When the Friendship Map summons Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy to the dusty town of Paxton Junction, it'll take some encouragement and luck for an unlikely hero to win the day.

First place in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Koren Kontest 6, which was western-themed.

Cover inspired by a poster for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

A thank you to KorenCZ11 and Lofty Withers for proofreading before publishing.

This story is a sequel to Set Sail for Freedom

The students’ map is now calling for Capper, Ember, and Thorax to head to Abyssinia‘s capital; Panthera. Capper himself isn't feeling too fond of returning to his homeland given how he left a bad impression on some of his only friends. Ember and Thorax are there for their companion even though Abyssiania isn't so fond of magical creatures like them.

Two young griffons find themselves dragged into a conflict they wanted nothing with, but when gods fight, mortals dance to their tune.

Soldiers fight with guns, blades, and grit.
Politicians fight with money, words, and alliances.
Gods fight with souls, rules, and ideas.
And everyday people are collateral damage.

This story is part of the Samsaraverse!
It happens concomitant to Piece of Parchment and Fólkvangr. While Gallus and Gabby need to deal with their problems, Twilight and Cadance fight Farseer in Manehattan’s harbor and Gilda’s caravan prepares to leave Frozenlake. All the relevant context is contained in the story, though.

Everypony is doing their part to fight the forces of Sombra and the Crystal Empire. On the front lines, Soarin sees the horrors of fighting an endless army of mind-controlled soldiers firsthoof. It's enough to make anypony lose hope.

It's why he looks forward to the shipments from home so much. And more importantly, the pony bringing those shipments. Sometimes, all you need is one reminder that there's something to fight for.

Rated T for short descriptions of violence and one description of slight gore.

A griffon on a mission is not to be deterred. Through hellfire and scalding stones, across the yonder breach, a griffon must make her way. There's no other way to get there but through an inferno. And so she does it, for she is a griffon of courage, and that's all that matters.

Gilda has her mind set. There's no going back - this is the only path forward. The tears of her homeland, the blood of her enemies - soon, none of it will matter in the grand theater of life.

She will get what she came for. She will protect the ones she loves. She will stop the dragon named Yoh’r Ruk.

Written for Bean's Writing Group. As with my last Bean fic, the context of the prompt is a bit of a spoiler, so I'll share the prompt in the closing Author's Notes.

Since forever, Princess Luna is up every night while other ponies are asleep till sunrise. The filly has a plan to keep herself entertained, but finds it difficult to find even one pony to stay up a little later and help. After one night of being truly on her own, high emotions would be the catalyst to her finding something special in being the Princess of the Night.

Image was borrowed from Deripbooru at 1692049

Future plans: This is a full story, but a sequel's planned that goes into more nsfw territories.

Travers With Lyra heartstrings as she struggles to come to grips of her own reality as she travers's the strange world of Equestria as she tries to understand just how to live the life she was given in ways most believe her kind would be impossible to face, let alone conquer, and what's Lyra without Bon Bon, the mare of her dreams, her sun to her cloudy day and the hope in her Equine hearts <3.

AU Lateverse

It's the Harvest Celebration, a day of celebrating the fresh autumn harvest with family. So why is Amethyst only celebrating with Twirly? Why does she never mention her family?

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This story is a sequel to Dripfeed

Low-pressure systems typically warn of cloudy, possibly stormy, weather to come. A simple warning, but one that has proven true time and time again. If the pressure starts dropping, it would be wise to prepare for storms.

Storms warned Thunderlane of the attack of the strange beasts that have been haunting Cloudsdale for the past weeks. Another simple warning, but one that seems to have proven itself; the beasts have only ever been seen in the rain, and the drumming of the rain was the drum to whose beat they marched on Thunderlane's camp. If storms arrive and you're in Cloudsdale, it seems to be wise to prepare for an encounter with the beasts, what some have begun calling Trogs.

Isolated scouts followed by a stronger attack typically warn of plans for an invasion. A less simple warning, but one that has proven itself time and time again. Isolated scouts have plagued Cloudsdale for the past weeks, and now news of a larger attack has reached Windy Hill. Now, Applejack, Fluttershy, and the unveiled Platinum Brilliance believe it wise to prepare for war.

Continuity: The Song of the Spheres
Branch: The Children of the Storm

Former and current rulers in Equestria have disappeared with no clear explanation as to why, no closure granted to the civilians at large.
Everyone copes, or pointedly does not, in different ways.

_{This was originally written October 2022.}