Apple Bloom is in the hospital, and the Apple Family tries to explain what led up to the accident.

An entry for the Feghoot Contest.

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Made the feature box, 2019.06.21 to 23! Thanks, everypony!

In the middle of Ponyville, there lived a filly called Brown Sugar. For the most part, Brown Sugar's life was good.
There were her friends, a group of foals who could hardly be more different, her daddy, who she loved more than any other pony in the world, a gigantic collection of toys, her love of mariachis and Wonderbolt stunts and a huge mansion all to herself! Brown Sugar could have been truly happy, but every filly had a wish and she was no exception.
There were wishes that were easy to fulfill, wishes that required some effort to be met and even wishes that made it necessary to bring a sacrifice if they should become true.
Normally, the wish for a loving and caring mother did not need to be fulfilled, it was something a filly had by default. Brown Sugar's life, however, was not normal and, one day, she realized that going the extra mile might be needed to make her wish become true.
Could a sacrifice bring her the mother she was wishing for so much?

Feature Box! 2018/17/05 (11 Hours and 56 Minutes), 2018/18/05 (49 Minutes)

The cover art was created by the fantastic, extraordinarily talented and overall just plain awesome Novel-Idea! Shower him in praise and bits for the stunning work he did!

Hope is the faith of the young. Losing everything she holds dear, Puppysmiles embarks on the adventure of her life to find her mother, her hopes of meeting her again driving her through the horrors of a world not of her making. Too bad the Wastelands doesn't care about hope.

Diamond Tiara: School bully, spoiled brat, doesn't deserve friends... but what if she is simply misunderstood? Life can be difficult when you're expected to be nothing but perfect.

Diamond Tiara feels like a failure, but yet keeps trying to be perfect for her mother. After one rather rough day, she decides to write and reflect on a few of the rougher parts of her life and how hard it is to please her mother.

Sweetie Belle can't fall asleep. Luckily, Rarity always cares about her little sister.

Little sister, however, has a different opinion about that.

Preread by Bootsy Slickmane
🇺🇦Russian translation🇺🇦 by FoxcubRandy, edited by ColdSky.

Diamond Tiara has an internal battle because of her mother. Can she hold it together? After all, a Diamond CAN'T break.

It was supposed to just be a simple prank. She never meant for anyone to get hurt. Now she must face her crime. At least Diamond Tiara has her journal and best friend to help her handle lowering herself like this.

Preread by ThatOneWriter.

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Accepted into Nonpareil Fiction!

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon seem the best of friends. But friendship is only skin-deep, and beneath that skin, Silver Spoon labors under the demands of duty and responsibility.

Diamond Tiara's father, Filthy Rich, has been abusing her for several years of her life. While Diamond Tiara stayed quiet about it, one of his servants finally gave in and reported it to the Equestrian Foal Protective Services.

Now Diamond Tiara has been taken from her father and is assigned to live with the only family in the area that could legally take them in: the Apple Family.

Now Diamond Tiara is being forced to confront the reality of exactly what she believes about the apples, as well as confront her past.

It's time to see where the diamond lies within the apple trees.

Diamond Tiara has had everything handed to her whole life, whether she asked for it or not; however, this all changes when her family suddenly goes bankrupt. While Filthy Rich tries to take care of the situation, he leaves his daughter with the only ponies in Ponyville he trusts: The Apple Family. Which means the spoiled filly is forced to get along with her greatest enemy.

Cover picture made by: Mudpony