Fluttershy is used to nursing critters of all sorts back to health. When she comes across a broken showmare, however, it will take all her patience and care to help the other pony. Especially when Trixie begrudges her help every step of the way. Can she get through to her? And can Trixie learn that she doesn't need to stand alone to stand strong?
Total Words: 272,827
Estimated Reading: 18 hours
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One day a man wakes up in a pony's bed. For the next several days the two of them try to discover why such a thing happened.
They don't do a very good job of figuring anything out but they do cuddle a lot.
When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.
*6-16-2017 Edit, added Rainbow Dash tag because it triggered knighty.*
It could have been just another night. Instead, Vinyl Scratch leaves a show to find herself suddenly presented with a chance to make a difference in the life of a filly no one else will look twice at. Now if only she can convince Octavia she's not making a huge mistake...as usual.
Note: This story now has an indirect sequel set several years in the future in The Most Unlikely Places. Cover art by SonicDash777.
The two most intriguing minds in Equestria sit down and have tea together.
Bon Bon's voice is funny, and that's about all that anypony who meets her notices, as her marefriend Lyra soon steals the spotlight with her explosive personality, strange obsessions, and curious beliefs. And why not? Bon Bon is, after all, a perfectly ordinary, boring pony in every way but two: her voice, and the carefully kept secret that she isn't really a pony.
(Edit:) Now with an annotated version, courtesy of the incomparable Shoggoth Lord!
Celestia likes her routine. Tax reforms, grants, laws and construction projects are all a princess needs to be content.
It's just her luck that for Pinkie Pie, "content" is not nearly enough.
Submitting to trials, tribulations, lies, misunderstanding, and pain. And all these things for one purpose. To Befriend the Night.
Coverart by: jjames10 (Tome Turner)
Thanks man!
Sequel out now: To Swoon the Stars