This story is a side story to Crystal's Wishes

On the surface, Velvet Step seems like a pretty straightforward mare. She is in the Canterlot Ballet, the dutiful daughter of Sunbeam and Pepper Ridge, and the very best of friends with Crystal Wishes, her fillyhood friend and current roommate.

However, Velvet has another side to her, one that not even Crystal knows about, and she is keen on keeping it that way.

Faust Epona was an alicorn scholar and writer from many hundreds of years ago. She soon becomes bored with menial, everyday life and seeks more stimulating pursuits. Lo and behold, a daemon by the name of Mephistopheles approaches her and offers her a deal to show her a more exciting time... in exchange for her immortal soul, should the requirements made to complete the pact he has set in place become fulfilled within a certain amount of time.

Faust accepts his wager and Mephistopheles becomes her willing servant, as per their agreement. However, as the years drag on and task after task is piled onto him, the old daemon finds that he might be starting to regret his decision...

Rarity has popped some bubbles with her unicorn horn. Now Derpy will make her pay!
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Written for ocalhoun's Big 250k Contest as Derpy's POV in Pop. Cover art by Kazzuy

Time is long and time is short,
how long must I wait?
I sit and cry and bleed and die,
until she is awake.

Another dusk, another dawn.
Will it ever end?
To beat the pain, remove a stain,
I sure could use a friend.

Edited by Drgnwolf. Cover art by AquaGalaxy

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They shouted out “How dare you?”
They wanted to know “Why?”
I doubt they'll ever understand
They’re why she had to die.

I never really mattered.
They never really cared.
They never even saw me
until I finally dared.

Pre-reader/Editor: Krickis

Pinkamena Diane Pie (to her friends, Pinkie Pie) has a secret. By day, she's a fun-loving party pony, but by night (Well, also during the day. She's not picky), she's a hitmare, working for the sectors of the government the classified sectors of the government say don't exist. As the best assassin in the agency, she's the one they turn to when presented with an impossible task.

OBJECTIVE: Kill the unkillable. Assassinate Philomena, Celestia's pet phoenix.

Written as an entry for the F*** This Prompt 10 Contest.

Fun fact: I've never seen Kill Bill. Good thing this isn't a crossover.

Thanks to a friend for helping me work out just how to go about doing this. Hopefully it turned out well. If it did, please hit that like button! (Alternatively, if it didn't, I can't stop you from pressing the other button. We don't talk about the other button.)

Shining Armor has many problems. First he's a Reaper for the council of Nox Eterna, the governing body over this world of night. It's a job he hates. Second, he suffers from headaches that can make him practically useless for long periods of time. Third, he has no memory of his past other than what he's been told.

He's had enough and is ready to pack it all in and head into the Everfree himself until a new foalnapping case crosses his desk. It's something he cannot allow. The one last detail that he needs to attend to before he enters the Everfree.

Can Shining Armor save this young foal and make it to the Everfree or is he doomed to a life and death in the shadows?

Volume 1Ponyville: An Act of Kindness

Volume 2 Ponyville: Two For My Baby

inspired by Sin City.

Twilight is restrained, unable to fight back the horrible words that Rainbow Dash is telling her.

Fluttershy has been trying to date for a couple months now, and it has lead to many failed dates. After yet another failed date, Fluttershy is distraught, and doesn't know what to do. That is, until she finds an old number to one of her fillyhood friends.

Rated Teen because language and suggestive scenes.

Welcome to the Jingleverse. Not everything here is as it seems to be: an immortal unicorn, an anonymous mob boss, a socially awkward shapeshifter, and several more, all living their lives as only they can.

All things considered, you better get comfy, it's going to be a long journey.

Maturity rating and categories are subject to change as the story progresses onward.