There was a pattern here....

She hadn't seen it before. Or rather, she had refused to see it before.

But...

Were ponies really so... naive?

If you have ever wondered how the saying "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" came to be, please venture inside and learn one fairytale version of this tale.

Now featured on Equestria Daily (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/02/story-legend-of-gift-horses.html)! ^_^

What did the Sirens long for, before they wanted hatred and misery? Well, isn't it obvious? Everyone wants to be loved.

But who would love a monster?

WARNING: This is not marked gore, but there is a detailed death scene in this fiction. This death is from drowning. You've been warned.

Really dumb, really quick one shot with a siren song I couldn't get out of my head...

Vinyl takes a walk after the wedding before returning home to her roommate, Octavia.

A lovely individual chose to translate this to Spanish! I can't read a lick of it myself, but if anyone would prefer that, the link is here: https://www.deviantart.com/spaniard-kiwi/art/No-es-como-si-estuviera-sorda-970424886

The highest art in diplomacy is turning enemies into allies.

Mootilda is a cannulated cow: she has undergone a medical procedure to allow direct access to her first stomach, for the purpose of collecting rumen. Twilight Sparkle is fascinated by the idea, and asks Applejack to introduce her.

Twilight is about to learn that cattle see life from a different point of view.

Written for The Writeoff Association's "Illusion of Choice" contest.