, and until the storm passes it doesn't look like anything's going to go better for her. A gray mare, however, shapes up to change all that.

We all have dreams, goals, and ideas. We all want for something, want to ascribe to be something. But… what happens once you’ve achieved that goal? What do you do if you’ll never achieve that goal? If circumstances in life prevent you from ever being able to do the thing you love?

Two ponies, two friends, each have to deal with a different version of that question. But maybe they can find the answer together, and maybe, just maybe, they’ll find something else as well.

A cowrite with Moonlit Sparkle. Edited by DeputyDuck and RofLmao.

Rainbow Dash knows one thing for sure, she is definitely not a barbarous, uncivilized dolt who doesn't know polite conversation from a hippopotamus's rear end. And also that she's definitely not the one who's wrong. Rarity is wrong. Rainbow Dash is absolutely, totally, a hundred percent sure of it.

But then why did Rainbow just buy a wagon load of apology bouquets?