Hitch Trailblazer and his friends discover that magic stopped working, again. Those ponies and an owl need to stop the Feline Alicorn Opalescence from misusing the Unity Crystals.

Death tag for arguments over mortality/immortality, mentions of characters dying in the past, and fates of at least one minor G4 pet character.

Entry for The Wonderbolts Site Contest

Soarin was getting old. He could fix that. But should he?

Speedwrite from the Quills and Sofa Wonderbolts Contest

Written for the Wonderbolt's Contest.

CW: Body Horror

Preread by The Sleepless Beholder

Starlight gets in an argument with Rainbow Dash on what qualifies as a Pegasus. This leads her to trying out for the Wonderbolts.

Submission for Wonderbolts Site Contest

Featured on 4/28/24!

Surprise is a simple Cloudsdale mare. To make ends meet, she is hired by ponies to perform stunts for them at parties. Nothing grandiose, really -- a few spins, flips, and loop-de-loops work wonders on a frowning face.

But as she returns home one evening, she bumps into a mare who sees promise in her, a mare who grants her a once-in-a-lifetime chance doing something she had only barely thought of before.

An entry into the 2024 Wonderbolts Sitewide Contest.

On the eve of the five-hundred-and-thirtieth year of Celestial Peace, a shocking accident befalls one of Equestria’s aviators during the Wonderbolts' performance at the Summer Sun Celebration.

Flaire d’Mare attempted to warn against the danger that caused the incident, and thus, she is commissioned to improve the safety of the Wonderbolts’ uniforms at the behest of their tenth leader: General Flash.

Assisted by the optimistic young aviator Fairy Flight, Flaire will do whatever she must to ensure a safer future for the Wonderbolts. 

Even if that means confronting the inner wound of her long-endured grief.

While attending a party in Canterlot as a Wonderbolt, Rainbow Dash realises that, although Surprise is almost childishly cheerful with the other Wonderbolts, she is composed and calm in public. Rainbow also realises that Surprise always wears her flight suit in public, and wants to understand why.

Takes place six months or so after Newbie Dash.

I did not enlist an editor nor a proofreader, so I would appreciate it if attention were called to any typos or the like.

This story was my entry to the 2024 Wonderbolts contest, hosted by the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting group.

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.

Content Note:
Death - Mentioned in the Prologue and Chapter 5. Chapters 7, 9, 10 (spoiler): Touched on: miscarriage.
Narcotics - Chapter 14 - Performance enhancers and blood doping discussed.
Sex - Inappropriate government-required questions in Dossier chapters; Ch. 11- a slightly saucy section.

Show Era: After Season 9.
Cover Art: The background Mars is by Kevin Gill with license to only the background Mars cover art at this link. The pony interposed on Mars is by owlicious, who also combined the two images.
Special Thanks: to owlicious for edits from the start through the end.

In the magical kingdom of Equestria, Rainbow Dash, the brave and daring pegasus of Ponyville, finds herself caught in a whirlwind of events after saving a royal family of unicorns from a brief accident. As a result, the royal sisters decide to make her a princess for their brother, causing her life to take an unexpected turn.

Will the prince be able to win her heart, or will the special bonds she shares with the charming Soarin determine her destiny? With the weight of responsibility and expectations on her shoulders, Rainbow Dash embarks on a journey of self-discovery, where she will confront her true feelings and must make decisions that will define her future in the kingdom of Equestria.

Twilight never would have thought she would have willingly decided to go back to Crystal Prep. But with Dean Cadence becoming the Principal of CPA and encouragement from Sunset Shimmer and the other Rainbooms, Twilight goes back with the promise to keep in touch with Sunset Shimmer and her new friends.

No actual suicide.

Link to cover art here: https://derpibooru.org/images/3105264

After being kicked out of the Wonderbolts for her destructive decisions, Lightning Dust enjoys her life as a stunt pony. Founding the Washouts a few years later, she continues to live out her flying dreams.

However, she is soon issued a warrant by the Wonderbolts for failing to show up for questioning regarding the activities of her stunt group. At any time, she can be found, arrested, and taken to the Wonderbolts headquarters where she will be questioned.

Needless to say, she is not about to willingly expose her plans and dreams to anyone, especially to those who took them away from her in the first place. She tries to escape her dire situation by laying low and hopefully being forgotten about; however, multiple run-ins with the Wonderbolts stunt her chances at eluding them.