Despite what one might think, Big Macintosh has been head-over-hooves in love with Trixie since she first came to Ponyville due to her (over)confidence and how she doesn't swoon over him like some other mares do. So when she ends up running late for a show while taking a temporary residence in Ponyville, Big Macintosh offers to return a book she borrowed from Twilight's library. However, Trixie implies that the legend written within it has a secret connection to her and her life, and Big Mac can't help but check out the book for himself in hopes of finding out more about her past. And that's when the questions start to pile up: just how is Trixie connected to Cantiolanus, the soldier in the book? Is being with Cheerilee so often to dissect the story making him think of her as more than a friend? And most important of all, how can someone like him, who's tethered to his land, possibly be with an artistic nomad like Trixie? Who will have to make the big sacrifice?

Inspired by a movement within the fandom to create more "eccentric" shippings. Each part begins with a portion of the Cantiolanus legend so that the reader can truly interact with the story. A rom-com for English nerds and hardcore bibliophiles.

This story is a sequel to Immoral Immortality

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and so when Princess Cadance gives birth to her firstborn foal, Skyla, another princess, Asher, also emerges. But Asher hails from the Changeling Kingdom and as such is used solely as a replacement while her fellow changelings kidnap the real princess. Asher goes about her life acting as a princess, and once she becomes a filly, she begins to realize that she was never meant to be a changeling. As a side effect of having a mother who switched from a pony to a changeling, Asher herself swings the other way around, wishing she could have Cadance and Shining as her real parents and that the scheme never happened. But before long, the royal couple finds out, and chaos might just ensue...

Sorry if this may have been done before, but I found out about a Changeling Princess only after writing this. So sue me. xD

Being a princess seems easy on the surface, but as Cadance reflects on her coronation, she realizes that the cost was too high, as she knows what happened to her fellow princess Amore, who dared to challenge the system. This past isn't something she can just hide, and she comes to realize that she could lose Shining Armor in much the same way...and decides to take action. Winner of a Midwest Brony Fest fanfiction contest.