Twilight Sparkle and her best friends have been sent to the paradise islands of Iluikatliltik for over a month so that Twilight can learn the secrets of the ancient Iluikatliltik ponies—a tribe who have mastered Earth Pony magic like no other culture has.

Each of her companions has a role to play... although it just might not be the one they wanted.

But really, what else could Applejack's role be?

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*Additional thanks to The Masked Ferret for moral support and The Abyss for combing through the mess of words for mistakes.

"There’s not enough time, there’s so much I want to do."
Rainbow Dash is given a diagnosis- only a year left to live.

Written for the June Monthly Contest Club

Everyone at Canterlot High covfefe

(I apologize for nothing. Blame Twitter.)

This Pinkie Tales installment is a parody of the fairytale classic 'Beauty and the Beast'. Be prepared for shocking characters, terrifying villain attacks, and an over-inflated egos!

Pinkie Tales are a series of fairytale stories told by Pinkie Pie to the cake twins as a bedtime story. She uses herself and her friends as the characters and much hilarity ensues! Be sure to check out the other installments of the Pinkie Tale series found here which include "Cindershy" "The Little Mermare" "Applejack and the Beanstalk" and many more!

And of course there is a Youtube production of this Pinkie Tales, chalk-full of art, fantastic acting performance, and even some animation! Check it out on the Magpiepony youtube channel :)

The short version, or at least my best guess thereof: In an alternate universe (with better technology than ours), a man identifying himself as "The Hunter" wrote the story of how he used to capture ponies from another parallel universe, and why he stopped. Somehow, that story got to me, and I decided to share it with all of you.

That, or I've fallen for an unreasonably elaborate prank.

The longer version is that something strange happened at the moment of the solstice. At least, I assume it was the exact moment; I didn't realize immediately that the exact time was worth noting. My internet went out briefly, and when it came back, the internet was different. Not something where I instantly knew things had changed, but it became apparent pretty quickly. Some sites, such as Equestria Daily for example, didn't exist. Many were wrong: I ended up looking at a bunch of XKCDs at random (and not all chosen with the "random" button, before you cite that as a tool to fool me) and none of them were anything I'd seen before. Wikipedia was just bizarre; since when was there a moon base? So I started downloading webpages as fast as possible; I didn't want to get stuck with fading memories and nothing else.

Around twenty minutes later, the internet went out again, and I reconnected to the normal web. I spent most of my time since then sleeping, and it's going to take me a while to sort through everything, but this one chunk of text was all over the place. It seemed to be important, and real, wherever my internet connection was going for a while. And it was about Equestria, through some strange coincidence. So I figured I'd put it up here for all of you to see.

The timing of this extra-universal message was quite convenient, as it arrived during this contest. Hopefully it's within the rules for me to call myself the closest thing this universe has to an author for this piece, and submit it.

As always, comments are encouraged. I'll try to get them back to The Hunter if I ever connect to his universe again. I'm sure he'd like to know what you all think.

Opal is disturbing Rarity's sleep. She tries to ignore it.

Twilight and Sunset have been dating for seven months. In that time, they've built up a lot of great memories. The water balloon fight that soaked them both to the bone. The ride in the back of the truck on Applejack's farm where they watched the scenery go by. The horror movie that Twilight pretended hadn't scarred her for life. But sometimes, the best and most important memories come from the most unassuming places.

Fluffity fluff fluff.

A slice of life, that details the events of another Pie Sister Surprise Swap day of the Pie family. Some special sister time between Pinkie and Marble Pie, hiking together for their Surprise Swap Day!

Trixie's in town. She has a very important errand to do.
A very important pony to wish happiness to on a very important day.
Whether the pony recognizes her or not.

Thanks to Scribbler Productions for doing a reading of this! ^~^

On a clear and cloudless night, a young girl starts for home somewhat later than usual. She knows her parents aren't worried. They know she can be trusted. They know what a good girl she is.

The streets are empty, the stores are all closed...

...and someone watches from the shadows as a girl walks home alone at midnight.