Rainbow finds a trophy for a pony declared, "an honorary Wonderbolt". Curiosity getting the better of her, she asks about the pony.
She was greatly surprised to hear that, of all ponies, Derpy had gotten the honor, and respect, of the organization Rainbow idolized.

Written for The Wonderbolts Site Contest. I spent more time writing for the Sci-fi contest, with the goal of writing a one-shot for this one afterwards. In honor of it being a Speedwriting contest, I wrote it down over the course of two days and in under three hours total writing time. I hope you enjoy, and good luck to other contestants!

Derpy Hooves and Crafty Crate deliver a package to a world inhabited by a gentle and innocent generation of ponies. The destination is the residence of one Kimono, a connoisseur of the exotic and a local oddity whose maturity and wisdom sets her apart from her peers. Unfortunately, Crafty’s homeward journey is interrupted when the literal softness of the unfamiliar land causes his wagon to become stuck. Ocean Mist, Kimono’s protégé and innocent devotee of fairy tales, steps in to lend a tender hoof. While helping the strangers out of their pickle she learns a lesson in overcoming her limitations by embracing her identity.

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Miner Derpy Hooves is sent deep into the crust of the planet Hockses to kill bugs, defeat interloping rival corporations, poach alien technology, drill for precious resources, and mine like her life depends on it (which it does).

All in a day's work on Deep Pony Galactic's payroll.

Crossover with Deep Rock Galactic. Prior knowledge of the game not required.

Entry to the 2024 Science Fiction Contest. Because why not.

Ad Astra Per Aspera: To the stars with difficulties.
Ad Astra Per Derpy Aspera: To the stars with Derpy difficulties.

Lightning Dust strands herself on her way to the red planet. With no way to move her rocket, she'll die unless Equestria's Best and Brightest find a way to bring her home despite cloak-and-dagger sabotage, snobbery, limited resources, and bureaucratic incompetence.

The completed story will be published before May 3rd.

Content Note: (updated as chapters are released).
Death - Mentioned in the prologue and Chapter 5. Chapter 7 and 9 (spoiler): Briefly touched on: miscarriage.
Sex - Inappropriate government-required questions in the Dossier chapters.

Cover Art: by Kevin Gill with license to only the cover art at this link.
Special Thanks: to owlicious for edits from the start through Chapter 9.

Eclipses don't really happen in Equestria and Sunset has never even heard of the thing. She may have misheard when her mom talked about it, hearing "Apocalypse." When she tries to force her friends and family into Equestria, it goes about as well as one can expect.

https://www.fimfiction.net/group/217012/sunsets-and-the-others-lives

This story is a sequel to Family Matters

Sunset and the rest of her group deals with their level of crazy chaos, a magic mirror and Rainbow Dash starting a friendly rivalry with Indigo Zap. Lavender tries to convince her cousin, Cloudkicker to join the Illusions while Fuchsia learns more about plants in an attempt to get Wallflower to open up more.

https://www.fimfiction.net/group/217012/sunsets-and-the-others-lives

When one of Rainbow Dash's friends comes to visit and starts treating the townsponies poorly, Sunset receives multiple complaints about the griffon from townsponies and her friends alike, leading Sunset to get angry about the newcomer and tries to sort out what to do about the griffon.

Part of the https://www.fimfiction.net/group/217456/sunsetverse

All of Sunset's friends know Sunset is a bit stubborn and set in her ways. When Sunset starts offering to help her friends with their business and other townponies, she accidently gets in over her head with her own paperwork. Sunset is forced to admit she needs help and learns that asking for help isn't always a bad thing.

Part of the Sunsetverse. With a group now! https://www.fimfiction.net/group/217456/sunsetverse