Derpy ponders life and wonders about the one question that has always bugged her, "Am I important?"

Music can tell how one lived. It tells stories and creates emotions. It is fun to make and fun to share. Many ponies love music. Some are inspired by it, to change and influence the world like the ones before them. To share with the world their stories of how they lived, and what emotions arise from their experiences.

Music is a wonderful, fragile thing that is to be handled with love and care, like anything else one would hold dear to their heart.

On a distant hill where the wind blows quietly and the sun shines the brightest, lay a single grave etched elegantly with a musical symbol.

A young mare decides to travel to Ponyville to pay homage to a legendary and beloved musician... but she brings lunch for two; a little picnic, a small pictured frame, and an instrument the musician once fervently played. The very same one.

Little did most ponies know in Ponyville that the young mare is more connected to the legendary musician than they think.

Spike and Rarity have been together for some time, and things seemed to be going perfect. But life had other plans for the duo.

Time and circumstance can break a lot of things, but true love isn't one of them. The two of them learn this powerful lesson together.

Prereaders: Gidget_TheGear and LightningBass94
Editor: Avox

Rainbow wakes up in a strange room and doesn't know where she is, and the sleeping figure next to her doesn't make things any better.

Rarity is having a bit of a teleportation issue. It could have something to do with Spike being older now and catching her eye. Or it could be due to the Fire Heart Ruby she's been wearing as of late. Rarity gets some help in understanding why.

Smolder and Ocellus have been secretly together for months, and after a steamy night together, the tired dragon tries to return to her own room undetected.

Thanks to Freglz for prereading.
Cover art is by frist44.

"If you ever need anything, come see me, okay?"

When Fluttershy said those words, Sunset had not really believed her. Just last week, Sunset had been a tyrant, a bully. Surely the girl was just being nice. They weren't really friends.

But as her emotions rage inside, Sunset begins to wonder if, perhaps, those words meant something. Perhaps she really could go to Fluttershy for something. Something only a friend can provide...

Now with a reading by Fire Rain

Another reading by Pony&Wolf Productions

Chinese translation by studyb (学习b) is available on fimtale

This story was Featured on April 24, 2019

This story was featured on Equestria Daily as part of a best fanfics round-up for Sunset Day 2020.

Coco Pommel considers what it means to love, and to be loved in turn.

Originally written for the Coco Pommel contest in Quills and Sofas.

Cover art by Mushroom.

It's a little known fact that when Cadence ascended to alicornhood, not everypony was happy with the change. But everything happens for a reason...

This story takes into account Cadence's backstory from Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell.

Reading by Scribbler and friends!

It's Mother's Day in Ponyville, and Dinky has a very special present for her mother.