When Cheerilee asks to talk with Big Mac after her classes are over, the stallion's nerves skyrocket as his assumptions seem to be correct.

Little does he know that it won't end like he thinks.

Working on a farm is not easy.

Sunup to sundown, in the burning summer heat, harvesting the crop that brings you your livelihood, can be pure torture. Big Macintosh knows this all too well.

Thankfully, today he has a very good reason to tough it out.

The Cake Twins have always wanted to do something special for their Auntie Pinkie Pie, especially since they know she was their foalsitter when they were younger. But they've never been able to find a way to thank her properly.

Fortunately, an opportunity gets almost literally dropped into their hooves when they're pressed into emergency foalsitting service for Pinkie Pie's foal: Lil' Cheese. Pinkie desperately needs a break and nopony else is available.

The twins thus agree to look after the little colt. But Lil' Cheese is going to give his new foalsitters more than a few headaches before all's said and done. Will the twins be able to keep up with him? Or will Lil' Cheese drive them as crazy as they once drove their Auntie Pinkie Pie?

(Featured on 4/04/2022.)

(Semi-related to The Sitter with the Diamond Tiara, though it is not required for you to have read that story to understand this story. Proofread by deadpansnarker.)

Lil' Cheese is going back to school, and he's extremely nervous because he's going to have a brand new teacher. Both his mom and his dad try to reassure him that he'll be just fine, but still the colt worries.

It just so happens that the one now teaching Lil' Cheese's class is a pony Lil' Cheese has had prior experience with. A most unexpected pony at that.

Mrs. Diamond Tiara is confident she's more than up to the task of helping Lil' Cheese out. And by the time it's done, Lil' Cheese might just learn more than he ever expected to.

From the moment the shield and lightning bolt appeared on his flanks, Flash Sentry knew it was his destiny to join the Royal Guard, but that wasn't always his dream.

Flash is on a much-needed vacation, and has taken his first trip back to Cloudsdale in years. With old friends there to greet him, it almost feels like his previous life was waiting for him to show up and resume it, and the memories as he retraces his adolescent hoofsteps are overwhelming.

A lot of things haven't changed. But he has. He isn't the foal glued to his guitar with stars in his eyes anymore. He's found his purpose. He's moved on.

But is that entirely a good thing?

An entry in the Flash Sentry contest.
A standalone entry in the Eventide Verse.
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Stygian sits beneath a tree, surrounded by discarded drafts of a love poem.

Mistmane wanders through the garden, reflecting on the days when she was the beautiful mare in the world.

A little nudge from a couple of their friends might be enough to bring them together.

This is a story that I've been tinkering with for a long time, but it was only earlier this week that I finally managed to sketch it out into a proper story. Romance isn't my forte, but I hope that you enjoy it nonetheless!

Sunburst has gotten into the habit of waking up early on every Hearts and Hooves day to make breakfast for them.

Starlight doesn't know what to make of it until much, much later.

_{Just a little StarBurst fluff for the holiday (a very, very late one, but still!). Enjoy!}

Pinkie drops Gummy off with Twilight for the day while she leaves for Trotalot. Twilight agrees, not expecting much from the animal, but during her experiments, he speaks.

Shocked, she tries to convince Pinkie and her friends, but the little gator doesn't flinch, and it becomes harder and harder to not seem overworked...and perhaps a little bit crazy...a lot crazy.

Another short story suggestion by PerphectlyInsane in the Fimfic discord.

This story takes place around season two.

One Hearts and Hooves Day, Princess Celestia finds a bow and a quiver full of arrows in Princess Cadance's room. She then discovers the objects can be used to make ponies fall in love with each other and decides to play matchmaker this Hearts and Hooves Day. However, Princess Cadance recognizes the danger of using this artifact, searches for her aunt, and tries to stop her shipping spree.

Cover Artst: Pridark

Pound Cake spends Hearth's Warming Eve with his fillyfriend, Flurry Heart.

Flurry Heart is an alicorn.

Alicorns love only one thing more than sugar:

Snuggling.

This can only end in fuzz.

(And candy, but mostly fuzz.)

Written for Kikio3000 for Jinglemas 2022. I hope she and you find it an enjoyable read!