Fluttershy had read every book there was on motherhood. She read every pamphlet and brochure she could get her hooves on. She was ready... or so she thought.

Neither she nor Spike could have ever prepared for the curveball life decided to throw them and they looked everywhere for help in figuring out what to do.

But maybe they already had everything they needed all along?

Edited by Curify
Preread by Alex_

Cover art by SaphyJay

Everyone has written stories where Trixie has encountered the Mane Six again, so here's me jumping on the bandwagon and missing, followed by breaking both my legs due to the bandwagon going in reverse, just to spite me.

Ahem. After the incident with the Ursa Minor, Trixie has ended up in Baltimare, working as a magician for a party planner service. As you can imagine, things are less than stellar for the Great and Powerful Trixie. Things only get worst when she discovers Twilight Sparkle and friends are in town for a "Best Unicorn" contest. Then things get 'worster' when Twilight attempts to make peace with the Great and Powerful Trixie.

Can Trixie survive the evil apologies, the malevolent offers of friendship, and the horrid and incomprehensible acts of generosity the Mane 6 give her? Let's find out.

The beautiful sights and sounds of a sunny day in the small town of Gifthorse Beach are to be the backdrop of the wedding of Sunset Shimmer and Rarity. A perfect day, the perfect spot, and course, the perfect dress made by the bride herself.

However, as the old saying is quick to remind, "something always goes wrong at a wedding."

Sunset knows that. Rarity knows that. But it's still going to happen to them all the same.

Written for the Sunset Shipping Contest: Journeys. Image is of Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Photograph taken by Jonathon Simister.

After an accident, Rarity and Twilight are thrown in a race against time to stop their transformation into changelings before they become part of Chrysalis' swarm forever.

This 'Earth' is so close, and yet so far from anything Twilight described on the other side of that mirror. How is Rarity going to get back to her home when she can't understand anyponybody? And didn't Twilight say she became human, and humans didn't use magic? Yet clearly some did... and that wasn't even counting all the devices that might as well have been magical, as far as Rarity was concerned.

Who knew one strange little gem could cause so many problems? They'd taken it from her after it'd brought her straight into a lab for study, but... If she ever found it again, she was definitely going to let Spike eat it. As soon as she got home. And by Celestia, she was going to get home!

...Will Rarity ever find her way home? Is the gem that brought her to Earth the key, and is there more to the factions maneuvering around her appearance?

To complicate matters, this is an Earth recovering from its first alien invasion (Rarity being technically the second, then). ...Or does that actually explain things? No, no it doesn't. But it will.

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To go with the Teen rating (or rather to explain it) there is light profanity and violence. I don't believe either are at a level where the warning tags are needed, but I'll mention it at least.
There may be some darker, more explicit moments in flashbacks, but I'll save those for Interludes.

Sunset Shimmer is having the worst day of her life. She used to be important. She was the personal student of Princess Celestia. She was a future leader of Equestria. She was the kind of mare that everypony envied.

Today, it's all crashing down around her.

Alternate Universe: What if Sunset Shimmer hadn't gone through the mirror?

When a landslide hits the Pie Family Rock Farm following the previous night's rain shower, Maud of all ponies becomes troubled after seeing so many different crystals all at once. It was because of how the glow they gave off remind her of Rarity, and the time they spent in Manehatten. Although she did an amazing job at not showing it to anypony face to face, Maud would be emotionally touched anytime something shiny came into her view. Considering the sudden change of events, however, she hadn't much choice but to be near them. After sifting through numerous amounts of gemstones scattered as far as the eye could see, Maud ends up finding possibly the most beautiful diamond of them all, and aims to send it to Rarity as a gift.

The only other pony to discover all of this was even happening would be Marble, Maud Pie's sister.

Special thanks for slight assistance in the first few chapters goes to Socks.

Holding in emotions is never good. Keep them buried for too long, and eventually they burst out at the wrong time. Both Rarity and Rainbow Dash have a secret they have been hiding from their friends, specifically from a certain shy, animal-loving pegasus mare. They've finally decided to come clean, but neither of them counted on the other revealing the truth, much less at the same time.

Now Fluttershy is stuck with an impossible choice between her two best friends. Can she choose one without risking her friendship with the other?

"Sex" tag due to innuendo and suggestive material. No actual sex happens in this story.

Author's Note: Many, many thanks to Steel Resolve and Karrakaz for pre-reading and letting me know when I screw up. Now with new cover art, courtesy of johnhilist over at deviantart.

Waking up the morning after you get in a relationship is not always easy. Especially when the pony you passed the night with is one of the rulers of your country. Rarity and Celestia still have a lot to discuss with their newfound lovers. And Rarity has yet to see how the royal family act in private.

This story is a continuation of Carapace's story, Radiance. You really should read it before reading this chapter.

Preread by Carapace.
Proofread by Kean, I can't thank him enough for that.

Artwork by Silfoe for her Tumblr blog, The Other Royal Sketchbook, and used with her permission!

Rarity, element of generosity and fashionista extraordinary has a secret. A terrible secret. A horrible secret. A terrible... horrible... ABSOLUTELY dreadful...... THE MOST DIABOLICAL KIND OF SECRET THAT IS SO SECRET THAT IT CANNOT BE DISCOVERED secret.

A secret so shocking that if it were discovered, it would destroy not only her life, but her friendships, her image, her other relationships, and possibly but not really her career. Oh, and let us not forget that it would be THE WORST POSSIBLE THING!!!

Her secret.... is that she likes.... METAL...

Warning: contains trace amounts of iron, titanium, magnesium, copper, nickel, galvanized steel, various alloys, and possibly uranium.

Also metal references. GLORIOUS AMOUNTS of metal references.

Cover art by EROCKERTORRES on deviantart. Chosen because the longer I kept staring at it, the more I couldn't stop laughing.