Petunia Paleo is convinced Fluttershy is a dinosaur. She might just be right. Unfortunately, in the Everfree Forest, it's eat or be eaten.

An April Foal's Day crackfic that shouldn't be taken seriously.

Petunia Paleo digs up dinosaurs in the badlands of the American West.

This choose-your-own-adventure was written as part of Ponyville CiderFest's Interactive Storytelling Experience.

More stories from PVCF's 2023 Interactive Storytelling Experience can be found here.

Thank you to the entire Ponyville CiderFest Interactive Storytelling team (Vivid Syntax, Nyronus, Sonicsuns, Note Worthy, SteelTheWarrior, Snowday, Aria E. Diamond, SoloBrony, Skywriter, Ellwyn, Ghost Note, Overlord Pony, RQK, Shade Hunter, Shottsy, Celestilune).

Special thanks to Admiral Biscuit for pre-reading and for being the liaison on this with the PVCF staff.

Neither had planned for this to happen, but, trapped in a jail cell, two unlikely bunkmates have no choice but to figure out where the mistakes began and where they will end.

Done as a random challenge. No patrons involved.

1,651 miles. Five states. One rambunctious filly.

The nice thing about traveling with Petunia Paleo is that it's easy to find activities we both enjoy. For example, the dinosaur exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

I think she'll like the Greenfield park memorializing NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki. It's a trip down memory lane for me, and the perfect place to let my earth pony passenger get the 'I've been cooped up in a car and then a hotel for days' out of her system. Especially since we still have over eight hundred miles to drive before we get home.

This story dedicated to Alan Dennis Kulwicki, December 14, 1954 – April 1, 1993.

Pre-read & edited by Admiral Biscuit & Wanderer D

Exactly what it says on the tin. These are all choose-your-own-adventure shorts written as part of Ponyville CiderFest 2023's Interactive Storytelling Adventure. There are thirty-nine in total. The chapters have been jumbled up in the tradition of choose-your-own-adventures.

More stories from PVCF's 2023 Interactive Storytelling Experience can be found here.

Includes fics for G1, G3, G3.5, G4, Pony Life, & G5. A G2 character even sneaks into one story. Celebrating all generations of ponies for MLP's 40th anniversary!

Thank you to the entire Ponyville CiderFest Interactive Storytelling team (Vivid Syntax, Nyronus, Sonicsuns, Note Worthy, SteelTheWarrior, Snowday, Aria E. Diamond, SoloBrony, Skywriter, Ellwyn, Ghost Note, Overlord Pony, RQK, Shade Hunter, Shottsy, Celestilune). You pulled it off, and it was amazing!

Special thanks to Admiral Biscuit for pre-reading and for being the liaison on this with the PVCF staff.

There's a new ending option (hero) for The Young Mage And The Lighthouse that wasn't part of the app. This was one of the last stories written, when we needed more chaos/villain entries to even out the choices. So this hero option is bonus content!

Air Supremacy: (G4) (Adventure) (Lightning Dust, Wind Rider, Wind Sprint, Rolling Thunder, Short Fuse)

Wayward Mail: (G3) (Romance/Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Star Catcher, Skywishes)

Quick Trip: (G3) (Adventure) (2nd person) (Shenanigans)

Snowball Fight: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Snowcatcher, Flitterheart, Sunny Rays, Dewdrop Dazzle)

Disco Dash: (G3.5) (Slice-of-Life) (Starsong)

Hedging Her Bets: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Cozy Glow)

Dog Gone: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Diamond Rose)

Bumble Buzz: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Honeybuzz, Bumblesweet)

Holding Out For A Hero: (G1) (Adventure) (2nd person) (Wind Whistler)

Lost In Lava: (G1) (Adventure) (Lavan, Princess Tiffany, Sludge)

Taste The Rainbow: (G1) (Adventure) (North Star, Lavan, Princess Tiffany, Sludge)

Dig It: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Petunia Paleo)

Escape: (Pony Life) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Potion Nova)

Daring Do And The Temple Of Syrinx: (G4) (Adventure) (Daring Do, Flitter, a sphynx named Mr. Jinks)

Alone: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Sweetie Swirl)

Overcast: (G3) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Thistle Whistle)

Stone In Love: (G4) (Romance) (Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow)

My New Statue: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Toola Roola, Cozy Glow)

Creative Differences: (G5) (Slice-of-Life) (The Dreamlands: Minty, Blue Belle, Snuzzle)

Love Or Something Like It: (G1) (2nd person) (Romance) (Heart Throb, Sweet Stuff, Sundance)

