Starlight Glimmer tried to deny it. A LOT. You have no idea.

However, the signs were there. She had feelings for Sunburst. Unfortunately, no matter how much she had grown as a pony since learning friendship, Starlight could never act on her feelings for her foalhood friend.

So, Starlight's Great and Powerful best friend, Trixie, decided to step in. She WILL have Starlight confess to Sunburst, even if there was more to her unusual insistence than it seemed.

This story was requested by superfun, and it is a special 2-year Fimfiction anniversary story to celebrate me being a writer on the site for 2 years.

Miracles do happen sometimes!

Starlight has entrusted setting up the tree for a Hearth's Warming party at the school of friendship. The fact that he's taken an hour and only has half an hour left, is worrying. But Sunburst has a surprise for her.

Written for Test4Echo for Jinglemas 2021

Butterscotch has just moved to Ponyville from Cloudsdale, comfortable to have his hooves on solid ground now instead of clouds, but uncomfortable around all the new sights and sounds, and utterly terrified of meeting the new ponies there.

As he soon finds that he has unexpected feelings for the farm-pony Big Macintosh, whom he just met, Butterscotch has to question himself: could he possibly have the courage to take it to even first base with him, let alone beyond?

Yes, yes he does. WAAAAY beyond first base. Or even second, or third.

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Last minute submission for the September 2021 M/M Shipping Contest.

This is the teen version of this story. Mature version can be found here: <link when done>.

Obvious Flutter/ButterMac ship-fic is obvious. I've always found this couple's male/female couple adorable and finally decided to take my own spin on a Flutter/ButterMac romance now that I believe my writing skills could do it any amount of justice. Plus, this is an entry for a contest. This is also my first foray into male/male romance or sexual relations, so here's hoping I did it justice.

Also, this is only tagged 'Alternate Universe' because Mac never gets with Sugar Belle, like in the official show's universe.

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Unrelated to the story tags, but there's a brief scene involved where a complete perv is trying to (unsuccessfully) solicit and exploit a vulnerable, clueless stallion for sex. If that disturbs you, well...yeah, it doesn't actually end in anything except comeuppance for him.

Contains: A secret crush situation, then a budding, then growing, romance between two stallions, including kissing, dating, and so on; mentions of mares in estrus, m/m fantasies, implied masturbation, making out, pheromones/scents, implied sex, aftersex cuddling. May also contain other things I forgot, but nothing explicitly sexual. That's in the other version.

Credits:

Written with help idea and editing help from my friend AngelDust. Thanks!

Cover art is by cartoonlion, and was found on Derpibooru.

Mighty lords chart the course of their people, for better or worse, through good times and bad. Their decisions have ramifications that echo across continents and generations. It is in the light of those decisions that the stories of heroes are ultimately defined, whatever side of the lord's reign they may fall upon.
Books are written about those decisions and their consequences critiqued long after most of those lords are gone to dust. A few even consider the personal cost of those heavy choices.

Rose Meadow was the sort who would be all but forgotten by the relentless march of history, save perhaps as set decoration. She was a guard, a professional whose main job was to stand outside an office door and make sure documents weren't stolen and the occupant wasn't unduly interrupted. That said occupant happened to be a head of state didn't matter much, except perhaps so far as to give her a vague sense of pride in her work.
Yet for all their unimportance on the grand stage of history, a guard overhears much, especially when the office door isn't closed properly...

This is a short story set in the world of the acclaimed Hearts of Iron 4 mod, Equestria at War. It is the first entry in the Quenta Roccolië and has been reviewed by Clarke Otterton.
Rated teen for discussion of war and death.
Written for the Fourth Annual Equestria at War Writing Contest with the prompt "A normal being's point of view and life amidst global events."
Thanks to Clear Skies-Roan for betaing.

Cover image is a crop of 'Palace Hallway' by plainoasis

This story is a sequel to Prologue

Victor Strihooveski is not exactly a bundle of laughs, but he's a responsible old veteran of the Royal Guard, one of the few whose career survived the recent reforms. When Section Leader Rose Meadow is injured in a training accident, she leaves him in charge of the small unit for the week.
Stationed far behind the lines in Canterlot, the Guard might be getting back up to fighting condition for the first time in over a century, but that doesn't mean the road is without its hurdles. Events have eventuated and the newly-returned Rose needs informing, with tact if possible.

This is a short story set in the world of the acclaimed Hearts of Iron 4 mod, Equestria at War. It is the second entry in the Quenta Roccolië and has been reviewed by Clarke Otterton.
Rated teen for non-tag worthy mention of reproductive mechanisms and their results in a rather frank manner.
Thanks to Eltirions for betaing.

Cover image by Tofus, used with permission

It has been two years since Pony-Griffon Pony War has begun. Thousands are dead, and many more are to follow. Amidst all the hardships of the war, many ponies are still enlisting, to do right by their country. Amongst the thousands of ponies who’ve enlisted, this is the story of Spearhead. Follow him, and see how the war shapes the young and perky pegasus into an older, more experienced pony.

Here it is, the Frontlines rewrite/remaster. This is sort of a “what if Season 8” didn’t happen. Enjoy.

Wanting to keep Gallus company, Silverstream gets some books from the library and the two find one about some older locomotives. They aren’t able to find anymore so they end up asking Rusty to know more. Soon, it leads to a field trip to show the power of steam.

In the blasted city of Trottingham, a sniper makes his stand against the Changelings and finds glory, or something like it.

Weeks prior to the fall of Vaverfront to the Changeling offensive, a detective working on a case learns about the future plans to smuggle out Queen Velvet from the country and into Equestria for asylum once the inevitable fall of the country comes around. The detective is then tasked directly with seeing through the plans as the countries war drags on, land and deer being taken every day.

This story takes place inside of the Equestria At War Universe Mod for Hearts of Iron 4.
Some characters mentioned aren't my creation, as they appear inside the mod. I'm just giving them a (shitty) character.

Following her first semester at school, Ocellus returns home to the hive.

Featured 11/15/2021 & 11/16/2021!

* A part of the Love Bug Continuity!
* Takes place after the S8 premiere.
* Cover art done by Little Tigress.