Tired of herself and her friends being bullied by Diamond Tiara, one day Apple Bloom just can't take it any more.

This story is a sequel to What Mistakes Tell Us

The Dazzlings are caught in a fearsome blizzard while dealing with a terrible illness. They try to reach their house, but the harsh elements and poor health cause them to faint in the snow.

It would have been the end of their story. But fate had other plans, which involved people that, under normal circumstances, they would have avoided as much as possible.

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Cover Image: By MintyDreams7
Scene Illustration by: Dama

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"There are things that drift away,/Like our endless, numbered days." -Iron & Wine, 'Passing Afternoon'

Apple Bloom and Spike have a secret book club. While they enjoy their books, sometimes the world of fiction doesn't always provide the escape they'd hope.

Cover image drawn by Smeallie on Twitter. Used with permission.

It's Apple Reunion Day again. But something is different about the family matriarch, Granny Smith. Everypony knows it... apart from her.

Something I wrote on a whim.

How's it being the last blank flank in town, apart from a pair of ulta-annoying twins? It's annoying, it's frustrating and it's draining to come up with new ways to find your special talent, especially if the thing everypony thought was going to be yours turns out not to be.

Well, Apple Bloom has enough of her miserable existence and decides to head off into the Everfree Forest, trying to get a cutie mark in finding something she hopes she doesn't expect. For what would make a better Cutie Mark than the unknown?

Nothing goes wrong, except a lot of things, possibly everything.

Diamond Tiara can't forgive herself over her previous actions before being reformed. She can even less understand why the pony she personally tormented came to her aid. It's time to find the truth!

Edit: It got featured in popular stories? What is wrong with this fandom? I couldn't be more thankful.

Apple Bloom and Rumble are bored out of their minds. Their friends are away and most of the other foals in Ponyville are too busy to play with them regularly. All they have is each other for one week. On the second day, they decide to go and explore a cave in the mountains near the little hamlet. They will not return the same.

It takes two to tango. After a particularly manic morning demands she split her attention between aiding Apple Bloom and prepping Princess Twilight, one bold brew ensures there's enough Zecora to go around. No worries that her heterozygous halves are both a bit… "off" in their own unique ways. Zecora's head had enough wit and wisdom in it to be portioned out without side effects, right? Since when has invoking her apothecary arsenal ever over-complicated an already existing problem?

This was a collaborative effort between Casketbase77 of "Three Bolded Words" fame and Kodi Arfer. Casket wrote White's chapter and Kodi wrote Black's, with the opening and closing scenes done jointly. Two authors, two Zecoroota. Let the bipolar buffoonery begin.

Notes: Takes place after the events in "On Your Marks."

When Apple Bloom has trouble finding other interests to pursue, she seeks help and advice from Zecora.

[Please be gentle! This just occurred to me as a possible idea, which so far has only been hinted at in the show].

Sometimes there are moments in life that seem inconsequential, yet hold more significance than some can comprehend.

Big Mac knows this all too well.