Cadence was many things; stunningly beautiful, kind, full of love for her fellow pony, and a wonderful mother to Flurry Heart. She even managed to put aside her unease to give a young changeling a chance.

But effectively raising two foals on top of her duties as Crystal Princess took their toll, and Shining Armor knew his wife needed a break. It was high time for an intervention, his beloved Cadence needed a night off.

Preread by Timaeus.
Cover art by Ende26.

When Applejack needs an extra hand around the farm during harvest season, Sunset Shimmer is the only one of the girls who has time to help.

During the long hours of work and play, they grow closer, learn more about each other, and discover what family means to each of them.

After witnessing the collateral damage of a secret war that has been fought for generations, Twilight will finally discover the truth behind it. A truth that is far different than anything she could have imagined.

Some enemies of Celestia are hulking abominations, others are mad deities, but a few are just persistent.

Write-off entry for the * Princess Not Included round.

Now with reading by Midnight29

Growing up means unsightly hairs in unsightly places: fortunately, Rarity is there to help her sister shave...

Fluttershy is a bad pony; she doesn't like to let her friends go.

Tl;dr: Late night Discord chats are bad for you and your pet's health.

Among unicorns, it is traditional for the student to thank their teacher or professor upon graduating with some sort of small gift that properly reflects how much the student valued their instruction.

Twilight has been an alicorn for several months now, and she still hasn't found the perfect gift to give Celestia, who, after all, decided to skip over making Twilight a doctor and head straight to making her a Princess. What sort of gift could she probably give her?

Perhaps an apple will do...

Rarity goes seeking inspiration and finds something else instead.

(For the record, this takes place pre-Mare-in-the-Moon)

Written for Everfree Northwest's 2015 PreCon Contest.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are playing a nice game of 'Kick the Rock' when, suddenly, their little game becomes a fatal mistake. A mistake they won't soon be forgetting...

Fluttershy is spending more time at the Animal shelter rather than practicing her tambourine and backup vocals. The band needs to have a talk to her about it.

Rainbow Dash has been saving a lot of ponies lately.

This worries Twilight, because there used to not even be enough ponies to save on the schedule that Rainbow Dash saves them. So she runs some numbers and comes to a startling conclusion

Written for F**K THIS PROMPT #14