They say minotaurs live by the scars they bear. Bismuth's hide is a map of the world. His life was the blade, and the blade was his life, carried unto a hundred red fields, down a thousand roads, singing among elk, deer, and dragons. He stood at ramparts long since fallen, and was counted a hero in lands forgotten, when ponies had only begun to dream.

Maybe it's all true, but now he rocks in his chair, stirring at embers, while his deeds turn to rust in the shadows. What kind of scars call that living? And if you ask him, would he tell you?

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Seek hope even in darkness.
Spanish translation by SPANIARD KIWI: https://www.deviantart.com/spaniard-kiwi/art/Los-debiles-968627541
Audio reading by CreepyPastaSalad: Clicket!
Inspired by Jetfire's "Dangerous Business" and "Besides the Will of Evil."

🧧For The Lunar New Year🧧

It's the Lunar New Year! And Twilight and friends are excited to go to Fillydelphia's Dragon Town and celebrate the holiday with their dragon friend, Mina. But none are more than excited than their friends Autumn Blaze, Mistmane, and Princess Luna.

This story is a sequel to Foal Quest

Reading the first story isn’t necessary but it is still a good read.
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Starlight Glimmer had enjoyed her little joint adventure with Twilight and Moondancer, but she had never imagined that by helping to win the game that she would be rewarded with being turned into a foal for a week. Unable to reverse it until the spell wears off, Starlight had no choice but to just go with it. Who knows, maybe it will be fun?

Twilight, Starlight Glimmer and Moondancer were having a sleepover together. After hearing Spike liked Roleplaying games, Moondancer shows off a seemingly innocent book. Without realizing it she unleashes a spell that teleports them into a world for foals. Now diapered and foals themselves, they must traverse the world and find the elements to return back home.

Foal Star Co-writers and thanks to SuperPinkBrony12 for proof editing

To fight off the icy cold weather, Twilight invites her friends over for "A Warming Party". It's sort of like a tea party where they get together and join in some pleasant conversation, but the big difference here was the strong desire to stay as warm as possible against the cold weather outside.

Contains diapers and diaper usage. Please don't keep reading if you disapprove of any of these themes.

When you must wear diapers practically all the time, you not only learn how to endure critics' constant gaze and ponies calling you weird names, you also learn tons of interesting things about the different diaper brands, how much they hold, which size is better for any kind of pony’s body, how strong are the tapes or which designs and colors are available. That makes Sugar Pad, a kind mare who only two years ago moved to Ponyville, the perfect candidate for this job in front of the Diapers & Powders subsidiary in this small town. But in an unusual specialized store, interesting things could happen, unusual clients with unusual needs and likes, clients who really don’t want to be in there but really need it, and tons of different situations to take part of. That’s what Sugar Pad must do every day in this job.

Once again thanks to my good friend Squigges for being the editor of my story and helping me to improve my writing every day.

Warning: This story is strongly related with diapers and contain few scenes of diaper usage, please avoid reading it if you consider those topics weird.

Being a young dragon while doing chores every day for a unicorn who strives for perfection and hardly receiving any praise already hurts enough but saving an empire and still not feeling appreciated by your friends is even worse. Now add slight depression, boredom and MORE work. These feelings have been going on for quite some time and trying to hide how he really feels certainly isn't easy. Luckily for Spike, he finds a way to relax even if it probably isn't considered "normal." Then again, since when has normal ever been both relaxing and interesting?

Warning: Will eventually contain diapers and depressed Spike. Do not read if you are not into these kinds of stories.
You have been officially warned!

Dual Blade was a normal 8-year-old colt who loves Hearth's Warming, but after he saw his parents put out gifts in the middle of the night, he was skeptical about Santa's existence.

Now at the age of 12, something strange happened when a mysterious train arrived in front of his house...

And all he as to do in order to get through this journey

...is Believe.

[Anthro]

Movie Inspiration: The Polar Express (Best Christmas Movie Ever!!!!)

[Read in Night Mode for best reading experience]

After a date with Rarity gone awry, Spike is in an inconsolable mood. When a stranger offers a solution to his heartaches, he must accept.
Little does he know that he has surrendered his heart to a changeling: A rare, but most disastrous theft. It is up to those closest to Spike to retrieve his heart, and discover how far they are willing to go in order to protect it.

Spike's fed up of Outer Yakyakistan, a perpetually frigid land of biting wind, blinding snow, and little else. No one actually lives here, not even the yaks themselves. Twilight's company is the only silver lining, but even she can only lift Spike's spirits in short bursts. He wants to go home to Ponyville.

But as they clamber up the final mountain in Outer Yakyakistan, the wind changes. Spike becomes sure that he's been here before. Except... he hasn't. Not in living memory. So why does it feel like he's already home?

Featured in the Royal Canterlot Library. Reviewed on Louder Yay, by PresentPerfect, and by The Descendant.
I'm incredibly grateful to Ceffyl Dwr (ed: now paperhearts) for editing and criticising and all that jazz, but most of all for encouraging me to get this story finished. Without him, it wouldn't have happened.