Berry Punch is left homeless again after showing up drunk, and promises her daughter she will stop drinking.

Artwork made and used with permission by goldenmercurydragon

Equestria has been partying harder than ever before! Why? A new alicorn has been crowned a Princess of Equestria! Who? Why it's the Ponyville town booze hound, Berry Punch! What? Exactly what I just said! How? Now THAT'S the question, isn't it!? Thus begins the telling of a tale! The Tale... of the Berricorn!

Thanks to the artist sourced through the image! They're brilliant, inspiring this fic. They are just starting a little comic based on the same thing (albeit, different origin story), and I may have borrowed their idea for Berry's alternate Princess name.

Pan Sear, a cook living in Fillydelphia, has a secret: inside he feels as though he is a mare. Follow him through his journey to "her."

Berry Punch has been feeling quite lonely these past several weeks, so she goes to one of the local bars in search of somepony to have spend the night with.

Edited by Slrvertigo and Timaeus

From the outside, she seems to be a very lucky girl. She has a loving family, lots of friends at school, a comfortable home to call her own.

In her head, things are different. Trapped in her own mind, surrounded by the ruins of her life, the only survivor of the death of her soul. She has no family, no friends, no home, nothing.

And one enemy.

Ruby Pinch is not alone. Ruby Pinch is never alone.

Ruby Pinch and Dinky Hooves' long time rivalry has gotten in the way of progress! Luckily, their magic teacher, Twilight Sparkle, has come up with an idea of reviving the two bitter rivals' friendship. And what could revive a friendship like a special magic exam? Nothing. Nothing at all!

Will Twilight's plan succeed? Or will her plan end up adding flames to an already heated rivalry? Only one way to find out!

Quick Note: All characters are meant to be a few years older due to this story taking place a few years after the events of FiM.

Silverspeed is glad that her days of thievery are over. But with a disapproving family, boring job, and remnants of her past haunting her every step, she might just reconsider an early retirement.

Pre-Read by Admiral Biscuit

Art by bluemeganium

Same-sex relationships are generally frowned upon in Equestria. So when the relationship between Cheerilee and Berry Punch is threatened to be outed, Cheerilee is at the risk of losing her job... or more.

Every relationship has its ups and downs, right? For Cheerilee, it seems like her's only has a downside. She's asked Berry time and time again to quit drinking.
'This time it'll be different', she always says. But this time around... will it be different?

Jack Andrews is a student training to be a Catholic missionary in Equestria. Lyra Heartstrings is a starving artist trying to make it in Canterlot's music scene. With Lyra's help, Jack is going to introduce the ponies to the joys of Christmas.

Or, if that doesn't work, he'll at least introduce them to the joys of eggnog.

Featured on Equestria Daily.

Edited by AugieDog, Caden, and TinCan.

Sometimes we set our sights on doing something so much, that we become blind to what is happening in the here and now.

Meet Jack Taylor, a brother, son, and self-defined psychic. Jack is about to begin a long ordeal in humility and perseverance, one he may not very well survive without some friends, which is something that’ll be hard as a mare named Berry Punch.

General story content and reasons for all tags below the break, which will spoil some of the story, but will also give you a good idea of what you are getting into. Massive spoilers in additional tags.

• PoV - Deep First Person: Focus will be on the protagonist for all story arcs. There will be, unless my pre-readers stop me, a single short interlude chapter between each arc focusing on another character in the story.
• Sex Tag: General acknowledgment of gender, allusions, innuendo, and situations. May venture into, but not describe, sexual acts. This story will never move to mature nor contain clop.
• Gore Tag: Nothing excessive in the story yet, but some things will happen at the end of the first arc which will require the tag. None of the gore will be described in any graphic detail and will stay well within the teen rating. Will warn about the gore in an author's note at the start of the chapter it happens in so that readers who read this story before this tag was deemed necessary will not be caught off guard.
• Alternate Universe Tag: Both the human world and pony world are AUs.
• Dark Tag: Story isn't excessively dark and will never be, but this tag is here for the darkness ready to come up from below the surface. Don't worry about encountering much death in this story since it'll be minimal to non-existent.
• Drama Tag: Expect a lot of dialogue since most of the action is going to social interaction, though there will be some physical action.
• Human Tag: Pony turned human through mind/soul swap. You will see physical humans through memory dreams and a couple visions, but the protagonist human will be the main focus.
• OC Tag: The only major OC in the story so far is an umbra (shadow pony)/earth pony hybrid named Due Process, but more will follow.
• Berry Punch Tag: The protagonist is thrown into her life and has to live with her reputation.
• Other Tag: Currently for Surprise, who in this AU is one of the Mane6 in place of Pinkie Pie since she is a major character.
• AU Changes Tags: Pinkie Pie replaced by Surprise. Surprise is characterized like a toned-down Pinkie Pie and offers her own brand of strangeness. Adult Spike Through Duplication of Twilight's Age and Mind at Hatching, Applejack's Parents are Alive, Fluttershy is an Earth Pony, Fluttershy is an Orphan, Fluttershy Adopted into Apple Family, Alternate Element Loadout, Alternate Mane Six, Alternate History, Alternate Applejack Parents
• Content Tags: Alcohol Use, Confusion, Damaged World, Disbelief, Dreams, Genderbent, Genderbender, Genderswap, Human in Equestria, Human in Pony, Lies, Loss, Male to Female, Memory Loss, Mind Swap, Mistaken Identity, Overwear, Incredibly Rational Protagonist, Religious Concepts, Reliving Memories, Rule 63, Secrets, Single-Minded Protagonist, Soul Swap, Suffering
• Additional Character Tags: Seven Deadly Sins, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth, Wrath