Smirk, a young unicorn mare from Vanhoover, comes to Princess Celestia to ask a question.

A questionable question. The sort of question that gets one tossed out of society.

Of course, Princess Celestia has an answer.

An entry in the Weedverse.

Raven Inkwell, personal assistant to Princess Celestia, spends her last day completing her final task for Her Highness before retiring from service along with her employer.
The worst task. Checking the Royal tax returns.

The holidays are over on both sides of the mirror. Sunset Shimmer travels to Equestria with one more present… and something to say.

This was written for TheBandBrony as a part of Jinglemas 2020! For more information about Jinglemas, checkout our group!

For a thousand years, Canterlot Castle has stood as a bastion of order, hope, and prosperity for all. In those thousand years, there have been some off days.

Today happens to be one of those days. Unfortunately.

This story is a sequel to Teahouses of Saddle Arabia

With the gulf between Sunset Shimmer and Princess Celestia growing wider by the day, Raven makes a desperate bid to connect with the young prodigy before things spiral even further.

Historian’s Note:
Set in the Wavelengths Timeline where the Sonic Rainboom didn’t happen, As the Raven Flies occurs about three months after the events of Teahouses of Saddle Arabia.

Cast: Sunset Shimmer & Raven Inkwell
Co-Starring: Princess Celestia & First Lieutenant Sunny Day

Stories set in the Wavelengths Timeline in chronological order:

Origins Arc
The Alchemy of Chemistry
Bards of the Badlands
Grading on a Bell Curve
Habits of the Equestrian Phoenix
How Not To Use Your Royal Prerogative

Applications Arc
The Application of Unified Harmony Magics
Princess Celestia: A Brief History
The Cloudsdale Report

Dreamers Arc
Tactics of Snowbound Unicorns
A Study in Chaos Theory
Teahouses of Saddle Arabia
As the Raven Flies

Cover Art by Little-Tweenframes/adgerellipone
Cover Text and Chapter Header by Amber Spark
Raven's Cutie Mark by Parcly-Taxel

Beta Reader & Editor Credits
Cursori: Reader of Many a Pony Word
Beltorn: Commenter-at-Large on FimFiction
Carabas: Author I Totally Didn't Fangirl Over

Word Count: 11,000 words
Version: 2.6

Raven Inkwell picked the wrong week to take a vacation. Specifically, the week when Shining Armor was brought in to consult on improving Canterlot Castle's defenses against the threat of Grogar and his cronies.

To say that Raven has a mess waiting for her when she gets back is a colossal understatement.

Not a crossover with Untitled Goose Game—as of Episode 200, the wingèd menace is canon!

An entry in FanOfMostEverything's "Imposing Sovereigns II: Once and Future" contest, under the prompt: "Raven Inkwell — War." An earlier version of this story appeared in the November 2019 Writeoff, "Rot," from which the cover art was also sourced.

One autumn evening, Raven finds Princess Celestia sound asleep in the middle of her work. Wanting to lend a helping hoof, Raven takes the time to make sure the snoozing mare is more comfortable.

A plain fluffy companion piece to So Maybe. No knowledge of that story is needed to enjoy this one, but they are related. Now available in Russian here and here thanks to the work of NovemberDragon, Randy1974, and Nuclear-Pony-Jack. Buy this story! Contribute to the TVTropes page!

On a peaceful night, High Princess Twilight Sparkle discovers a thief in her quarters, and while dealing with him, discovers that he is actually in her employ. She insists that he has no place in her Kingdom, and the thief, Night Silk, disagrees. Now, with his job on the line, Night strives to prove that he is exactly who she needs to work the underworld.

After all, he's not just a thief.

He is a Master Thief.

Cover art by ProvolonePone.

Luna is giving a press conference to the ponies of Equestria after her return from the moon at the request of Celestia, when she hears two words that strike her soul with curiosity.

"Holy cow!"

Now determined to find out why cows are holy, she pursues her leads with advice from various ponies.

It definitely won't dissolve into insanity.

Written by iAmSiNnEr. Not to be taken seriously.

Twilight Sparkle has fulfilled her destiny and become the sole ruler of Equestria.

Unfortunately, at her first council meeting, she learns a terrible truth.

Equestria is a bit of a mess.