Minuette has an imaginary friend. At least, that's what everypony else thinks.

When ten-year-old magic student Minuette comes into possession of an antique vanity mirror, she is surprised to discover there is a creature living inside: A bug pony with big fangs and glowing eyes. Most little foals would probably be scared of such a creature, but not Minuette. Armed with a cheerful smile, she decides to befriend the bug in her mirror and uncover the mystery behind his bewildering predicament.

It's just such a shame that nopony else can see him.

First Act Edited by Mister Hypothetical

Second act and on edited by Xanni & Brony2005

This story is part of 'The Bugs in Strange Places' series, whose other entries include The Bug in The Herd, The Bug in The Basement, and The Bug in The Cave. You do not need to read any of these previous stories to enjoy this one, as they are not directly connected.

Inspiration for this story comes directly from this fine individual right here.

Trains are the fastest way to move something across Equestria, no matter how big. A heavy stone sarcophagus, for instance, one brimming with dark magic. The Royal Guard just launched a raid to retrieve it from the hooves of sinister cultists.

Now, the survivors of that raid are stuffed in a train crossing the wilderness. Just them, the skeleton crew, and the sarcophagus. Guarding it until they can get reinforcements at the next station ought to be easy. After all, there’s nothing else alive for miles. Right?

Wrong. There’s something on board with them. Something after the sarcophagus. Something that doesn’t care what stands in its way.

Shady Fortune is an ambitious stallion. The old manor outside of town is an ancient eyesore. Where most ponies would see a tear-down job long-gone undone, Shady instead sees potential and beauty in the decrepit old house.

But he's not the only thing living in Buckwheat Manor, and Shady will soon learn that not all spirits remain at rest.

This story has a dramatic reading by Skijarama, which you can listen to here. Thanks!

This story is a sequel to Origins - Selune Darkeye

Terra Lionmane is an earth pony aspiring to become Royal Guard Captain. This is the moment his dreams are realized.

However the earth pony’s phoenix companion, Fenix, has grown ill. His feathers are shedding, his fire burns low, his last breaths are at hoof. It’s a crucial time with two possible results:the phoenix’s rebirth, or his permanent death.

Sometimes… even dreams must be sacrificed to stand by in a friend’s trials.

Author's notes:This is a one-shot about my OC Terra Lionmane, that may star others, and is about his phoenix Fenix.

Cover art colored by:http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Pedro+Hander
Original by:http://www.fimfiction.net/user/marking
Entry for contest:http://www.fimfiction.net/group/204577/weekly-contests/thread/172591/story-contest-20-animal-companionship
WE GOT SECOND PLACE! Scratched the top!
Thanks to my editor kildeez

When an earthquake hits Old Canterlot High, the unicorn mare named Selune Darkeye is among the few students that gets trapped inside. Buried beneath the rubble she encounters an earth pony stallion named Terra Lionmane.

The earthquake however has awakened more than just the fear of survival in Selune. A fear so deep, it goes back to when she was born.

Contest entry for:http://www.fimfiction.net/group/204577/weekly-contests/thread/175855/oc-contest

Despite the cover art there is no actual shipping occuring here. If you want to ship it, be my guest.

Edited by kildeez

The following are the WWI-era journals of an unnamed British soldier operating in the Western Front from September 1914 - May 1915. The journals describe his dreams in an alternative world of fanciful landscapes and small, colorful ponies, a world we know as Equestria.

Through a rift in her prison, the Night Mare calls to Twilight. It tells her things she could not believe, yet senses are true. Will she fall under her spell, or will Celestia free Twilight from the Night Mare's control before it's too late?

There's a secret to this story if you can catch it. Do you know what it is? It's imitating the plot of Hamlet.
Source for picture is gone; have drawfriend instead: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/drawfriend-stuff-126.html #27.

Shamelessly inspired by I Am Legend.

It's been about ten years since Princess Celestia disappeared. Ten years since her disappearance changed Equestria forever. Ten years since nearly everyone became vampires.

But Twilight's not keeping anniversaries. Heck, she can barely remember her own birthday now. But that doesn't matter. She's had more important things to do, such as defending herself from the mindless vampires that attack her every night, and hunting them during the day, where she, as the only one not a vampire, has an advantage. She's killed ponies so often that she regards all the blood as a mild inconvenience. It's just the daily grind.

Or at least, it was until she left Canterlot. Her life there had become unsustainable, and so she took the train that ran through Canterlot to a small town far away on the edge of the Everfree forest- Ponyville.
There, things were different, as she discovered when she collapsed near the edge of the forest. A vampire took care of her, and that was just the start. A sequence of events leads to her making a momentous discovery:

Not all vampires are mindless. The denizens of Ponyville drink blood and sleep during the day, sure, but they're polite, friendly folk who befriend the refugee Twilight. She begins to integrate into the community, and her life seems to be looking up.

Of course, her blood-spattered past will not let her go that easily, and worse than vampires hide in the darkness. Twilight will have one last fight to keep her past from dragging her down and the future from overwhelming her. But she will fight. She has fought since she was a filly. She can win. She can hope.

After all, she is legend.

[Complete! With TVTropes apparently!]
Also, apparently, an animated trailer.

In a world of brass and steam, Twilight Sparkle had thought she had made a life-changing discovery with the invention of the telescope. For better or worse, she was correct.

Now her discovery has not only changed her life, but the lives of those she seeks out in her desperate attempt to contact the only other creature as lonely as Twilight herself.

It all would have been much simpler, but it had to be the one Twilight could only call The Mare on the Moon.

Decidedly not within walking distance, then.

[Featured on EQD before story was meant to be submitted. 4/03/2015]

[Editing team: Southpaw, Wolfvenom, Maskedferret, SwanSong and BluePaladin42, without whom this story would be a fraction of its current state.]
[Special thanks to Novel-Idea for the updated cover]

Her Royal Highness, Princess Luna, is trying to catch up on lost sleep. She deserves it, after all the hard work she's put in to keep the city of Canterlot safe. Now she can turn the lights down, slip into bed, and finally get some rest.

If only Canterlot weren't under attack by the endless swarms of the Changeling army...