Applejack promises to spend some time with Rainbow Dash, and naturally the pegasus asks to share some naptime with her in one of the apple trees. Applejack agrees, and even finds herself having fun... until her big brother turns up, as big brothers have a habit of doing, to catch her in a rather compromising position.

Note: not my cover art. https://www.derpibooru.org/380712
Another note: some of you may recognize this as a chapter from one of my other stories. I decided to post it as a stand--alone story as well, because I originally wrote it as a short stand-alone story and just posted it as a chapter on a whim. What you are reading now is how it should have been posted in the first place. (Besides, you can never have enough AppleDash.)

A different take on alicorn ascension. Sixteen years after arriving in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle is excited to have invented a brand-new kind of spell, but it will come with consequences she cannot possibly anticipate. Meanwhile, threats in shadows around the world conspire to overthrow the Solar Throne. With her world turned upside down, she will have to come to terms with the role that fate has dealt her while straining to keep Celestia in power.

Now with a TVTropes page! Please show it some love! Also check out the official side stories, Designing Intrigue, and Love and Barriers! (With even more in my stories page!)

(Please Note: This story was started before any season three information was available. All episodes in season three and later are non-canon for this story, which also means there's no Crystal Empire in this one. In addition, the promotional map released close to the beginning of season three was also not available and is not compatible with this story. While the OC tag is active because there are OCs in the story, they're really just supporting characters. The focus is on Twilight.)

Also be sure to check out the Rites of Ascension Expanded Universe Group! We're working to develop the resources needed for other authors to try their hand at writing stories set in the Rites Universe!

The Book Two cover art was created by the amazing Silfoe! The original cover art can still be found at Violet Squiggle's deviantArt page.

Author's Notes, including proofreader's credits, can be found here!

"This is 100% Approved by Twilight's Library!"

Rarity is certain of only two things—that hundreds of spring flowers are in bloom across the town, and that Twilight Sparkle is the most beautiful mare in all of Equestria.

Well, there's just one thing for a romantic like Rarity to do.

[Featuring sassy wisdom apple horse and messenger derp horse.]

An entry in Monochromatic's Interwoven Colours Contest

Cover art by Multiversecruise

This story is a sequel to The Longest Night

As her twenty-first birthday dawns, Twilight Sparkle finds her simple life turned upside down. While her birthright forces itself into her life, Twilight also has to deal with the arrival of three Alicorns. No pony knows where they came from or what they want, and the Alicorns seem intent on keeping themselves and their purposes hidden. To uncover the truth, Twilight will set sail for distant, ancient lands with old and new friends.

Side-Stories: Velvet Sparkle and the Queen in Stone, Myths and Birthrights: Anthologiae, A Dream of Pride and Envy, The Castle Canterlot, by Honey Mead

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Pre-readers/Editors: Honey Mead, WNA, Cerulean Voice
Cover art by Saint-Juniper

Comments Contain Spoilers

Darkness envelops Equestria. No one could have stopped Nightmare Moon from taking over, and with no Celestia and no hope at all the world is in a grim place. Unbeknownst to the new Empress, two colours bring a new light in her precious land of darkness.

A poem in ten parts, this story was created for Monochromatic's Rari/Twi fanfic contest, and funnily enough inspired by their work, The Enchanted Library.

Cover art was drawn by the amazing Multiversecruise.

Twilight Sparkle, knowing that her marefriend Rarity is a hopeless romantic, decides to pick up some rare purple and white flowers for her date with Rarity. But when a timberwolf attacks Twilight while she is in the Everfree Forest searching for the rare flowers, she ends up in the hospital. Will Twilight be alright? More importantly, will Rarity?
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This story would not have been possible without the help of my editors and my cover art artist, go give them a follow!

Pre-readers/editors fluffysam and Sango-Blazer Skies

Cover art by the amazing Multiversecruise

My entry into Monochromatic's Interwoven Colours Contest

Two lovers pass along the same path with the same problem. Rarity and Twilight are in the doldrums of life, and find that answers are few, far between, and sometimes wordless.

Written for Monochromatic's Interwoven Colors contest.

Cover art by Multiversecruise.

Rarity needs Twilight to help out by using her eye for detail to make a very specific dress for an important pony. Twilight happily agrees to help out her friend. Rarity is even happier.

An entry into Monochromatic's Interwoven Colours contest.

Cover art generously provided by Multiversecruise!

Twilight and Rarity decide to spend the evening together, but Twilight is plagued by a weird feeling that she can't quite name which sends a shiver up her spine every time she stares at Rarity out of the corner of her eye. Which is very often. What she can say is that Rarity is looking a lot more attractive tonight than usual.
Twilight's friends, determined to help Twilight and Rarity hook up, pull out all the stops to ensure that the two of them have a perfect evening. And with a little bit of help from strange places, including taking suggestions from an alligator and writing to the Princesses, Twilight and Rarity's friends just might succeed...

Written for Monochromatic's RariTwi contest

Cover art (and proofreading!) provided by the great and powerful Multiversecrrrrrrrrruise! I'm indebted to you!!! :D
(Deviantart: http://wordsandpunctuation.deviantart.com/)

So here's how it works. All of the stories in here will be short one-shots, usually between 100-500 words. If you want me to write one involving one of your ships, comment with details. Please provide the ship name as well as a one or two word prompt such as 'book' or 'cookie'. Then I'll write the story, post it, and, er... hopefully provide some entertainment. You guys are allowed up to three ships per new batch of chapters I post. ;)
UPDATE: Please see my author note from Chapter 4 BEFORE you give me any prompts. Thank you!
Enjoy! (Oh, and no mature requests, please.)

CURRENTLY NOT TAKING ANY PROMPTS WHILE I WORK ON FINISHING THE PROMPTS I ALREADY HAVE. This will be updated when I am free to take prompts again.

Um.... not going to select a cast of main characters for this one because... impossible.