First impressions are important. A bad one can ruin one's credibility for a long time. John Wildman - the second human to ever arrive in Equestria - is learning that the hard way.

After almost hunting down Applejack, he is trying to adjust to his new home - struggling not only against his own demons and doubts but also against prejudice and hatred.

Ashamed by the bigotry she is witnessing, Celestia is starting to wonder if her subjects are really as forgiving and kind, as she thought. Together with the help of edgy human super-soldier James "Bastard Man" Gastovski and Twilight, she is determined to figure this out and help John before it's too late.

Meanwhile, CMCs and Cheerilee are trying to figure out, why Scootaloo became reckless and vile all of a sudden - forcing new human, to be a participant of their investigation - whether he likes it, or not.

Can an outcast like John make some friends and maybe... save someone in the process?

This story can be considered somewhat of a sequel to both:

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/353834/lonely-among-us
and
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/409639/dashing-to-dirty-conclusions

with James, as a recurring character, alongside the new guy. However, reading the above stories is NOT necessary.

Silhouette vector from:
https://pixabay.com/pl/zdesperowany-stres-podkre%C5%9Bli%C5%82-2676556/

Planned story length:
90-120 K words

Changelog:

2019-08-13:
- Removed 'Comedy' tag - it was suggested by a lot of people that this story has become too dark, and tag should be removed. Sadly, I had to agree.

"When the revolution comes, who will be the first against the gingerbread wall?"

Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, goes to Las Pegasus to attend the Great Equestrian Bake-Off. Being Twilight Sparkle, she can't have a pleasant trip, no. She finds herself in a convoluted mess of tribalism, government mandated fairness, a dying element of earth pony culture, and what just might be the remnants of the Great Equestrian Dream, a unity that might have never existed.

Left with no other choice, Twilight decides it is time to smash the system, forgetting that she is the system. Somehow, Twilight manages to lead a revolt against her own authority.

An entry in the Weedverse.

King Sombra has a daughter, nopony knew. All but Princess Celestia were clueless, she knows who it is and she keeps an eye on her, to make sure she doesn't make the same mistake as her father did. Unknown to the daughter she have powers no pony should ever have, she is an earth pony and her name is Applejack. And it's time to take the place of her father.

Celestia is tired of ruling Equestria. So she decides to take a day off... using any means possible.
In this case it involves pretending to be sick and tricking her sister into ruling in her stead for the day.
Well, her clever plan succeeds, and Celestia is left to herself all day long. As she is enjoying her time off, she discovers a stack of letters in her bedroom; letters that she hasn't thought about in a very long time.
Letters from Rainbow Dash.
Celestia begins to read these letters from so many years ago. They are full of Rainbow's passions, her hopes, her dreams, and her love - her love for one of her best friends: Applejack. They follow Rainbow's relationship with Applejack, blossoming from friendship into something more, resulting in cuddles and kisses and eventually in Rainbow Dash learning some of the most important lessons that anypony can ever learn.
The last letter from Rainbow had been an invitation to a wedding. And it had been sent a year ago.
So why had Rainbow Dash stopped writing?

This is a story that I thought up after seeing all of the MGS references in the show. I hope to make this story different, but very reminiscent of The original Metal Gear Solid Game. Of course it'll be different because I'll have ponies as the characters, but I plan on actually creating a different plot style with this story. This is my first write.

MLP has been known for six best friends going through different adventures. What no one talks about is that original part of Applejack was played by a male. Things didn't work out after he impregnated half the cast.

A statue stands alongside others in the royal hedge maze. All the statues have a long history behind them. Starswearl the Bearded, greatest Unicorn. Discord, feared entity of Chaos. But this one statue has only a short story behind it. The creature that the statue resembles gave its life for all of Equestria to live in peace.

What possessed an upwardly mobile tailor to forsake her one chance of a comfortable high-class life and take up living as an outlaw? With the help of her loyal crew, she takes to the sky in her specially-designed airship as the first and most prominent sky pirate in Equestria. Making herself a personal enemy of Queen Celestia, she is hunted by Her Majesty’s special Task Force. But the sky is full of secrets, more so than what anypony actually realizes...

“With the tribes of the pegasi and the unicorns having died out, the sky remained unconquered... until now. While corruption has its roots deep within the Equestrian society, I have aimed for the impossible. I've aimed for freedom.”
~ Quote from Captain Rarity, self proclaimed 'Sky Matron' and 'Liberator of Equestria'. Excerpt taken from ‘Equestria's Most Wanted Criminals’

Written/edited by: capt'n Owlor and Lucefudu, the coxswain
Edited by: MikhailInspired
Idea by: Lucefudu

Something has been gnawing at AJ

It has been several months since she joined the rest of her friends as an alicorn. After having time to think about what this might mean for her future, she arranges a meeting with Celestia.

Contains AppleDashery and another ship I shall not name :p

Reunited with his beloved Shield Knight, Shovel Knight continues journeying with her, just like old times.
But when what appears to just be run-of-the-mill loot ends up teleporting the pair to a new dimension,
The pair will find themselves not only facing a new journey. but new challenges within themselves as well.

*Warning- minor spoilers for Shovel Knight*
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