Love is a powerful emotion, but even love has it's limits.

Vinyl and Octavia are as close as can be. Sure you can look past each other's flaws and see the beauty in each other just the way you are. But what if that flaw is too much to look past? The wild, alcoholic party tendencies Vinyl tends to exude may push the limit, but with not one ounce of responsibility to back her up, not to mention the countless broken promises and childlike actions stacking up on a daily basis, Octavia has had enough.

Now Vinyl, a mare deeply rooted in living in the moment, forgetful, and irresponsible, must grow to understand a harsher reality without love, and learn to appreciate the world more so than she did before.

Warning: Some reviews obviously contain spoilers.

This story is a sequel to Brushed Away

Despite being one of the few Gryphons living in the land of Equestria, Troius Clawston couldn't be happier with how his life has been. Along with having good friends and a stable job in Weather Patrol, Troy is happiest about his life for one reason: Canvas, the Earth Pony artist that he saved and befriended, who grew to become so much more.
However, before the two can begin their lives together, Troy has to overcome a new challenge in his life. Something he never thought he would have to face until now...

Telling his family.

Because of strong Gryphon values which look down on alternative relationships, how will Troy's family react when they discover he's not only with someone of a different species, but of the same gender? As traditions clash with taboos, how will the Gryphon handle telling his brothers and parents, while still staying with the stallion he cares about? Can he keep everyone together, or will family bonds break under pressure?

The cover art was made by High-Roller2108, and I want to thank Bad_Seed_72,Shadow Hawk, and Zyrian for proofreading this.

Troy is a Gryphon who moved to Equestria to pursue a new life; however, his seclusion has left him feeling unsatisfied with how his life was going. All of that changes when he becomes involved in a storm prepping job outside of Ponyville for Princess Twilight Sparkle. Before the storm, Troy finds Canvas, a badly injured Earth pony, lying on the ground near death. As time goes on and wounds start to heal, how will the Gryphon's life change as he helps the stallion struggling to regain control of his life?

I want to give a big thanks to Bad_Seed_72 for her assistance in editing and proofreading. Also, major props to JackAnarchy for the cover art.

Equestria's first, and last, serial killer recounts his tale and explains his simple reasoning. After all, asking questions is how we learn.

Author's Note:
A short and twisted tale of vile deeds that I wrote in a hour.
I fully expect to get swamped with downvotes. But hey, I expected most of my stories to get swamped in downvotes, so who knows?

The night before Babs Seed returns to Manehattan, Apple Bloom asks to talk.

Really talk.

About everything.

Luna gets a special letter from one of her subjects.

Pinkie Pie has a talk with Ditzy.

After a long day of flight practice with Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash discovers the filly knows next to nothing about preening and takes it upon herself to teach her.

Warning: May Contain Feels and/or D'aww moments.

Featured on FIMFiction on 7/20/2013. Yay!
Featured on EQDaily on 09/12/2013 Double Yay!
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