Twist's special talent and passion is making yummy sweet things, and Pinkie Pie has taken her on as an apprentice. And everything is going to be fine. Everything is going to be fine. Twist is not a bundle of nerves and low self-esteem, nope no nein.

Help.

This story is a sequel to Reaping Rainbow

Have you been naughty... or nice? Ho ho ho.

Rainbow Dash is flying home for Hearth's Warming break when she has a disastrous crash with Santa Hooves himself. Now, to save the very spirit of Hearth's Warming from fading out forever - and perhaps get herself off the permanent naughty list - she'll have to take up the reigns of the magical reindeer's sleigh to save the holiday!

Of course, her old friend Death is there to lend a very skeletal hoof by trading his robes for a red suit and his scythe for a peppermint stick to take up the role of Santa Hooves... Let's just hope he doesn't mix up his lists, or a lot of ponies will be Late for the holidays.

This story is a sequel to Flounce!

This story was written for shortskirtsandexplosions as part of Jinglmas 2017. It's probably not so much of a sequel as a spiritual successor to "Flounce!" And you'd likely want to check that one out for context. If, for some reason, you wanted to read this one without reading "Flounce!" (Maybe you don't go in for the smut - I don't know) you can just read that one up to the point where Flash awkwards hard enough to kill a conversation two rooms over. That... Was about where I stopped before writing this one (I don't go in for the smut - Shrug).

This story is a sequel to Alternate Beginnings: Year One

The mares of Herd Apple - Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy - celebrate the birth of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo to the lone human in Equestria. The mares adjust to their life as dams in a town that isn't happy with their choice of stallion. Doug has to adjust a role he never thought he would have before he came to Equestria: caretaker of three foals.

Reading of previous books is not required, though some events from earlier years may be referenced.

Set approximately six years before the events of MlP:FiM

Sex tag is for relationships between human and ponies (no clop).

Previous Year:
Alternate Beginnings: Year One

Continued In:
Alternate Beginnings: Year Three

Love is a funny thing. It can surpass any barrier, transcend time and space, and bring any two ponies together.

Pinkie Pie understands this. It isn't really helping her find the courage to tell Princess Celestia how she really feels, especially since she might not be the only pony to feel about Celestia in that way.

Well, even if she doesn't tell her today, there's always tomorrow, right?

My name is Waren Pledgeworth. I am an ordinary pony who sells books, and I guess it’s safe to say I hate steam engines. At least, I was all that until a peculiar mare fell on my roof. Now strange events are piling up one after another. Warring deities? Fanatic terrorists? Sultry Griffins? Maybe I should have just stayed in bed after all…

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Buying trinkets is a-okay. Buying arcane trinkets is questionable. Buying trinkets that open gateways to other realities is a big no-no!
Now, Pinkie Pie must close this gateway by any means necessary. Little does she know, horrors as old as time itself await on the other side, eager to shatter her sanity into little pieces.

Little do the horrors know, they're not dealing with your everyday mare.

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Because eldritch horror is a lot less scary when you can giggle at ghosties to keep it away. Written because of a sudden, unexplainable urge, perhaps just a smidge of insight from the Great Ones, mostly because the idea seemed funny in my mind.

Is it funny, though? You'll need to be the judge of that, dear reader.

Fhtagn.

Tags: Lovecraft, Cthulhu mythos, Eldritch horror, Eldritch comedy

Rainbow Dash has always been Applejack's best friend, but when something unexpected happens, and they thought about themselves in a different way, will everything be the same again? Would they thought the same thing? Would their friends accept their decission?

On the other side, Applebloom is having troubles to tell a fellow crusader her feelings, so seeks the advice of her sister.
Scootaloo was insecure about something, and she needs Dash help to get through, will everything go as expected?

This story is a sequel to Pinkie Pie Sticks Her Face Through The Mirror

Maybe Pinkie was a little too curious...

Starlight Glimmer has never actually had any fun on Hearth's Warming. Ever. But she gets roped into one of her friends' most favorite Hearth's Warming traditions: building gingerbread houses! What could go wrong?

Turns out, quite a lot. But that's where Pinkie Pie comes in.

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Originally done for the 2022 Quills N' Sofas Holiday Fic Exchange for TheDriderPony, who provided the prompt. Takes place the day after the events of “A Hearth’s Warming Tail,” Season 6, Episode 8.

EDIT: Featured 11/29! Thank you, readers.
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Brief Notes, PVCF travelogue, etc. in the MT File.