Luna is invited to visit Sweet Apple Acres by Big McIntosh. As they tour the newly created bat sanctuary, the subject of a mysterious new animal visiting the orchard comes up. Luna decides she would like to see the creature for herself. Luna sends one of her guards to look for the creature on his own while she and McIntosh search another part of the grove. The guard finds the creature, but it turns out to be anything but what he was expecting.

Written as part of Equestria Daily's Writers Training Grounds event.

A hapless young stallion finds himself in need of a source of employment. Fortunately, it seems lady luck is shining on him, as he returns to his foalhood home of Ponyville to work for the Apple family with the ever expanding work that the farm has to offer. He is even working with a dear old friend of his. Not a thing could possibly go wrong now.... Right?

But he quickly finds out that a life in Ponyville is anything but easy, and how a friendship can change and alter over the course of time. Most likely an awkward mess. All the while unknowingly helping to cause a ruffle in the feathers of two good friends.

Spitfire and Soarin' have been friends from the moment they first met. The two of them are like brother and sister, but when Soarin' confesses his loneliness to Spitfire she takes it upon herself to find him the perfect mare. Will it work or will this back fire on her spectacularly?

Away from the glory of Canterlot, a changeling meets a pony.
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Cover image from and inspired by the comic 'Heart Nom' by merrypaws.
http://merrypaws.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Heart-Nom-311709771

Twilight and her friends enjoy a relaxing day at the beach, when Rainbow Dash has a startling encounter that leads to an exciting undersea adventure.

Featured on Equestria Daily on 09/28/2012

Coco Pommel is just a humble fashion designer in Manehattan. With no time for friends, relationships, and barely any time for food, how could she possibly learn to have fun?

Unfortunately, it seems that the best way to know is to have a really bad day.

Having grown up in Griffonia for most of his life, Lenny Redtail has a very low opinion of ponies. But a quick foray into Ponyville just might teach him a lesson or two about friendship and what it means to be equine.

[Intended entry for the Equestria Daily Outside Insight Summer Fanfic Contest.]

Limestone was hardly the kind of mare to rely on anypony for help. But, after an unfortunate encounter with a Diamond Dog, she just might need help after all. Just how much help could one freak in a oneseie be? Apparently a lot.

This is a little romance/slice of life one shot I wrote for fun. I enjoyed every minute of writing it, and hope you'll enjoy reading through it. I focused on a character you rarely see fics on: Limestone. Why Limestone? Well, let's just say I liked her name better than Marble's. Really not much else to it. Have a look see and let me know what you think in the comments below.

It is Hearth's Warming Eve in Equestria, and the four princesses are having a private gift exchange for themselves. In what seems to be a spur of the moment decision, Princess Celestia gifts Twilight a nutcracker doll and tells her the Legend of the Nutcracker Prince, a story about a pegasus captain who was trapped in the form of a nutcracker doll.

Twilight initially dismisses such fanciful talk, but deep down, something about the story resonates with her. The doll intrigues her far more than a simple toy should, but when she falls asleep that Hearth's Warming Eve night, she awakens to find herself face to face with the very being she believed wasn't real, and now she must help him escape the curse. But there is far more to breaking the curse than she originally thought. But with this knowledge in mind, can she save the cursed stallion and return him to Equestria?

Lovey Dovey is not only a professional matchmaker, but she's pretty sure she's the best in all of Equestria! What happens when Lovey hears about an eligible bachelor in Manehattan that isn't giving any mares the time of day? Well, she packs her bags and hops on the next train, of course!