When your run of the mill everyday life gets you down, sometimes you just need to just get away from all of it for a little while. That's especially true when you're the ruler of a nation and the mother to a nearly all-powerful infant.

But one must take special care when choosing how to partake in these episodes of escapism. Otherwise, it won't end up going quite as one planned. And for those of high social standing, special care should also be put into their disguises.

Inspired by the artwork by artiparty over on Tumblr
((Art used with permission))

Traveling the world can be a strange and dangerous ordeal, especially when you're all but on your own.

And after one adventure ends in almost complete disaster, Twilight Sparkle has decided to take a much-needed vacation for both herself and her sole companion. Some time to themselves, some time to catch up on their reading, and some time to not almost be eaten by dragons. And fortunately, she's managed to come across a nice quiet little country town to settle her roots into for the foreseeable future.

Unfortunately, it's never quite that easy. Especially when your name is Twilight Sparkle, a pony with a knack for getting mixed up in all sorts of trouble. And the quiet little town she has found might not be so quiet after all...

Cover art commissioned by me, from one Hoodwinked MCShelster.
Audio-version over on YouTube.
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Tags are subject to change depending on viewer response. For the sake of ease, here are my "subtags," placed down here instead of up there because there isn't room for them.
—Comedy
—Drama
—Mystery
An alternate universe story based on some G5 rumors, this really odd dream I had once, and a few other things. Expect references/shoutouts to all sorts of MLP media, such as the movie or comics, and various other fantasy works like D&D. But also expect some major instances of me changing things to further distinguish this from canon. Spike is a pretty good example. You'll figure out why soon enough.
This story is written exclusively for entertainment purposes.

Story has been canceled. For more information on that front, see here: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/1004535/finding-friendship-cancelation-announcement

A human being has somehow managed to stumble his way into Equestria with no idea of how he managed to do it.

Thankfully, Twilight Sparkle is actually prepared for this situation! With the Crystal Mirror in her possession and a rudimentary device that allows her to open its portal to the human world whenever she pleases, this "Anon" as he calls himself is just a hop, skip and a jump away from going home!

Or at least back to his world. Ehh, close enough.

And just in time for Twilight to still have her morning coffee!

But it's never that easy for Twilight. Ever. There's always some kind of catch or stipulation preventing what should be easy to fix problems from being fixed easily. And what's the issue this time?

He doesn't think it's safe.

Because of course he doesn't.

A dumb idea that was too stupid not to write out and publish. I'm not apologizing.