What does a Princess do when she is immortal, ruler of a kingdom and utterly alone? When there is no one to call your own or friend to turn to. This is the problem facing Princess Celestia. She has no real friends except her younger sister Luna. When that isn't enough, one event will change her life forever. Come join Celestia as she finds what she is longing for in the most unlikely of places.

Rainbow Dash buys an umbrella on a rainy day, and everypony wants to know why.

Cover Art is by HitBass, which inspired this story.

Written for the Thousand Word Contest II, under the Slice of Life category!

Huge thanks to ScarredVirtue for pre-reading once again!

Now with an awesome audio-reading by StraightToThePointStudio!
Another amazing audio-reading by TheLegendaryBillCipher (Rainbow Infinity Readings)!

After a long and stressful Friday at your current job at Maretime Bay. You come home to the Crystal Brighthouse with the intent of letting off some steam by relaxing and taking a nap. Unfortunately, you have trouble falling asleep in order to take said nap. But luckily, your marefriend Pipp Petals knows how to deal with that.

Edit: Now with an audio reading by Mystery Pony Fiction!
https://youtu.be/xdkHT2CguWY?si=wma5sT2xTTxtqdgo

A cutie mark appears when a pony has discovered her special talent. Silver Spanner is fairly sure that she won't get hers by attending school. Her parents might think she's destined to be the next Starswirl, but she's more interested in more mundane pursuits.

Reading by AShadowOfCygnus

This story is a sequel to The Trouble with Unicorns

Rarity's tour of the fashion houses of New York City is interrupted by a man who doesn't have enough money to buy his wife a pair of diamond earrings for Valentine's Day, so she gives him her own earrings.

Then she finds out how Earth's diamond market works.

Now with a reading by AShadowOfCygnus!

Sometimes ruling a kingdom comes with difficult decisions, like who will lead once you're gone.

Celestia has someone in mind, she just needs to fire Luna first.

This story is a sequel to Princess Celestia is in Your Washing Machine

Celestia nearly flooded your apartment, and now she's informed you that she'll be staying on Earth for at least a few more months. Facing mounting costs for soda, you go to Costco to buy Fanta in bulk.

Naturally, Celestia insists on coming along.

A spin-off of Ocalhoun's Princess Celestia is in your bed.
Cover art commissioned from the awesome Mystical Alpha.
Pre-read/edited by Admiral Biscuit and Winston.

With Live Readings by:
Scarlett Blade
Doom Pie Network

Derpy is a dedicated mail mare, albeit a rather untalented one. She's always dropping and breaking the packages entrusted to her. Infuriated, her boss gives her an ultimatum: one more mistake and she's fired. When she suffers a mid-air collision and opens the package to find it is filled with broken plates, her heart shatters as well. Is Derpy really the broken, useless mare that her boss thinks she is?

Featured on EQD:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/10/story-cracked-beauty.html

When a colt named "Bad Dude" storms into Celestia's personal study and declares himself as her latest arch enemy, the Princess can't help but nearly gush from the sight. As perhaps the cutest villain Celestia has ever encountered, she hurriedly calls for Luna to meet him as well.

But is there more to "Bad Dude" than his cute exterior would suggest?

No. No there is not.

Now with a youtube reading! HERE!

When bad things happen, we get past them and move on. But what if the thing that happens is really bad?
Money Shot tells the tale of the time a terrible tragedy befell his marefriend, Lily, and how she overcame a great loss.

A special story written for Hearts and Hooves Day.

Featured on EQD Mar. 23, 2013
Dramatic reading by Obab Scribbler
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