Dinky has finally gained her wings and become an alicorn! But stopping at the Princess Registry to get her new title brings some discouraging news.

The original version of this story placed 14th in the Writeoff Association's 56th contest, "*Princess Not Included."

"What does Fluffle Puff eat?"

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Inspired by a question my morphine-addled wife asked me yesterday while driving home from the hospital.

Live reading by the author here.

During the first war with Tirek, Princess Celestia sends her sister Princess Luna a very short letter. Although the letter could easily fit onto a single page, Celestia uses two.

Sometimes the medium speaks louder than the message.

Written for The Writeoff Association's "Princess Not Included*" contest.

Twilight confronts the Tree of Harmony about the way it never sends her on Friendship Missions. The Tree explains itself. Kind of.

The original version of this story got 4th place in the Writeoff Association's 56th contest, "*Princess Not Included."

Princess Luna discovers anti-princess propaganda and cannot understand why her ponies don't believe in her and her sisters rule.

Edited and extended from a WriteOff entry under the prompt '* Princess Not Included.'

Special thanks to Chipmunk and Apollo for prereading and editing assistance.

Luna has a strange preference for batponies in her Royal Guard. Unfortunately, they're a pretty rare species, and not all of them are pleased with the constant nagging for them to join the military life.

Preread by pokefreak13 and VitalSpark, and edited by TheSillyDuck. They're great people.

(Terrible cover art by me)

It's usually boring work, maintaining an Equestrian border crossing. Doubly so if you're stationed at the Badlands crossing, with no incoming and a general populace still too busy licking its wounds to try anything funny. But it pays well, so guards tend not to complain.

But then you get the occasional day where everything goes wrong. Where an errant changeling with an attitude and an extremely punchable face tries to waltz past the station with a cart full of contraband, and sticky gross contraband at that.

If the border guard can get out of this one with all of their brain cells, they're definitely applying for a transfer to Ponyville.

Written as a birthday present for Carapace

Another visit to the ER for Dash, but that's not going to keep her from her usual night out with the girls. The conversation turns to Death, and… it's not at all what Twilight expected. Death either.

13th-place finisher in the Write-Off Association's "Distant Shores" event.

Thanks to Themaskedferret for pre-reading feedback.

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