The gilded life of a noble, with all of its riches, pomp and circumstance, and eternal restraint was simply not for him, yet it was all he knew. But when the princess murmurs a warning in his ear, this colt takes it upon himself to discover its true meaning and hopefully challenge the gathering tempest head on.

Part II!

Rewritten 04/2019

Flam's life has gotten complicated. His brother is a mess, his marefriend is overly emotional, and the only thing he can do to restore his sanity is to take a long walk. Unfortunately, he finds himself on the brink of a horrible past mistake...

(This can be a sequel, or a prequel, or an at-the-same-time-as fic for Three Steps Back. You don't necessarily have to read it to understand what's happening here.)

Rarity returns to Ponyville a broken mess of a mare. Her snotty Canterlot fashion friends have informed her that white is unfashionable to wear after the end of summer! Weeping, she recounts her sad tale to the unsympathetic Cranky Doodle Donkey, who makes an offhanded comment that kicks her fashion mania into top speed: what if she simply dyes all of her white clothes so they're fashionable again?

Even better, Rarity decides, what if she dyes all of the white ponies so they're fashionable, too?

Follow Rarity as she leaves a trail of colorful mayhem behind her, and see if her friends can talk her down from the sequined ledge of madness she's teetering on!

Written for Jes for Hearthswriting! Many thanks to my friend M for the preread!

The prompt was “Rarity gets caught up in a “No White After Summer’s End” trend to the point she starts trying to change everything white including pony’s manes and fur without them noticing."

"To one's own heart be true" they say, but for royalty that is not always the case. Sometimes royalty has to put duty before love, and sometimes they find themselves unable to do so.
When a king finds himself torn between his heart and his country, he must make the hardest decision. Whatever the consequences.

It's the night before Cheese Sandwich's wedding to Pinkie Pie. He's nervous.

Nervous enough that he turns to Cranky Doodle Donkey for advice.

Somehow, this doesn't turn out badly.

Written for May Pairings 2025.

Incredibly briefly grazed the feature box 5/27/2025.

[Note: Takes place after the events in "Tanks for the Memories" and before "Slice of Life."]
[Note: Updated as of 9/4/17]
[Now featured on Equestria Daily: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/09/story-winter-wisdom.html]

The winter weather doesn't agree with Cranky, and this year it came much too quickly for him. Then the love of his life, Matilda, makes him promise to give the winter a chance. Cranky will do anything for Matilda, and what he discovers may just surprise him.

A mysterious singularity storm hits the Tardis with Private and the Doctor inside it. The storm sends Private to the distant past where Twilight's parents are in high school. Private accidentaly changes history by saving Night Light from getting hit by a carriage. Private will have to convince Night Light to overcome his fears and fall in love with Twilight Velvet before history is changed forever. As if that wasn't enough, The Doctor is convinced that the storm wasn't natural...somepony very close to the Doctor knew that he would be in the Tardis at that point...but just how close to the Doctor are we talking about here?

It's Cranky Doodle Donkey's birthday! A whole evening filled with party and cheer is sure to await the crotchety old mule on this annual holiday. But when his plans for a quiet, peaceful evening alone go awry courtesy of one pink party pony, he is forced to confront the unfortunate reality of his old age.

Why bother celebrating when the people you want to celebrate with are dead and gone?
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Art by Echowolf800

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qmKF7iBtFBq2mFoSfybyv1lrj9IaQQO3bOsSQsCzha0/edit

Cranky and Steven Magnet build a log cabin in the Everfree. They probably have a good reason for it.

Written for TheDriderPony

A great evil is being awakened by an old friend.

A mare comes into possession of a box that could save the world.

Two old friends have lost all that they love, and are willing to kill each other to make things right!

The fate of Equestria hangs in the balance!

(My attempt at the worst written fic i could think of)