Tell me more of what lies beyond here.

Written as a gift for garatheauthor. Edited and preread by The Red Parade and Snow Quill.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are a team. Even now that they're adults, their friendship has never wavered.

So when something arises to threaten that friendship, Sweetie Belle will do everything in her power to protect it. No matter what.

Written as a Christmas gift for Wish, who has been trying to force me to write Sweetie Belle for years.

A filly waits in a small white room. Waiting for her friends to visit. "Hi! I'm Silver Spoon and I'm the Perfect Patient! What medical symptoms would you like to treat today?"

Winner of the Magic Fades and Science Grows contest on Quills and Sofas.

TW for lots of gore and emotionally cruel treatment of a child. Read with care, and if emotional child abuse is something you've experienced perhaps steer clear of this one. I think my initial trigger warning wasn't extensive enough, so apologies if anyone was disturbed by the content. This is a grimdark look at sentience, souls, and the way people/ponies treat things they perceive to be inhuman.

Shining and Cadence knew that raising a princess would present challenges above and beyond those of raising a born alicorn. As one might expect of Twilight Sparkle's brother and sister-in-law, they prepared as best they could for many of the problems they might encounter along the way.

Of course, that doesn't mean anypony told Flurry, who feels like this is a bit of an overreaction to her wanting a cookie that happened to belong to somepony else.

Flurry in the cover image courtesy of AleximusPrime, used with permission. Source link to the image can be found by mousing over it.

Hitch has always loved Sunny.

The circumstances never allowed him to say anything.

And now it's too late.

Hitch hid it really well this time, Sunny will never find it! Mwahahaha!

Pre-readers: Yoshikage Kira, RDT

Editor: Level Dasher

Cover art by: daOtterGuy

This was a Breezie story for Synesisbas for Jinglemas 2021.

When it looks like the CMC might actually have a shot at becoming Ponyville's flag carriers for the Equestria Games, Silver Spoon comes up with the ultimate plan to throw the Crusaders off their game: Have Diamond Tiara flirt with Scootaloo.

An alternate take on "Flight to the Finish".

What’s the perfect gift to get the girl of your dreams? Is it a necklace? A mixtape of her favorite songs? A used pull-out couch that gobbles you up the moment you try and pull it out?

No? It isn’t the couch? Well, too bad, because that’s what Gallus got for Silverstream this Hearth’s Warming.

Nice one, Gallus.

<sub>Merry jinglemas, Darkblaze15!

Cover Art by Shydale. I did the hat though.</sub>

Minuette wants to do something special for her first Hearth's Warming with her girlfriend, although she's struggling to think of something. Her only wish is that Berry gets the perfect gift.

This story was written for Jhoira as part of Jinglemas 2021.

Thanks to Pen and Paper, Sunlight Rays, & Silver Mint for pre-reading, and Scarlet Ribbon for editing.

Cover Art by acersiii.

Cheerilee's class is at the Dragonfly Swamp for a field trip, and Apple Bloom is hoping that things will go smoothly. However, that hope quickly dissolves when she is paired with Silver Spoon for the field trip's group project. Apple Bloom expects the worst, but when Silver Spoon acts differently than expected, she learns a shocking secret. What is this secret? How will it impact her view of Silver Spoon?

Thanks to Overseer Neptune for providing editing and proofreading assistance.