This story is a sequel to Side A - The Guard

Steel Bastion has everything he wants: a loving husband, tons of bits, and a career that lets him beat the crap out of monsters.

Too bad his loving husband decides to adopt a random bug creature from the swamp and raise it as their own foal.

Is it too late to put him back?

Rated Teen for suggestive material.

Profanity added due to Steel Bastion.

Sex tag for suggestive material.

Editted by LuckyChaosHooves

Princesses Celestia and Luna's popularity ratings are at an all-time low, with most Equestrian citizens deeming the pair amusing but incompetent and eager to distance themselves even further from the dissatisfied populace.

Determined to raise herself in said ponies' estimations, Celestia announces that she and Luna will participate in the Annual Amateur Hoofball League, a small-time sporting event hosted in rural Equestria. Unbeknown to her, the tournament plays host to more than teams, and one local hoodoo could ruin everything.

Note: hoofball = soccer; a post-S4 universe. Featured on Equestria Daily! (24 Nov 2020)

Glossary of Useful Terms

Roughly 30% of this story involves the playing of hoofball and uses terminology with which you may not be familiar. The following association football terms/idioms appear in the text. You may wish to refer to this list, where they are briefly defined.

Between the goalposts – (when used idiomatically) playing in the position of goalkeeper

Build-up play – the phase of play during which the team in possession attempts to create a scoring chance against an organised defence

Byline – the part of the goal line to either side of the goal

Centre-forward – an attacker who plays centrally; one who is typically expected to contribute to a team's build-up play

Final third – the third of the field in which a team's attackers are typically situated and where most if not all attempts to score occur; the attacking third

Four-four-two – a formation comprising two lines of four players in front of which two strikers play; a popular amateur formation due to its ubiquity and relative simplicity

Full-back – a defensive player on the wing; historically a player of the last line of defence playing centrally

Goal kick – a free kick taken by the defending side from within their goal area after attackers send the ball over the byline

Half-back – an obsolete midfield position; a player in front of the full-backs and behind the attackers in a two-three-two-three formation

Hold-up play – an attacker retaining possession of the ball to delay (hold up) play, allowing teammates to advance further up the field

Inside forward – historically an attacker positioned near the centre of the field

Offside trap – a manoeuvre in which players in the defending team push upfield in order to put one or more opposing players into an offside position

Penalty area – the rectangular area marked out in front of each goal, within which a foul by a defender involves the award of a penalty kick and outside which the goalkeeper is not allowed to handle the ball

Simulation – an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by falling to the ground, and possibly feigning an injury, to give the impression that a foul has been committed

Striker – generally a forward or attacker; specifically an attacker at the front of a formation, who operates in and around the penalty area, anticipating scoring chances

Tackle – an act of playing, or an attempt to play, the ball when it is in the possession of an opponent

The break – a counter-attack; to break, or to hit an opponent on the break, means to launch a counter-attack

The hole – the space between defence and midfield

The sticks – the goalposts or goal frame

Touchline – the boundary line on each side of the field

Two-three-two-three – an obsolete formation of the 1930s utilising inside forwards in front of midfield to support the half-backs

Upright – a goalpost

Volley – a kick of the ball made before it touches the ground

Wall – a line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area

Wing – either of the parts of the field close to the touchline

Winger – an attacking player on the wing

Written and co-edited by Acologic
Co-edited by Radian
Proofread by Radian and Fireman Al
Art by amalgamzaku

The story will continue in On and off the Court!

In order to make Princess Luna happy, Princess Celestia gifts her sister her most prized possession. But she soon finds she cannot live without it.

It's Spike's birthday, and his six best friends have promised to give him whatever present he wants. And not just any promise - a Pinkie Promise. An unbreakable promise.
Big mistake.
Now Spike is asking all of them to trade places with each other, to try living like each of their friends, for an entire day - and they have to act just like their friends, too. Also, yes, he does have a camera... so no one will be forgetting this anytime soon. Even more disturbingly, if they give up before the day is over, they have to pay Spike a fee of ten bits.
Applejack is furious. Rainbow Dash is trying (and failing) to stay casual. Twilight is thinking about just how many things could go wrong. Rarity is appalled. Fluttershy is downright terrified. Even Pinkie Pie is disenheartened.
Thirty days. A whole month of weirdness, mishaps, surprises, hilarity, and - in every case - failure.
This is going to be a wild ride.

(This is not my art. Link to cover artist's page: http://tomfraggle.deviantart.com/art/Mane-6-Looking-At-Us-or-You-471258622)

The name's Jack, imagine sleeping in college and realizing you overslept in college, when a 22 year old guy aka me, tries to go to class in said college what happens? I get teleported to a place full of lion chickens as a spicy chicken. What does a guy like me do? Kicking, lots and lots of kicking.

Now I'm here with no one to help me except for some edgy chickens, wooden wolves, and this weird chicken who won't stop bothering me! Well, not helping but annoying, yeah that's the word for it.

I'm a martial artist, in a world full of adventure, "friendship", and frustration because NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME!!!!!!! Except for the wooden wolves but shut up. This is going to be fun.

Featured: 4/11/2024 RAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!

Notice me, Eevee Verse person!

This story is a sequel to A Mothers Love

"Scootaloo's eyes widen as she stared down at the note. She couldn't believe what she was seeing, or well, reading. A wide smile stretched across her face. Her mother was coming to PonyVille."

11 years Daring Do separated from her only daughter, Scootaloo. Now on Scootaloo's sixteenth birthday, Daring Do, is determined, to see her daughter once again.

On the magical eve of Hearth's Warming, Derpy finds herself entrusted with a special delivery destined for the heart of Breezie Village. Yet, as the festive package carries the best of intentions from the Princess and her friends, Breezie tradition bears it's own unique challenge.

Written for Discombobulated Soul for Jinglemas 2023!

This story is a sequel to A Dying Hope

The last thing she remembers is being attacked by the things she calls "creepy-crawly death-dealers" and blacking out. She stumbles around in the darkness until a light shines and shows her the way to the two most important ponies from her life: her parents.

As Apple Bloom spends more time with the ponies that were taken from her too soon, she realizes that she has a unique opportunity; she has the ability to spend the rest of her afterlife with her parents. This realization, though promising, does not come without consequences, and Apple Bloom finds herself making the single most important decision of her existence.

Cover art by Sparrow9642

Read dramatically by Sparrow9642

Rarity loves Hearts and Hooves day! She absolutely adores the holiday but.. deep down… she felt alone on a day like this..

Maud has lost something precious to her and although she may not show it, she’s hurting..

Will Maud and Rarity find a way to help each other through their struggles and find comfort in one another?

Lyra and Bon Bon always talked about adopting a filly or a colt but never had the chance. When Lyra finds a homeless filly, she gives her a home. She and Bon Bon quickly fall in love with the filly and work to keep her.

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