Mintzilla: (G3) (Adventure) (Comedy) (2nd person) (Minty, Kimono)

Ghosts Of The Past: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Starbeam Twinkle, Flitterheart)

Against All Odds: (G3) (Slice-of-Life) (Razzaroo, Sparkleworks, Sunny Daze, Merriweather)

Exchange Student: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Daisy Dreams)

Daring Do And The Blue Pearl Of Baytona Beach: (G1, G2, & G4) (Adventure) (2nd person) (Daring Do, Squirk, Crank)

Where Everypony Knows Your Name: (G1, G3, G4, & G5) (Adventure) (Fizzy Glitch, Fizzy (G1 unicorn), Green Apple, Wysteria)

The Cutie Mark Database: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Featherweight, Mayor Mare)

No Shirt, No Shoes...: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Rainbow Flash, Feathermay, Lily Blossom)

Cherry Pie, Pet Unicorn: (G4) (Comedy) (2nd person) (Cherry Pie)

Unfair Advantage: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Ploomette)

Never Fade Away: (G4) (Comedy) (Slice-of-Life) (Minty, Cozy Glow)

Rogue Storm: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Sunny Rays)

Sweets & Treats: (G3 & G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Plumsweet, Sweetberry, Triple Treat, Cotton Candy, Port-o-bella, Tropical Storm)

Iron & Porcelain: (G4) (Comedy) (Iron Will, Bifröst)

Nopony Beats The Whizz (G1) (Slice-of-Life) (Whizzer)

Frazzle Dazzle: (G1) (Adventure) (2nd person) (Katrina, Ember, Heart Throb, Frazzits)

The Young Mage And The Lighthouse: (G4) (Adventure) (Dewdrop Dazzle)

Vehicle...Allegedly: (G4) (Slice-of-Life) (Lulu Luck)

Passion For Fashion: (G3) (Slice-of-Life) (2nd person) (Rainbow Dash, Zipzee)

This story is a sequel to Trunk-Or-Treat

Another year has passed, and Halloween has rolled around once more. Last year I took ponies to a trunk-or-treat. This year I'm hosting a costume contest.

While this is a sequel to Car Wash and its existing sequels, there's no need to read any of the other stories first.

The crossover event half a dozen people have been waiting for… A blockbuster fanfic three years in the making (or possibly cobbled together last night in a rush to get it posted in time for Halloween/Nightmare Night).

The Business Trip series crosses over with the Car Wash series.

All the ponies you love have come together under one roof for a costume party. My roof. I really hope my insurance policy is up to date.

I apologize for the cover art. This may be one of those times when not having any art at all might be an improvement...

Thanks to Starlight Glimmer's necromancy, Gertie the Dinosaur walks Equestria for the first time in over 150 million years.

Mistakes are made. Many, many mistakes are made. An outrageous comedy in the old-school toon style.

For the Who Crossed Over My Little Pony? contest.

Gertie's film can be viewed in full on Wikipedia, along with the surviving footage from the never-finished sequel. This story draws on both for inspiration.

This story is rated C for:

Crossover
Comedy
Crackfic
Craziness
Christopher Cross

Violence tag is for mild slapstick cartoon violence.

Reader discretion advised. Leave your sanity at the door, folks. It's gonna be a wild ride.

This fic earns it's 'Random' tag. -AlwaysDressesInStyle

Excellent. -C. Montgomery Burns

Get help, Doc. -Bugs Bunny

Hi new friends! -Izzy Moonbow

This was the stupidest thing I'd ever read. Then I read your back catalog. Hahahahaha This is still in the top 5. -Woody Woodpecker

I hate this story so much I'm going to downvote Estee's entire back catalog. Again. -Judge Doom

Maud Pie and her protégé, Petunia Paleo, celebrate their first Hearthswarming away from home while they visit Equestria's undercarriage for fieldwork. Luckily for them, they have their mysterious airship captain to keep them company.

Written for Fluid Apple during Jinglemas 2021.

Archeology is a young mare's game. At least, the kind of high-stakes, blood-pounding, death-defying archeology popularized by Daring Do's novelized versions of her adventures. Still, even the more mundane variety is often a grueling laborious task, one best suited for young and limber bodies.

The question then, is how do you know when you're no longer young enough for it?

And, moreover, what will happen to your work when you stop?

Written for the Original Pairings Group's Speed Writing Contest.

This story is a sequel to Birthday Blues

Minty's well-known for extravagant Hearth's Warming parties. Now that she's on Earth, she's celebrating Christmas by going all out.

Additional tags: Razzaroo, Surprise, Kimono