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Stories that touch your heart and perhaps bring a tear to your eye are in this category. Whether it be an unexpected death or a day that just didn't go well, these stories will make you want a hug.

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TEverybody Dupes
MLP: FiM
Comedy
Drama
Following a small blunder on her most recent trip to Ponyville, Rarity does what it takes to avoid ruining her sister's artistic future.
Profanity
Rarity
Sweetie Belle
OC
Roseluck
Heavy Mole · 81k words · 20 2 · 441 views
TFirst Fruits
MLP: FiM
Dark
Adventure
Horror
A young colt goes on a quest to rid Equestria of an old evil.
Gore
Violence
Luna
OC
the dobermans · 30k words · 14 1 · 359 views
TInsomnia
MLP: FiM
Dark
Horror
Tragedy
What is sleep but a shortness of death?
Profanity
Twilight
Pinkie
Perfectly Insane · 31k words · 46 5 · 701 views
TZombie of One
MLP: FiM
Horror
Sad
Slice of Life
Ruby is having a terrible nightmare. She can’t run from it, she can’t hide from it, but she can never, ever tell anyone about it. And it only gets worse when she falls asleep.
Berry Punch
Ruby Pinch
Impossible Numbers · 18k words · 28 2 · 671 views
EIteration
MLP: FiM
MLP Gen 5
Dark
Sci-Fi
Tragedy
Sunny fails to stop the crystals from devouring the land and learns a horrifying truth about her world.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Sunny Starscout
6-D Pegasus · 3.4k words · 113 4 · 2k views
TThe Last Nightguard
MLP: FiM
Drama
Tragedy
The last Nightguard is coming. Nothing will stop him until his nemesis is destroyed, not even death. Or children.
Violence
Death
Celestia
Luna
Bat Pony
Georg · 100k words · 254 8 · 2.1k views
TOctavia's Last Night
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Drama
Sad
With Discord by her side, Octavia Melody must confront her past to save her soul.
Death
Alt. Universe
DJ P0N-3
Octavia
Discord
Tirek
Rune Soldier Dan · 24k words · 62 4 · 714 views
EThe Final Conversation
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
As she leaves for a diplomatic errand, Celestia is approached by her student, Sunset Shimmer, for a difficult, fateful discussion. Can she bridge the vast gulf that has grown between them?
Celestia
Sunset Shimmer
EileenSaysHi · 2.8k words · 198 2 · 2.5k views
TAnd You Said Yes
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sad
Slice of Life
While preparing for a sad celebration, Fashion Plate and Rivet reminisce about a lifetime of happiness.
Death
Sex
Profanity
Other
Vivid Syntax · 22k words · 48 10 · 615 views
EImprisment
MLP: FiM
Horror
Slice of Life
Tragedy
Rainbow Dash has a beautiful life. Shame others don't see things that way.
Rainbow Dash
Petrichord · 6.8k words · 168 0 · 2.2k views
EMisty Needs a Hug
MLP Gen 5
Drama
Sad
Slice of Life
After Misty flees the sleepover, Zipp notices she's still in the garden outside the Crystal Brighthouse. Zipp ends up learning something unexpected about the strange newcomer -- and how she can help.
Alt. Universe
Zipp
Mane 5
Misty
EileenSaysHi · 3.2k words · 206 2 · 3.5k views
EBefore the Rot Sets In
MLP: FiM
Sad
Tragedy
Grand Pear is never going back to Ponyville. Never! No matter what his wife says. No matter how late it is to try. And no matter how much he wants to.
Pear Butter
Grand Pear
Impossible Numbers · 5.3k words · 63 2 · 2.2k views
EShaking Off Bad Memories
Equestria Girls
Drama
Sad
Slice of Life
A year after the Memory Stone, Wallflower and Sunset are estranged and uncomfortable around each other. But as graduation looms, they decide to try to find a new path forward, however difficult it may be.
CMCs
Roseluck
Sunset Shimmer
Rarity (EqG)
Wallflower Blush
EileenSaysHi · 13k words · 62 3 · 858 views
ELate-Night Conversations
Equestria Girls
Drama
Sad
Slice of Life
One year after the destruction of the Memory Stone, Rarity sits Sunset down for an earnest discussion after she realizes her friend is dealing with some intense nightmares.
Sunset Shimmer
Rarity (EqG)
Sci-Twi
EileenSaysHi · 5.5k words · 117 1 · 2.5k views
TThe Hug
MLP: FiM
Dark
Tragedy
Twilight administers The Hug in the manner of the ancient alicorns.
Death
Violence
Twilight
Cozy Glow
the dobermans · 4k words · 77 12 · 1.8k views
EOne Wish
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
Slice of Life
Rainbow Dash hasn't done a Sonic Rainboom in years, but for the sake of one filly's dream, she'll give it everything she has left.
Fluttershy
Rainbow Dash
OC
Scribblestick · 14k words · 30 0 · 412 views
TThe Gambit
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Tragedy
Welcome to the world of chances, percentages, the luck of the draw. Name’s Card Counter, kid. Yours?
Death
Profanity
OC
Other
PearlescenT · 2.9k words · 26 2 · 553 views
EThe Wind Rings True
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Apple Bloom and I shared an unusual attitude about our mothers, and it helped to talk about it. But eventually she didn’t need her old friend Derpy anymore. I didn’t think it would hurt this much.
Apple Bloom
Silver Spoon
Derpy
Pascoite · 5.9k words · 33 1 · 566 views
EThe First Edict
MLP: FiM
Sad
Slice of Life
I, Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria, do hereby sign the Equestrian Heritage Act, approving its clauses and motions, effective immediately.
Twilight
Main 6
The Red Parade · 5.5k words · 533 15 · 5.4k views
TA Bottle of Red
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
After seeds of doubt bring them apart, Twilight and Rarity have a chance meeting.
Narcotics
Profanity
Twilight
Rarity
AFanaticRabbit · 2.8k words · 77 3 · 1k views
TI miss you. Five ever.
MLP: FiM
Dark
Drama
Sad
Maud struggles over the loss of a close pony. She seeks her friends to help.
Death
Maud Pie
Starlight Glimmer
Short-tale · 2.7k words · 120 1 · 1.9k views
EDither
MLP: FiM
Drama
Sad
Photo Finish finds herself reunited with her estranged sister.
Photo Finish
OC
WritingSpirit · 3.5k words · 23 1 · 434 views
Tlove; not wrong (brave)
MLP: FiM
Sad
Slice of Life
Cadance is the Princess of Love. That means she knows both sides of it.
Cadance
The Red Parade · 2.8k words · 130 5 · 1.4k views
TRise and Shine
MLP: FiM
Adventure
Sad
During a blizzard in the middle of summer, a mysterious mare gives away her two daughters, Celestia and Luna, to an unsuspecting earth pony family. All she leaves them with are three words... 'Rise and shine.'
Death
Twilight
Celestia
Luna
Starswirl
Skijarama · 118k words · 194 2 · 2.8k views

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