Fluttershy has mixed feelings with her brother.  Although she loves and cares for him deeply, he’s often caused trouble for her and their family.  His biggest problems are his quick money schemes.  If he sees an activity he believes it will earn him cash with little effort, he’ll dive into it right away.  He passed them off as new hobbies, but quickly gave up on them after only a few tries.

As Zephyr starts another one of his schemes, Fluttershy decided it would be best to keep an eye on him.  She begins researching her brother’s new hobby and found something she never heard of before.  Curious, she delves deeper into it, where she’s introduced to a game series and a competitive community she never thought she’d enjoyed.

Special Thanks to Verbose Mode and Jarvy Jared for Proofreading

The overthrow of Queen Chrysalis and the ascension of King Thorax were meant to herald a major turning point in world history. A vital stepping stone towards a friendlier, more interconnected world.

Except the dreaded Queen was not content to go quietly into her exile. She vowed she would reclaim her kingdom, her birthright, even if she had to, in her own words, “set it on fire and rule over the ashes.”

Only six months on from that fateful day, in the spring of 1007 A.D., the Badlands region found itself plunged into the mayhem of civil war, reaching from the Hive that scraped the sky to the tiniest village of the outback. Neighbour turned on neighbour. Broodmate against broodmate.

Honouring her newly forged alliance with King Thorax and determined to crush the scourge of Chrysalis once and for all, Equestria rolled her forces into the Badlands for the very first time, no longer hindered by the Queen's now destroyed anti-magical throne. It was at this moment many historians would agree that the Badlands War truly began.

Raging until the winter of 1009 A.D., the war would go down as the most deadly and destructive conflict of the modern era, the profound effects of which would be felt by changeling and ponykind alike for generations to come.

The Desolation serves as an anthology of firsthand accounts of those whose lives were upended by this conflict, be they the Equestrian conscript who wanted nothing more than to go home, a young grub who was forced to grow up far too soon, or those thousands of miles away from the frontline yet still unable to escape its reach.

What you take away from them is up to you.

Proofread by Vox Adam and SomeRandomMinion.

Cover art by MisterMech.

The CEC otherwise known as the Changeling Espionage Core, is a espionage organization. that has been founded by Queen Chrysalis herself as a way to monitor her enemies and to keep track of them. With one of their highest priorities to find a way to monitor the Elements of Harmony without risk to the changeling race.
So in response the CEC has prowled through the Element's familial line for an identity that they can use to impersonate them and have found someone that they believe they can use, Zephyr Breeze. Someone that they believe if impersonated can allow them to achieve their set upon design.
This story a report following a mission given by the CEC to one of their operatives to see what information while impersonating Zephyr Breeze. A mission that goes very poorly to say the least.

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Written for the The "New Blood" contest: Second Edition! Bonus tags for this are:
-No Dialogue
-Experiment with the form.
Prompt was: The wrong pony for the job.
(Grammarly has been used to spell check for this fiction.)

This story is a sequel to Smash & Grab

A dangerous Equestrian magical artifact has turned up in the hands of an unscrupulous Las Pegasus resort owner who is using its power for his own selfish ends.

Time for Sunset Shimmer and her crew to go to work.

UNDER EDITTING

Rainbow Dash and Soarin decides to fake date to keep Zephyr away from harassing her. Of course, they'd have some ground rules involving this; no kissing, no being sappy and the most important of all: do not fall in love. But some things are bound to happen and they might just enjoy it. Although, not for long, because, what will happen if Rainbow finds out Soarin's intentions are not so pure?

Story contains themes of harassment. You have been warned.

Ps: I added the sex tag because there are suggestive themes.

Rainbow Dash has inevitably been seeing more of Zephyr Breeze since he started working for a company that offers freelance hair and makeup services for performers across Equestria. That company has recently entered a six month trial contract with Wonderbolt HQ.

Since he started working with the Wonderbolts, Zephyr has been hitting on everyone. Well, everyone except Rainbow, at least. To make matters worse, no one seems to be fazed by his flirtatious behaviour, even Soarin apparently doesn't mind his advances.

Rainbow is extremely agitated by this, and she cannot for the life of her explain why.

Rainbow Dash has a day off, and isn't sure how to spend it. When she flies by Fluttershy's cottage, she ends up running into Fluttershy's brother, Zephyr Breeze. The two have a heart to heart, and Rainbow asks Zephyr on a date.

Written for the pride and positivity event to raise money for:

• Transgender Law Center
• Palestinian Children's Relief Fund
• Sewa International

Zephyr Breeze is a worthless bum — a pony unable to root himself anywhere he drifts to, drowning his sorrows before he crawls back home to his parents once again.

He is nothing more than pony doomed to be torn apart by the winds of destiny dragging him from one city to the next.

Or is he?

Our Town is a settlement where ponies are finally, truly equal through casting aside their destiny and spitting in the face of fate.

In a dim, dingy bar, Double Diamond extends an offer to Zephyr.

Come join Our Town.

Come join our circle of friends, where you can finally be free.

Originally written for the 3nd round of the Quills & Sofas 2024 May Pairings knockout bracket.

Featured 6/4/24

Cover art by the wonderful Shaslan!

Zephyr Breeze had come to the Daring Do convention in Manehattan with high hopes of surprising his crush, Rainbow Dash. After all, she loves Daring Do, right?

Rainbow Dash was bummed that she couldn't go to this year's Manehattan Daring Do convention, but she had Wonderbolts practice, so she simply wouldn't be able to be there.

A.K. Yearling was on a mission. Scratch that, she just completed it. Now all she had to do was blend in with all the Daring Do cosplayers until the convention closed for the day. Wait, who in Celestia's name is this stallion? And why's he calling her "Rainbows?"

Note: This story is my entry into the May 2020 Pairing Contest.

Note: This story is written to take place before Season 9, so any continuity problems from episodes such as Daring Doubt are not actually continuity errors at all.

Ponies desire many things. Freedom. Happiness. Money. Fame. Love. Or all of the above. Usually they find something to be satisfied with, through hard work or a bit of serendipity. But a few find that destiny has a sense of humor. And not the good kind.

For those who have nothing and seek everything, well, that's when destiny breaks out the biggest jokes. Zephyr Breeze, meanwhile, has zero clue about any of this. That is, you'd best be careful what you wish for... because you just might get it.

Implemented very minor edits 2/3/20