When the Pie family visits Maud for the holidays, their holiday plans are interrupted by a panicking Starlight Glimmer who finds her friends meant to put on the yearly Heart's Carol performance for the School of Friendship.

With only Pinkie spared, Starlight needs five new actors. Pinkie happens to have five family members visiting. It's perfect!...hopefully.

Written for TCC56 for Jinglemas 2021

At Mudbriar's funeral, Starlight Glimmer struggles to be a friend; she and Maud reflect on roads not taken. (Igneous and Pinkie provide flavour, rock and candy-based respectively). Also, there is the mirror lake....

Era: Post-Season 9. (See an index of my stories, sorted by My Little Pony Season).

Note: This site suggests "Mud Briar", but "Mudbriar" is what the fandom wiki uses and, for purposes of this tale, it sounds more poetic.
Image: Source is clickable on the image. The Image ONLY is by Delapouite under CC BY 3.0.

The Pie family visits Appleloosa and discovered a mare that looks like Queen Chrysalis's picture on a Wanted poster. So, Marble gets sent to compare the two.

An assassin is on the loose, assassinating ponies who he's been hired to. This assassin will stop at nothing to complete his job. Some ponies know his reputation and will hire him. It's not cheap at all to do so. Will the Mane 6 or any other ponies be able to stop him? Or will he quit?

Cover art: Lil_VampireCJ! (Commission!)

Pinkie Pie, or Pinkamena Diane Pie, had gotten her cutie mark by throwing a party. Her family even cracked a smile at it, which was very rare. In fact, that was the first time Pinkie had ever seen them smile.

However, her cutie mark shows another path that her parents must speak about.