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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)

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This story is a sequel to Winds of the Past


Before moving to Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle's life was anything but eventful... her usual days chocked full of meticulous planning and rigorous studying.

That was until three years ago, when the ever faithful pupil of Princess Celestia teamed up with five other unique mares to stop the tyrannical Nightmare Moon from bringing about everlasting night. She and her newfound friends had many adventures in the years that ensued, learning all about the magic of friendship: its ups, downs... but most importantly, how it could grow into so much more.

Life is seemingly perfect for the group of six friends, and yet for Twilight... why does everything feel so wrong...? After glimpsing potential memories of herself and her friend Rainbow Dash—that otherwise shouldn't exist—she begins to question whether the life she's known is a lie. Some of her friends start acting strangely whenever she tries to question them, while others downplay her concern or outright deny it. What's more, unfamiliar, yet warm feelings begin emerging for her pegasus friend... painting her longtime friend in a whole new light.

Despite it all, after the Friendship Map pairs both herself and Rainbow Dash up to solve yet another friendship problem, Twilight tries her best to focus on the task at hand. So what if her memories aren't what she thought they were, or... or if Rainbow doesn't reciprocate her feelings? Solving another pony's friendship troubles should come before one's own needs as Princess of Friendship.

Only... why is there another pony who reminds her so much of herself? Not to mention a "negative" her, with a grudge against all of alicornkind and a plot to unify all worlds under her control? And how exactly is Starlight Glimmer involved in all of this? Just what in the world did she forget!?

What was supposed to be a simple friendship problem soon turns into a fight for the fate of all realities. Faces old and new, strange and familiar join Rainbow and Twilight in their struggle to reclaim their lost past, and overcome insurmountable threats in a battle for their very future.

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Apple Bloom loves making potions. Unfortunately, she hasn't found anypony to share her passion and hobby with -- so when she meets the "potionista" known as Potion Nova, it's a match made in heaven. Unfortunately, her desperation to not mess up in front of the pony she admires quickly goes awry, and Potion Nova opts to give her a tried-and-true lesson that resonates with her and her work.


For the May 2023 Pairings Contest.

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Twilight and her friends were fighting for their lives, when they were facing the Legion of Doom led by Cozy Glow. Twilight’s friends tell her to break away and get help, but she refuses to leave them behind. Though they believe that she will come up with a plan to save the day, she heeds their advice and tearfully teleports to the Crystal Empire to find a counter plan and eventually returns to help her friends do their final power play on the evil Legion.

But, what if she wound up going somewhere else?

What if instead of teleporting to the Crystal Empire, Twilight’s horn had a mind of its own, and sent her to an alternate reality in which the villains they faced walk in the light, and her friends walk in the dark? How different would the final battle be? How would her friends react? And, would they still defeat the evil Legion together?

Follow this story as Twilight arrives in a world where the villains are the good guys, and the heroes are the bad guys! She won’t be saving the day alone, but instead will be aided by unlikely enemies who become friends and will face this threat together! Equestria Prime hangs in the balance of the reality space time continuum, and not everyone will walk away from this one!

An alternate ending to the penultimate season 9 two-parter, The Ending Of The End, the first ever milestone, and the tenth in my alternate ending series.

Click here to see who will aid Twilight in this tenth Alternate Ending fic here!

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Rainbow is all alone now. Alone in the now destroyed world that she used to call 'home'. She barely remembers what happened and how it happened. All she knows is that she must walk foward and find new hope.


Slight note:
I'm not really great at writing that type of dark stories, but i still decided to try.

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Pinkie Pie invites Rainbow Dash to a sleepover.

Everything is prepared and seems to be going alright.
Until they start telling eachother some spooky stories.


WARNING!!!
The stories told in this story aren't as spooky, creepy or scary as the tittle makes them sound!

Oh, and.. another warning! This story in my opinion is surprisingly darker than i imagined so..

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by TCC56

Following the disaster of the Grand Galloping Gala, the girls witness Pinkie Pie hugging the cello player that she had previously been harassing. The strange part, however, was that the cellist hugged her back.

Which led to Pinkie telling them about her sister - Octavia.


A simple story for Pride And Positivity 2021.

Featured 6/17/2021 - 6/19/2021!

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Twilight Sparkle and Potion Nova work to make the Cosmos Elixir, but after an embarrassing moment makes Twilight run away, she discovers that Potion Nova may have quit making potions altogether.

Set both before and after Pony Life season 2, though no knowledge of that season is needed. Familiarity with Pony Life season 1 is needed, however.

An entry into the May 2021 Pairings contest.

Preread by Undome Tinwe.

Cover art by Ninny.

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Twilight Sparkle discovers a strange pink dot through her telescope, and it's heading straight for Ponyville! Now filled with worry about this new discovery, Twilight decides to take matters in her own hooves and solve this mystery! With this comet hurtling down to Equestria, all hope falls to not only her, but one atomic man to stop it! Who is this very unstable, atomic lunatic of a man she will be teaming up with to stop this falling star from marking the end of Equestria you ask? Why he is...the Freakazoid!

WARNING: The following fanfic contains television's new network standards to reduce the effect of cartoon violence for complete funniness, which is known as Relax-o-Vision. It will be used throughout the whole fanfic much to Twilight and Freakazoid's dismay.

An alternate ending to the Pony Life second season premiere, Cute Impact, my second alt ending Pony Life Fic, my second crossover Fic with Freakazoid!, and the eighth in my alternate ending series.

NOTE: Contain spoilers for Pony Life Season 2! The U.K. release just came out, so if you only support the official release, don't read this yet! Also, the Wild Siders, and Pinky & The Brain make a cameo at the end.

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Pinkie Pie is auditioning for a Reality baking TV show called the Royal Jelly Juggernaut, which is hosted by Princess Celestia! Twilight and her friends are unsure about how she’ll succeed, so they give her some advice. But on one of her recipes, her friends are caught in the batter and she had to go to the tryouts on her own.

She tries to wow the judges, but she humiliates herself in front of them instead. However, when she makes her cake and presents it to Celestia, her recipe earns so much praise, that she is given a spot on the show!

But, what if something else happened?

What if instead of going to the Juggernaut tryouts, Pinkie decides to sacrifice her chance to break her friends out of the flan? How different would it turn out? Would Pinkie still make it on the show?

It might turn out well for the rest of the Mane Six, but for Pinkie...you’ll have to read to find out!

An alternate ending to the Pony Life series premiere, Princess Probz, my first alt ending Pony Life Fic, and the seventh in my alternate ending series.

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