Pinkie Pie drinks a cup of coffee.

It's been twenty years since Rarity was last conscious. Ponyville has been leveled, and Rarity is only now waking up. Of all her friends, only Fluttershy remains in her home. The stoic faces of the Royal Guard have been replaced by uniformed soldiers, and a pillar of smoke rises over the horizon.

With nothing but each other, Rarity and Fluttershy are left to search Equestria for their friends, and to discover what force has managed to so deftly rebuild Equestria in its image.

Fluttershy, having just moved to her cottage outside Ponyville, is invited to a welcoming party. At the party, she hopes to be the kind of pony who is invited to parties.

Pinkie Pie wakes up to find that she has become an alicorn. Using her newfound power, she, of course, throws a party.

Approved by Twilight's Library!

Twilight stays up way too late studying.

Twilight Sparkle's devotion to her royal duties got out of hand; now she's seeking therapy.

Thanks to TheExhaustedBrony for prereading.

Rarity has a headache. This will not do; Sweetie Belle has an audition for the school musical today, and she really wants her big sister to watch. Zecora could make a cure, but she's all out of the necessary tree bark.

Obviously, Sweetie Belle must journey deep into the Everfree Forest to fetch said bark. Will she prevail, or will she accidentally trip into poison joke?

Pinkie Pie is, well, Pinkie Pie; she is a contradiction disguised as a tautology. In these stories, she does random stuff. All of that random stuff brushes against some sort of metaphysical problem, paradox, or whimsical observation.