Many folks wondered, where were The Great And Powerful Trixie and Starlight Glimmer during the events of My Little Pony: The Movie? They seemed to get no mention at all! What were they doing?

While Twilight Sparkle and her friends were busy saving the world from the Storm King, Trixie and Starlight Glimmer were defending the home front of Equestria using guerilla tactics, magic tricks, and downright theatrical performances to save innocent townsfolk! But when things go wrong and it seems like all hope is lost, will Starlight Glimmer be able to express her true feelings before it's too late?

Written for the StarTrixMaud shipping contest by Bicyclette! https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/957718/startrixmaud-shipping-contest-24-july-31-august-2021
Winner of Seventh Place and the Judge's Prize, The Tempest In a Teacup Prize!

With my Judge’s Prize, one of the big things I was looking for was a properly chaotic Trixie. She’s a treat (and amazingly useful story-wise) when she’s at her wildest. A number of stories satisfied that, but this one stepped forward and also hit one of my other favorite things: I love stuff that happened ‘off-screen’ during other major show events. I could go on for a while about the bits I enjoyed – the finale is great for using an established deus ex machina well; it brings in some of the Equestrian allies who were weirdly absent for the Movie proper and does so in a way that helps the situation make sense; both Starlight and Trixie are adorable. But to be totally honest, I was sold on this one the moment Trixie declared “If the power of friendship will not defeat you, perhaps the Power of Incredible Violence will!” I’m a total sucker for lines like that.

--TCC56

Twilight Sparkle's entire purpose as a young mare was building friendships and saving the world. Now her friends are gone, and all of her enemies thwarted. What's left for her? She sits in her royal library centuries later, moldering away with her beloved books, until Spike arrives one day to say goodbye. Goodbye!? Princess Twilight Sparkle is left to figure out what happens when your life plan runs out of steps, and how she can get back to the life she misses. Throw in one long-forgotten foe who truly understands the meaning of "change", and you're in for one heck of a ride!

Come back to Equestria with Twilight Sparkle as she explores it hundreds of years in the future, and learn the true meaning of friendship all over again.

Written for Dezmo's "My Little Pony Renaissance Contest",

The My Little Pony Renaissance Contest

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Written in the time of quarantine, I found myself wanting to write something obsessively, unrelentingly fluffy, gentle and sweet. No suffering, no real harm or unkindness; the real world has enough of that. Our world right now is incredibly stressful, so I wanted to write something that was as gentle, and as tender, as I needed to hear right now. Maybe you need to hear it, too. My go-to ship has always been Caramac (Caramel + Big Mac), so I went back to my roots for this one.

Caramel awakes suddenly from a terrible nightmare, but the nightmare only confirms his waking fears. Is he enough for Big Mac? He's clumsy, and slow, and he makes so many mistakes; what if Big Mac gets tired of him one day? Luckily, Big Mac is right there in bed with him to remind him just how much he is loved.

It's not every day you wake up in another country after drinking your weight in Bahama Mamas at an Applebee's in South Dakota; it's not every day you wake up in Equestria, either. But Mego Mars has experienced both, and is about to have the adventure of his life trying to figure out how one led to the other. The kicker? He's suddenly a horse. And not just any horse; a little green girl horse. This isn't how the great adventure movie usually starts, is it?!

Written for Sparktail's AnonFilly contest, which had to focus on AnonFilly, a character I've never really heard of! But the fun thing is that 'AnonFilly' can really be anyone (so long as she's grumpy), and I liked the idea of a cute little pony actually being a big burly trucker doing his best to save Equestria!

It's a classic rite of passage as a foal; you place your fallen tooth beneath your pillow, and the next morning it's been replaced with a shiny bit! But when Sandbar's tooth remains under his pillow for two nights in a row, he knows something's gone wrong. Did the Tooth Fairy forget about him? It's up to the Young Six to help him hunt down the Tooth Fairy, and find out what went wrong!

Written for the writing contest "The Discovery" hosted here! https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/880423/writing-contest-the-discovery-or-the-young-six-take-the-writeoff

Written for Everfree Northwest's Scribblefest 2018!

Tempest Shadow was a military leader, and one of the Storm King's most deadly generals; but a long time ago, she was just a little filly in Ponyville. Now she's asked Princess Celestia to help find her family, so that she can resume her life in Ponyville. Tempest knows Celestia has to be lying to her when she reveals that her mother is - Mrs. Cake?! So Tempest sets out on a quest to find her real family - right under Princess Celestia's nose!

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She waited until she could hear the six ponies obviously following her start whispering among themselves before she spoke her prepared lines.

“OH,” Tempest Shadow intoned, loud enough for the would-be stalkers hiding behind the barrels in a nearby alleyway to hear her, “I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS WHERE I BELONG. BUT … MY HEART, IT’S BECOMING SO FULL OF THIS STRANGE NEW EMOTION.”

The voices behind the barrels sharply quieted, listening keenly for her next words.

