It was a normal day for the eight-year old apple farmer. All of her chores were done for the day and the sun was beginning to set.

Normally, young Applejack would head inside to eat dinner and prepare for bed. Just as she was about to pick her last apple from the tree, she saw a rainbow-like tail peeking from behind another tree.

Zap-Apple season was near and she figured one had grown early but...

Why was it crying?

The first time Maud meets Trixie, she thinks she's an egotistical narcissist, and Trixie thinks Maud's an emotionless robot with no worries. Funny how first impressions change...

A romance told in snippets with frequent time skips and written for Jake's Horse Words Extravaganza (Obscure Shipping contest): https://www.fimfiction.net/group/212414/jake-the-army-guys-horse-words-extravaganza

Rainbow Dash teen years find her hotheaded. She is both full of herself and full of doubt. Deep down she feels lost, yet she hides it behind the mask of who she's wants to be. Her life changes forever by a chance meeting with a unicorn mare named Rarity, in Cloudsdale of all places. Dash welcomes her into her life, but how is that she feels drawn to a mare who seems to have it all together? And will Rarity accept her despite her shortcomings and flaws? Most importantly, can Dash fix herself or will she keep making mistakes until it's too late?

By royal request, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity travel to far-off Perytonia to establish ties between Equestria and a strange new people.

Plunged deep into an alien culture with its own history, understanding the native peryton is only part of the challenge. As Rainbow Dash discovers, navigating her own relationship with her oldest friend may be harder still.

A season two story.

Spitfire, leader of the famous Wonderbolts, notices Rainbow Dash flying too close during one of their shows and wastes no time in alerting security. Rainbow is dragged off, but not before pulling off an elaborate maneuver that catches the flyer's eye. After the show, the two run into each other again, but this time, security isn't alerted. Instead, Spitfire insists on taking the mare out for a cup of coffee and a talk.

One of her teammates is oddly unhappy about that.

Ch 1 proofread by jeray2000 and Rezio. <3
Cover art by Iopichio, used with permission. <3

Notes:~~~ A look at same-sex love in the military before 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was repealed. This is obviously an AU, one that takes a more realistic approach to homosexuality in the military. Also, and I'm surprised by the amount of opposition this received, the Wonderbolts are a military squadron. Yes, they're performers, but they are still a part of Equestria's "Armed Forces", just like the Blue Angels and the Thunderbolts are in the US.
Warnings:~~~ Lesbian shipping, profanity, some violence.

Relationships come, relationships go. But for Rarity, breaking up with Applejack was the hardest thing she has ever done. Shutting herself away in her Manehatten boutique, she finds herself in an endless spiral of self-hatred, manifested as her own little Tantabus.

Can the intervention of one of her newest friends, Coco Pommel, help her to find a method of breaking the cycle?

Content Warnings: Depression, Self-hatred, References to Emotional Abuse, Bullying, Blackmail, Gaslighting

Inspired by the cover art and the song of the same name by progressive metal band Threshold. Alternative title: Idiosyncrasy.

Fleur de Lis has recently found herself enraptured with Pinkie Pie and her partying ways. The problem: Pinkie is what Fleur's typical crowd would refer to as a "common pony," and her parties aren't exactly seen as the type of event a sophisticated mare should be attending. Regardless, Fleur is determined to get closer to the intriguing party pony, even if she has to sneak around to do so.

Maud and Trixie, a strangle couple slowly learning to know each other at the rock farm. Pinkie Pie joined them, happy to witness this cute pairing. But, as days passed, they are going to learn things are always a little more complicated than what they seem...

Starting over isn’t easy. Trixie knows that way too well. After wandering into barren plains full of rocks, she wonders meets somepony who could do with some magic in her life, and finds herself needing some rock solid support.

Entry for Bike’s StarTrixMaud contest featuring Mauxie :)

Being forced to hide who you are from the world is never easy, but what is more tiring is pretending you are everything they expect you to be.

Art edited by: Cloptimist

Preread by: Sunlight , RDT

Edited by: Lysander

BASED on a SONG: Deep Breath