Applejack invites Rainbow Dash to her farm to show her something. Neither have met before.

Written for the A Thousand Words Contest IV 2025, for the Drama category.

Cover art adapted from unsplash.

Thanks to Mockingbirb for prereading and advice on the short/long description.

Many years after Fluttershy's death, Discord writes her a letter exploring how her influence changed him and how he is handling the world without her.

Applejack is no stranger to death, for multiple reasons.

What she is a stranger to, is what to do about it.

Fluttershy has half an answer... Applejack finds the rest of it.

(Not a story about Applejack's parents)
(Inspired by Tipper)

Both Princesses Celestia and Luna are known for being wise, powerful and intelligent. Their subjects expect them to lead Equestria to their fullest might. But to the horror of everypony around them, the Princess' have suddenly started acting very differently, as if they weren't themselves anymore.

Two humans, Jack and Calvin are both ripped from Calvin's apartment and flung into an unknown world into bodies not their own. How will their appearance effect Equestria? Probably not well, since both men lack the experience needed for their new jobs.

This story was forged in the fires of sleep deprivation.

Octavia's new style has been the hot topic for rumors. Rumors of her being a Threstral who hangs out in graveyards, keeps drugs hidden inside her bowtie and talks with ghosts. She confirms nor denies any of this.

The chapter 4 number is not a typo, there's a sensible reason for that (I swear).

Only two chapters left to publish, will upload soon!

Many many thanks to my prereaders Lucky Seven, Silver Needle and editors Bean, Spook, Mockingbirb (who pitched in a lot of invaluable ideas, and inspired the style of the fic).

Cover art by the ever talented Corduroy Road.

This story takes place after the episode "the Magical Mystery Cure"

Twilight ended up with a massive problem she suddenly turned into a baby foal, but luckily Princess Celestia was able to get her student to her parents and they decided to help care for their daughter while in her new form. The problem is that they are unprepared for the "day to day" responsibilities of raising a baby alicorn. But Twilight Velvet and her husband Night Light start to really enjoy being parents again even though it was only for a short time.

Cover Artist: Pridark

May, a young six year old girl, has been struggling with cancer her entire life, and all the doctors and nurses could do, was delay the inevitable, May's death, however, when May had fallen to cancer, that was not the end of her journey, as Arceus had decided to work with the Void to save this young girl and send her off to a mystical land of friendship and magic with the intention to introduce Pokemon to that world, and that world's name is; Equestria.

Forces Command is like the jungle: The only rule is that there are no rules. Except for the dozens of rules General Gina changes on a weekly basis.

But now she's been deployed to a primary school on Earth for a "cross-species understanding" presentation without so much as a taser to fend off the annoying children or her equally annoying personal assistant. Will she adapt to this new environment, or will the principal figure out that she was the one who ate all the sandwiches?

Years have passed since the coming of the Long Winter, the deathly storms of the windigos that nearly drove ponykind to extinction. While those terrible days are now nothing but a haunting memory, the hatred and distrust that spawned those icy winds still linger in ponies' hearts as they struggle to rebuild in their new home of Equestria. Despite the leaders of the three tribes working to promote peace and harmony, poverty, corruption, and selfishness abound, and threaten to drive apart the scattered remnants of ponykind. It is onto this stage that two little fillies emerge, two extraordinary sisters with wings on their backs and horns on their heads, but will these two be the key to healing the wounds of the past and uniting the desperate tribes, or will they prove to be nothing but the harbingers of ponykind's inevitable fate?

Content Warning: This story contains discussion of serious topics such as natural disaster, famine/starvation, illness, large-scale death, mass poverty, and political corruption. This story also contains depictions of alcohol use, and depictions of serious physical injury and pain (not gore). Reader discretion is advised.

Edited by RandomPen