The Grand Galloping Gala is approaching and everypony is looking forward to it! At least, they should be. But for some the stress is mounting with every day that passes. Can they accept help from those who love them? And what if they happen to meet somepony new?

When Sky Stinger comes to Rainbow Dash for help with Vapor Trail, she figures it has to be better than paperwork, right?

The help that Vapor Trail actually needs might test that theory.

Expanded from my entry in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Pegasus Contest. Many thanks to Shaslan and my fellow contest entrants for the feedback that helped make this story better!

Also an entry in the 2024 Wonderbolts site contest.

Being among the few to make it out of trials week and into Wonderbolts Academy, Vapor Trail and Sky Stinger know their next challenges will be among their toughest. However, they may have underestimated how difficult these exercises can be.

Luckily, one of their fellow trainees suggests an easier alternative to conquering the academy's infamous obstacle course. However, this suggestion is exponentially more dangerous than the usual method, risks angering Spitfire, and puts Vapor and Sky's relationship and their futures as potential Wonderbolts to the test once more.

Sky Stinger and his best friend elected not to go home for Hearth's Warming, for various reasons. Luckily, the Wonderbolts' celebration provides all the holiday spirit they need. There are things to be said between the two and, by the end of it, their relationship may never be the same.

Sky certainly hopes so.

Written for Darkblaze15 for Jinglemas 2023. This was a blast to write!

Sky Stinger, trying not to fall asleep in a pegasus-themed gallery, once more asks himself what kind of friend Vapor Trail really is.

Once the aerobatic pride and joy of Stratusburg, he now has to live with the wind taken out of his wings. Oh, she gave it back again, only this time with uplifting words rather than with sneaky gusts. But he still remembers the shameful moment when she'd told him the truth, let him fly alone, and watched as he instantly failed a flip he'd "mastered" years ago.

What kind of friend, after all, would do something like that?

Co-authored with Shaslan & Novelle Tale

SEIZE THE DAY, SEEK THE STARS

Spitfire: a curmudgeonly ex-Captain of the Wonderbolts ( normal flight division).

Vapor Trail: young, fresh-faced Ensign of the Wonderbolts (spaceflight division).

On a years-long, meandering supply run aboard The Wanderer to Equestria's outlying colonies, there's plenty of time for new discoveries, both mundane and never-before-seen alike.

There's also plenty of time for old wounds to fester.

But maybe, just maybe... there's also time enough to heal.

Written for the 2024 Wonderbolts Sitewide Contest, sponsored by Quills & Sofas Speedwriting, and the Science Fiction Contest III.

Cover art by the incomparable Shaslan (naturally).

It's photo-day for the Wonderbolts and because everyone knows how important this is for Captain Spitfire, they are well-prepared and approach it in a calm and rational manner to avoid causing problems...

Of course not.

Chaos and madness follow these ponies as they struggle to maintain their sanity to prevent a bigger disaster during the three hours leading up to the photo.

Written for Mana's Wonderful Wonderbolts Writing Contest

Vapor Trail was always a shy mare, but after getting into Wonderbolts academy with her best friend Sky Stringer she was able to finally to express her emotions in new ways, all except one, her hidden feelings for her best friend. During a practice at the acedemy however everything changes for the two of them whenever Vapor Trail is severely hurt in an accident at the acedemy. During her recovery Sky starts to think more about their friendship and that if it was possible that she like him more than a friend, but is it too late to tell her how he feels or was the accident to much for her?

My first attempt at a Dramatic Romance Story for Valentine’s Day, hopefully people like the story, anyways Happy Valentines Day

ARTWORK IS NOT MINE.

In the not-so-distant future of Equestria, a tyrant is deposed.

Written for FanOfMostEverything's Imposing Sovereigns contest.

It's hard to adjust to a new life.

That's what they say, anyways. This was not so for Vapor Trail: she adapted easily to life at the academy. That wasn't the problem, though, the only problem others notice is how she adapted: sticking to the sidelines while cheering him on.

Rated T for brief rude humor.