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Preread by Samey90. Discussions and BSing with the usual crowds, thanks!

Sky Beak and Ocean Flow relax by the beach and engage in a conversation they've had many times before.

When I saw that letter to Mount Aris, I knew I just had to deliver it immediately! It wasn't an emergency letter or anything, I'd just been wanting to go there ever since its restoration.

First-person narrative from Gabby's POV. Contains light shipping.

Spike and the rest of the Student Six visit Mt. Aris, where Silverstream can't wait to show off her culture. Her brother, Terramar, offers to take them out for a swim, but he hasn't had much experience transforming dragons. Hijinks ensue.

Cover image by https://derpibooru.org/profiles/Foal

Silverstream has to make a project about family history. Terramar wants to help--to bad they don't have the happiest family to write on.

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Written for PonyFest's Iron Author Contest. The whole story was conceived, written, and edited in the span of two hours. For the sake of fun I've decided not to go back and edit anything further. You're seeing exactly what those who judged it saw.

Gallus lays upon the empty beach of Mount Aris.

But it quickly becomes less empty.

Written for both the Thousand Words Contest II for Slice of Life.
As well as a last-minute entry for the May Pairings 2023 Contest.

“But I'm going nowhere, getting there soon,/I might as well just sink down with you.” -Fountains Of Wayne, ‘Sink To The Bottom’

Gallus and Silverstream are finally a serious couple. This, of course, gives Silverstream the idea of having the them visit her parents in Seaquestria. Gallus isn’t sure what he dreads more: meeting the hippogriff’s parents or the water.

Cover art commissioned from TwistedSketch.

Having learned that one of her fellow students can't swim, Silverstream takes it upon herself to correct that oversight. To that end, she calls up her brother, Teramar, and ropes Ocellus into a make-shift swimming camp for Yona.

Although a part of Yona understands why she needs swimming lessons, the more dominant part of her would rather be anywhere but in the water. However, Silverstream is determined to get Yona to be able to swim.

Will Silverstream, Teramar, and Ocellus succeeded? Or is Yona destined to never be a swimmer?

Terramar is stuck between two heavens: earth and sea.

His parents said he didn't have to choose; that's not wrong.

It's not right, either.

Because he never had a choice to begin with.

And he is unraveling.

Coverart by the fantastically skilled Konsumo.

Special thanks to Aragon, Undome Tinwe, and Feather Note for prereading.

Silverstream loves her friends more than anything in the world. She wants for them to be happy all the time. But when she notices a lack of family getting in the way of Gallus's happiness, she makes it her mission to fix that. How will she fix it? Simple. Just let him share hers! All she has to do is convince her family that Gallus would make the perfect addition to it. Oh, and not tell them about her motives in the process, since it's going to be a surprise after all.

Of course, because she's being so secretive about it, the other parties involved can't help but misinterpret her intentions on trying to sell Gallus to her family....