On Earth, the gun-wielding cult Spotless Light has been cultivating for years faces down the prospect (and the demand) of traveling back to his war-torn home reality much sooner than he expected, this time with the herd of faithful he'd taken into the fold.

Screwball, far from home in place and time, took on the thankless job of bringing ponies through the chaos of Discord's Equestria.

She is still sane. She is still okay.

Just one more pony to keep safe on her travels, then she'll head home.

For Feather Bangs' mother, only the perfect gift can be had this Hearth's Warming.

If only he didn't trust a witch with sinister designs to help him out.

The aging Eros used to be the Archon of the Church of Boreas, Regent of the Griffonian Empire, bent on uniting Griffonia under the Imperial banner.

No more. Not after the undead devoured the world, led by the Queen of Bones, a unicorn named Rosa Maledicta. Her goal: to annihilate all life and usher in an eternity of death. She has almost won, for the souls that yet live are a dwindling, single-digit few.

Armed with nothing but holy water and holy bread, this lonely griffon of holy robes thus seeks out Rosa in the wasteland that is the north.

Deep into the future, Party Piece—the Element of Laughter's furthest descendant—forgets.

Far from home, small-time journalist Cauliflower Shrew has made it to the cradle of endless death that is the former Arisian League, itself the bloated corpse of what was once Hippogriffia, to report on the violent embers of its civil war. With the services of infamous griffon gun-runner Gerwin, she has all her bases covered for this trip.

But it's not just the news she's been sent here for. She's been given a solution with which to end the bloodshed.

And that gun-running griff may be the key.

Cinnamon works for the Inter-Creature Bureau of Metareality, an organization dedicated to communication and cultural exchange between other realities. She doesn't expect much beyond the scope of her interfacing occupation with other worlds.

But the end of one of these realities—and a chaotic refugee desiring her presence—seek to upend Cinnamon's expectations.

Years later, former world-saving hero Sunset Shimmer has been trying to help others embrace Equestrian magic on Earth. This winter, it's by assisting a couple college freshmen do well in a start-up college fair-slash-competition with magic as its gimmick.

But her routine breaks when an old friend comes up at work, looking for good company and someone to talk to after the holidays. And it won't just be about catching up with friends...

Written for DrakeyC for Jinglemas 2022!

Sky Beak is an athletic outdoorsman seeking to make money out of being a tour guide.

Ocean Flow is the sister to her country's queen, now out on the field and doing work for the Tourism Board.

The married couple meet once more in the small coastal town of Basalt Shores in the wake of magic gone wrong, the whole world having become strange fantasy creatures. With Ocean stuck at the beach and the sea, and with Sky doing double duty by helping the village's population adapt to their new forms, they end up having to work together.

And worst of all, to live with each other.

This both takes place in the universe of Magical Curiosity and supersedes all other stories in said universe. If there is any conflicting information between this story and other entries, this story takes priority.

This is also an entry to FanOfMostEverything's Ancestral Tribute contest.

Thanks to Venerable Ro for brainstorming, and KorenCZ11 and Casketbase77 for pre-reading.

The parallel universes of Earth and Equus have met peacefully, so in a show of unity and cultural exchange, the Multiverse Expo is taking place in Canterlot City, where humans and Equestrians enjoy each other's accomplishments and company.

But in the midst of Apple Bloom's excitement over magic creatures and working with the family to sell good Apple family cooking to these fascinating visitors, she encounters a stallion who bears too much resemblance to her brother for it to be a coincidence.

So she steps forward to connect with family beyond the boundaries of her universe.

Brainstormed with and pre-read by Venerable Ro and Ninjadeadbeard, pre-read again by Casketbase77.

Will release all seven chapters, from two to three per day, preferably daily.