From the moment the shield and lightning bolt appeared on his flanks, Flash Sentry knew it was his destiny to join the Royal Guard, but that wasn't always his dream.

Flash is on a much-needed vacation, and has taken his first trip back to Cloudsdale in years. With old friends there to greet him, it almost feels like his previous life was waiting for him to show up and resume it, and the memories as he retraces his adolescent hoofsteps are overwhelming.

A lot of things haven't changed. But he has. He isn't the foal glued to his guitar with stars in his eyes anymore. He's found his purpose. He's moved on.

But is that entirely a good thing?

An entry in the Flash Sentry contest.
A standalone entry in the Eventide Verse.
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Stygian sits beneath a tree, surrounded by discarded drafts of a love poem.

Mistmane wanders through the garden, reflecting on the days when she was the beautiful mare in the world.

A little nudge from a couple of their friends might be enough to bring them together.

This is a story that I've been tinkering with for a long time, but it was only earlier this week that I finally managed to sketch it out into a proper story. Romance isn't my forte, but I hope that you enjoy it nonetheless!

Sunburst has gotten into the habit of waking up early on every Hearts and Hooves day to make breakfast for them.

Starlight doesn't know what to make of it until much, much later.

_{Just a little StarBurst fluff for the holiday (a very, very late one, but still!). Enjoy!}

Pinkie drops Gummy off with Twilight for the day while she leaves for Trotalot. Twilight agrees, not expecting much from the animal, but during her experiments, he speaks.

Shocked, she tries to convince Pinkie and her friends, but the little gator doesn't flinch, and it becomes harder and harder to not seem overworked...and perhaps a little bit crazy...a lot crazy.

Another short story suggestion by PerphectlyInsane in the Fimfic discord.

This story takes place around season two.

One Hearts and Hooves Day, Princess Celestia finds a bow and a quiver full of arrows in Princess Cadance's room. She then discovers the objects can be used to make ponies fall in love with each other and decides to play matchmaker this Hearts and Hooves Day. However, Princess Cadance recognizes the danger of using this artifact, searches for her aunt, and tries to stop her shipping spree.

Cover Artst: Pridark

Pound Cake spends Hearth's Warming Eve with his fillyfriend, Flurry Heart.

Flurry Heart is an alicorn.

Alicorns love only one thing more than sugar:

Snuggling.

This can only end in fuzz.

(And candy, but mostly fuzz.)

Written for Kikio3000 for Jinglemas 2022. I hope she and you find it an enjoyable read!

After rampaging and destroying Ponyville as a grown dragon, Spike is still feeling 'unique changes' about himself two days after the fact.

Written for the 'The Equestria Daily Outside Insight Summer Fanfic Contest'

Ponies are like those weird experimental dishes my broodmother sometimes makes: really interesting and probably good for a story, but never the type of thing I’d want to poke, for fear it might take off my hoof. I already learned my lesson the first time something I ate came back to haunt me. Sure, they're flavorful, but I’d like to be a bit more discerning when I’m trying to distinguish “edible” and “by-the-queen-it’s-looking-at-me.”

C-can I please leave the table?

I’m Nymph, and I'm now a changeling infiltrator.

Special shout-out to Georg for giving my chapters a final passover before publication! He is equal parts terrible and wonderful, and I am thankful for every bit of it.

*this is a crossover of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, Explorers of Sky*
*warning, contain spoliers from PMD as it take place right after the final boss of the game*

"After the defeat of Primal Dialga and the installation of the Time Gears the two explorers, Zuruna (Chimchar) and her partner Kyle (Treecko) have said their goodbyes. It was a price to pay in order to save the Pokemon world and Zuruna live have insured it.
Waking up in a unknown forest, Zuruna found herself not a Chimchar anymore, nor a human. All she know is there another mysterious adventure afoot (or hoof)."

This is my first fanfic so expect a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes!
Criticism is welcome!

Discord has something on his mind. Cadance isn’t completely sure how she can help but she’ll try her best to solve this puzzle.

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The third place winner for the Iron Author speed writing contest at Everfree Northwest this year. I was honestly so shocked and honored when I heard. Everyone’s stories were so good! I can’t wait to see everyone post theirs soon.

Speaking of that, I want to edit this story more since I think I could smooth things out a little. But I don’t want to make everyone wait until then so here’s the unedited version submitted at the contest. I’ll leave the story complete but a second chapter that’s just a better edited version might be out soon.