A collab with Switch Swap

Our roles in this story were basically split. Switch Swap came up with most of the ideas and I did most of the writing. Story is on this account by Switch's choice.

Ever wondered why Pinkie Pie has all these crazy abilities, like "Pinkie sense", being able to physically break apart and stay alive, and tie her neck into a knot, etc.? And isn't it a bit bothersome that she won't tell you?

Well, truth be told, the reason she won't reveal it is because she herself doesn't know. For real. She's always just brushed it off as "something she has."

But one day, while visiting her family, a fun sister moment turns into possibly the deepest conversation the Pie family has ever had, where the big icebreaker answers the blue-fire-burning question, but also leads to the reveal of a fact that Pinkie and Maud are deeply hit smack-dab in the heart by.

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?

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.