Taking advantage of the extra snow because of winter, and wanting to spend more time together before they go to celebrate Hearth’s Warming with their families for the first time in years. Double Diamond and Night Glider turn their second date into a small skiing-adventure. However a small accident forces them to not only use mobility aids for a time, but also change their plans for the holiday completely.

Written as a gift for Blueninetails as part of Jinglemas 2023 (FiMFiction’s “secret Santa” event). 

Double Diamond isn't pleased by all aspects of Starlight Glimmer's society of true equality. But even if it isn't always great, at least it's fair, right?

Content Note: Double Diamond is with ponies who he doesn't particularly want to be with since he is pressured by society to do something "fair"; Our Town's policy on sharing--inspired by real-life utopian cult communities--is based on an extreme conception of equality.

Cover Art: by me.

In the aftermath of the hive's reformation and hard-earned acceptance across Equestria, many changelings find themselves freely traveling the continent. When one of them ends up in a modest little town on Equestria's outskirts, he charms a local stallion with tales of a place where all is lackadaisical and cuddly, and offers him a demonstration.

Featured 10/23/23 - 10/25/23

* Part of the Love Bug Continuity!
* Cover art by Scornfulpainter.
* Edited by Double R Forrest.
* Dedicated to LevelDasher, and partly inspired by his work, Come See the Cuddlebug.

How did the festival in Starlight's village get its name? Perhaps a certain pony wandered into town one day, a pony who knows firsthoof about making a huge mistake, and what's needed for everypony to get over it...

After his encounter with Yozora, Sora finds himself awake in a new world. Though it was far from ideal.

Trapped as the leader of a depressing little village where people gave up what made them different while stuck controlling the body of their leader was bad enough. But add onto that the fact that everything he learns about said leader makes him like her less, and the situation looks bleak for our hero.

Can he really just sit back and keep enforcing this girl's messed up beliefs of friendship? Or will his sheer belief in his ideals end up winning out in the end, undoing everything Starlight Glimmer has worked to maintain?

Author's Note: This is a complete re-write of a previous premise, which I liked, but felt like I could have done better. I've been hard at work trying to make the changes substantial, and to make them better than the previous attempt. I hope you'll enjoy the new version.

Update (2/27/23): New Cover Art!

Double Diamond has always been the right hoof of Starlight Glimmer, a cruel dictator obsessed with the idea of radical equality. He meekly shared all her ideas and followed all her orders. What was behind this blind devotion all this time? Will he now be able to reject old ideals and get used to a new life in the village in order to become a good mayor for its citizens? Will he dare to reveal to everyone the most important secret of Starlight? Will the other ponies forgive him, and most importantly, will he forgive himself?
He will try to find answers to all these questions...

Starlight is a busy mare as she takes over the helm of the School of Friendship. But can she keep it together when confronted by a figure from her past?

A short piece I wrote for Bean's Writing Group. Thanks to Celly the Pancake for the critique!

This story is a sequel to Who Guards the Guards?

Two sisters, debating what the coming storm will mean for society.

Two more sisters, debating what they can do in the face of it.

One man, reflecting on what he hopes the storm will bring about.

These are their stories.

Continuity: The Song of the Spheres
Branch: The Seekers of the Stars

This story is a sequel to A lamb to slaughter

Ocellus learns more than just skiing from Double Diamond.

CW: blood, minor/clinical discussion of gore, dissection, death, and skiing accidents

Thank you to Zontan, Red Parade, Wishcometrue, Drider, The Hat Man, Seer,
Atom Smash, AshleyNoble, Exodd, Mushroom, Applezombi, Twinsez, Undome Tinwe, applejackofalltrades, Grand Moff Pony, Emotion Nexus, Lost in Fandom, Holtinater, Decaf, Vis-a-Viscera, Equus, and thank you especially to Shaslan for writing the original.

Written for the Expanding Universes 2 contest for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. The prompt was for each of us to submit a story, and then someone else would write a prequel or a sequel to it, expanding the story as we see fit. We're on Discord here if you'd like to join us.

This story is a sequel to The Lay of Canterlot High

He was at the head of a mighty host, sergeant in a great army of the voiceless 200 strong and growing. As they marched from Our Town in the northeast down towards the capitol, their numbers swelled, seeming to double with every three towns they passed through. The air in their camps was electric, brimming with promise, with hope, the hope that the revolution might succeed. All was going so well, he couldn't help but grin.

But it was still his fake grin, the one he wore to try to cover up the screams whirling around inside him. And as they settle down for the evening, preparing for the last leg of the journey, he desperately tries to stop them from escaping, from giving voice to his hidden fears.

But in the darkness of the night, however much of a sergeant he might be in the daytime, Party Favor is still the boy who cried himself to bed with laughter, and the fears he tried to leave behind are not done with him yet.

TW: Interphobia, some non-sexual reproductive organ depiction (non-explicit)

Continuity: The Song of the Spheres
Branch: The Seekers of the Stars