This story did not explode! What a relief and/or letdown.

Part of OPERATION CRACKFIC STORM 2024 ( group | stories ).

Thanks to Silk Rose for coming up with the idea, writing chapters 22 and 9, and developing the code; thanks also to Meadowsys for general code help.

Thanks to IrradiatedPirateBooty ( tumblr ) for the awesome character art.

And thanks to everyone in the comments who stuck around for the final countdown!

What’s a mare with a dolphin cutie mark doing out in the middle of Equestria?

Whatever the answer, Sea Swirl is one of Ponyville’s own. For all her quirks, ponies around don’t mind; they’ve seen and are stranger. And for as strange as her friends ‘Sergeant Reckless’ and ‘Screwy’ can be, Ponyville knows better.

They’re a little out of place. But it’s the right place.

Reckless is a tribute to the mare of the same name.
Cover art by the lovely 28GoodDays.

”A pairing of three characters that I wouldn't think of in a hundred years, but somehow they all fit together...”
—NorrisThePony

The unicorns turned, and now monstrosities roam the streets and docks of Vanhoover.

Flash Sentry takes everything one day at a time as he tries to survive in this more unforgiving Equestria.

Red tags for later moments in the story. Nothing too graphic.

This story contains LGBT themes. (Emphasis on Gay).

An entry in the And Hell Followed Contest.

Preread by The Sleepless Beholder.

Lemon Hearts is an Equestrian matchmaker. That's sort of like a doctor for ponies with a very specific and persistent disease. And like most doctors, she hasn't picked the soft option.

In the magical land of Equestria, even love isn't a fairy tale. Not all the time. Certainly not forever after.

Of course, she's got the backstage pass to love: the black, unsavoury-looking one that lets her access all floors, including its classy penthouse apartment. And its rotten underbelly.

Mad couples, unhealthy habits, lots of cider, and a princess who's a little too perfect... You gotta laugh, because you're not allowed to cry...

You, a human living in Equestria, get invited to a Ponyville sleepover full of ponies you've barely heard the voices of and know little info about. You accept the invitation, and at bedtime, you have a choice of which background pony to go with for a fluffy, cuddly night!

Contains a mixture of well-known background ponies and lesser-known ones that have maybe one or two stories on this whole site!

Story premise inspired by CategoricalGrant's awesome story Mane Six Cuddle Simulator. Check that one out too! Also, CategoricalGrant did grant me permission to use this idea, so big shout out for that!

If you don't recognize a name, this should help: https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Background_ponies#Recurring_background_ponies

Being the little spoon doesn't hurt your wings?

Art: https://derpibooru.org/images/2102903

Kindly preread by Nitro Indigo.

Sea Swirl loves Sassaflash.

Sassaflash loves Caramel. Caramel loves Sassaflash.

It'd be so much easier if Caramel was a jerk. It'd be so much easier if Sassaflash really loved Sea Swirl all along. It'd be so, so, so very much easier if Sea Swirl didn't have a mind as wide and vacant as a deserted seabed.

The trouble is: love is like life, and both are like the sea. As simple as they look on the surface, they're so mind-bogglingly strange and complicated underneath that it's easy to get lost without a guide.

Life, love, and the endless sea: Sea Swirl herself can only manage one of those three. But she's always trying her best. And sadly, her best might not be good enough, not when it comes to the one thing that matters most:

A happily ever after.

This story is a sequel to Re-Election in Ponyville: Defending Her Turf

Amethyst Star is readying herself for a third term and is hoping to push Ponyville in a way that the old traditions would never return. After Amethyst's historic rout in the primary, the traditionalists enlist what could be their last chance to bring back the old Ponyville, one of the most popular ponies in Equestria.

For a filly, a trip to Vanhoover brings with it the promise of visiting a toy store, museums, and a hotel room five stories up.

Sea Swirl would never had imagined the voyage there would make her fall in love with the water and what lies beneath.

Written for Quills and Sofas’ 100th contest.

Sassaflash was enjoying a milkshake in Sugarcube Corner with her best friend Sea Swirl, when a wave of magic spread throughout Equestria and transformed her into a yellow dog/rabbit/cat-thing. The good news is that now she has awesome lightning powers and can run faster than ever before. The bad news is that Equestria is struggling to cope.

Side-story to Twilight Sparkle is an Espeon Now that was written with permission from Starscribe. I’d recommend reading that first, because this fanfic won’t make sense otherwise and contains spoilers for it.