In a freak accident from the Cloudsdale weather control team, Twilight is struck down by an errant lightning bolt. But the veil of death is relatively thin...

When you live large, you dream large. Sometimes, you get tunnel vision—and sometimes you forget that sometimes what you want isn't always what you get.

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Several weeks into Twilight Sparkle’s training to be a princess, she still hasn’t found a captain for her royal guard. Frustrated with her lack of progress, she goes for a flight to clear her head. She’ll discover the solution to her problem is hidden behind the clouds of a carefree sky.

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Rainbow Dash walks through the deserted, snowed streets of Ponyville, looking for a place to get warm and finds herself at the door of the local library. Even in the coldest of winter days, warmth can be found, and, as she soon figures out, there are many ways to share your warmth with another.

Some more special and meaningful than others.

A heartwarming story during the cold winter months. Contains feel-good TwiDash shipping

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Edited by: Inumaniac & Shumiry

Vinyl and Octavia meet at a party. With the romance tag and the title, what the hay do you think happens?

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What makes a good story? Is it delicate prose and captivating description, as Twilight Sparkle claims, or is it non-stop action and entertainment, as Rainbow Dash has been arguing? With a stalemate between them, they decide there's only one way to settle this once and for all—a write-off!

The prompt? "Romance."

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Rainbow Dash is a well-known pegasus mare in Ponyville, but her parents know her as a colt, Sonic Dash. When they come to visit, she must confront both her parents and her friends with the truth of her identity. Will her parents accept her as their daughter instead of their son, and how will her friends handle the secret she has kept from them for so long? A story about family, gender identity, growing up with the wrong body, and, of course, friendship.

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Sequel to "Manhattan Ballad."

Humanized characters.

Vinyl and Octavia are back together, and the Reclamation is finally over, but now they are caught in the middle of a civil war as the Solar Empire tears itself apart. With order collapsing, and the furious Bass Leader hot on their trail, will the two survive?

Their world is ending.

In a cyberpunk-esque sort of futuristic world, Vinyl Scratch has reached a high point of her career, becoming the main attraction to the infamous CyberLink club, a fortress made of glass and neon lights. One day, the illusive owner of the club, a man named Bass Leader, calls Vinyl up to his office. He tells her two things: the augments that the majority of people have are causing widespread sterility and that he wants her to watch over his daughter, Octavia, who is pure flesh and blood.

However, when Empress Celestia tasks the fiercely loyal Rainbow Dash with finding the pure humans, is there any place to hide?

This is a story of a pony that arrives in Ponyville, broken and dying, before being rescued by Applejack.

He ran far to get here, and he's not sure if he's being followed, so hiding in Ponyville seems like his best bet.

However, his secrets build up and his insecurity rises.

How long can he keep secrets from the new friends he's made, and what will happen to those friends when his secret gets out.

This Arc is finished but the story continues!
Check out the rest in:

Dysphoria, Arc 2: Ponyville
Dysphoria, Arc 3: Canterlot
Dysphoria, Arc 4: Summer Breeze