Just about everypony in Ponyville knows Scootaloo. She's your normal, carefree pegasus foal who crusades for her cutie mark, zips around town on her scooter, and looks up to her idol Rainbow Dash. But what if that's not all there is to her? Scootaloo worries that her friends will find out that she's not the foal they know and love, or that she's not even a foal at all. But, when her secret does come out, their reactions might surprise her.

Rainbow Dash is a simple mare. She loves flying, she loves napping, but most importantly of all, she loves her friends. She loves her family. She loves the little tortoise who sleeps in the corner of her bedroom. She loves her town, she loves her country, she loves her world.

She's never thought about what she would do without it all. She's never thought about what she would do if she woke up one morning, only to discover that the world had passed her by. She's never thought about what she would be willing to do, how far she would be willing to go, to get it all back.

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This story presents a what if scenario.

What would have happened if Thorax had sought out Princess Cadance and Shining Armor upon reaching the Crystal Empire, instead of hiding in the frozen wastelands to be found by Spike? Would the Crystal Ponies be willing to accept him, or is he getting in over his head? More importantly, what will the two rulers, the same whose wedding was almost ruined by his kind, decide to do with him?

Takes place before the episode The Times They Are A Changeling, and of course retcons what happens in said episode.

This story is a sequel to Pleading His Case

Two and a half months have passed since Thorax the changeling approached Princess Cadance and Captain Shining Armor, the two rulers of the Crystal Empire, and pleaded for them to allow him to live under their rule and become friends with them and their subjects.

Now, Princess Cadance has a surprise for Thorax: She's invited Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends, the very ponies who inspired his decision to leave his hive and live a more peaceful life, to meet him and hear his story.

This is a "mid-quel" to my story Pleading His Case, and takes place two weeks before the events of the second chapter.

Grand Pear is expecting to have an average day all by himself today. That all changes when his granddaughter, Apple Bloom comes by to spend some time with her Grand Pear Pear.

Five years ago, a storm brought a strange winged pony to The Village. Now, she lives at the edge of this small society, cast out, but unable to leave. As a year of terrible misfortune befalls the Villagers, they look for somepony to blame, and long-standing tensions begin to come to a head.

Soon, one side must break, for in The Village, there is neither friendship nor magic.

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Special thanks to Sabrina "Sibsy" Alberghetti, for granting permission to use her character.

Thanks to GaryOak, AugieDog, Bad Horse, v-invidia, Derpmind, Randomreader-001, Reia Hope, and A-hardie, for editing and proofreading.
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When Grand Pear finally decides to come back to Ponyville to meet the family he never knew he had, he hope that things will work out in his favor. And he hoped that his grandchildren will forgive him.

Chiffon Swirl just wants to be noticed as an up-and-coming baker. Entering the Ponyville Baking Competition seemed like a good idea, at least until it involved making carrot cake. Nopony likes carrot cake.

Carrot Cake just wants to be noticed by a certain blue mare. Entering the Ponyville Baking Competition seemed like a great way to make that happen. If only he knew more than one recipe.

A special thanks to BlazzingInferno for the title and the long description.

This story is finished, and I will post a new chapter every Tuesday and Thursday.

As Little Mac tries to choose a bedtime story for his mother to read to him and his sister, he asks why none of the old legends have earth pony heroes. His mother has a good answer for him, but she dredges up some old memories, too. Ones that Little Mac wishes she would share.