“I THINK … I’M GOING TO GIVE PONYVILLE ONE MORE TRY.” Tempest Shadow said, with as much gravitas as she could manage, and heaved an overdramatic sniffle as she rubbed beneath one eye. “I THINK I’M GOING TO GIVE LOVE … ONE MORE TRY.”

“I knew it!” came a soft voice from behind the barrel, which was rapidly shushed by five other voices.

(OCs; NSFW for heavy topics like human trafficking/brief depictions of child abuse; no sex.)

"When a tiny filly from Ponyville ends up in a slave market half a world away, it's up to former slaver Blue Cat to bring her home. The only problem? Her home is in Ponyville, where a thug like him won't last five seconds. Plus, Blue's not exactly good with kids. Then how in the world did he end up with two?"

When I saw this comic, the overwhelming sensation was one of wanting to rescue something small and helpless; I put that feeling into writing, while changing some of the basic aspects of the comic. So please take the attached comic as a scene-setter, but not as canon for this particular story! (The filly pictured is an OC by the artist, so I am using my own OC in her place!)

Princess Celestia has summoned Twilight Sparkle to Canterlot for a challenging request: help ease Princess Luna back into modern society, and cure the sadness that seems to hang over her like a cloud - all before the Nightmare Night festival. But when Twilight Sparkle's perfect plan goes awry, can she rescue her ruined festival in one night?

An alternate take on what might have happened before the episode "Luna Eclipsed," we are introduced to Princess Luna in more depth, with focus on the centuries she spent before turning into Nightmare Moon. 5153 words, created especially for Scribblefest 2017!

Winner of the "Applejack Award" for Scribblefest 2017, see: https://everfreenw.com/archive/2017/events/scribblefest/index.html

Applejack Award
Apple Bottoms with “Nihtmer Niht”
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/366417/nihtmer-niht
The Applejack Award was one of the most contested categories we had for judging. Ultimately, Nihtmer Niht ended up winning out in the end for being very true to the show. The theme showed strongly throughout the story, and we loved the Aesop at the end, which really made this story win. Hard work paid off in the end, didn’t it, Apple Bottoms?

Twilight Velvet is enduring the unique pain of a mother saying goodbye to all of her children, left alone in a home too big for her. Imagine her surprise when she begins to find friendly notes and gifts left around the house for her by a loving husband. But - surprise! They are actually the bumbling attempts of the evil Changeling Queen Chrysalis to kidnap her and ransom her to Twilight Sparkle! But when things take a turn for the worse with the changelings, will Chrysalis and Twilight Velvet be able to work together to save a life?

This is my entry for the Scribblefest 2016 Contest, winner of the Fluttershy Prize and nominated for the Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie prizes!

The D'aww Award
a.k.a "The Fluttershy"
A staple of ponyfic... the story with the sweetest, most touching moment that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

The Kidnapping of Twilight Velvet
by Apple Bottoms

Chrysalis attempts to kidnap Twilight Velvet. It does not go as planned.

This story was actually nominated in several categories, as it's funny, and it's sweet. It ended up winning The Fluttershy because the heartfelt moments are what really stood out the most.

Written as one of my two entries for Everfree Northwest's fanfiction competition, this story tackles the friendship that everypony hopes to see: the resolution between Twilight Sparkle and Trixie, as told in a series of letters. However, how can two ponies who are so different make peace? And will a misunderstood letter destroy the fragile cease-fire between these two powerful unicorns?

Winner of the 2015 Everfree Northwest Scribblefest Contest, and was printed in the conbook!

First!

Letters From the Capital, by Apple Bottoms

Really, really well done correspondence trope. Both characters stand out as unique and multi-dimensional. The story and plot are there, but not forced, and there’s a lovely emotional component as well. Together, it all fits very naturally as a story of new friendship.

–Xepher

For such a restrictive word limit, Apple Bottoms manages to weave a touching narrative that, somehow, doesn’t feel constrained by the word limit. Or by the format. Trixie and Twilight are both given room to be themselves, and the story just feels good to read. In a contest full of standouts, Letters From The Capital still manages to stand a cut above.

–Silver Flare

This story goes a route you don’t usually see in shorter fiction, but achieves this unexpected storyline because of the chosen format as a series of letters. In a contest where the the storyline is to make new friends, this one has the possible friendship first dip and weaken, threatening to break before it grows back into something stronger and more lasting than it was before. It is a kind of storyline I don’t recall seeing in any of the stories I read, and the same could be said for this format. A unique plot told in a unique way to give us a unique take on the contest prompt.

–Pen Stroke

Wooo! Let’s hear it for our winner! Apple Bottoms will also have their full story printed in the convention conbook after a full edit. In addition, they will receive a 1st place patch, custom engraved high quality pen and pen holder declaring them an award-winning author, several Everfree Northwest contest pens (for more casual use), messenger bag, be invited to an interview to be posted online and featured by Everfree Northwest, a $20 Amazon gift card, and an assortment of EFNW merch.