To celebrate the day of Manehattan's founding 400 years ago, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna organize the Pegasi Equestrian Express Race, a race where ponies and beings from all over Equestria and beyond come together to compete in the longest race in the land's history. It celebrates the pegasi who would traverse the then harsh landscape of the kingdom to deliver the mail between Vanhoover in the west, and Manehattan in the east, a route that inspired the modern railways. Everyone may compete, but not all will be victorious.

A young mailmare by the name of Derpy Hooves find herself participating in the race in order to save something she holds dear, but she has no idea what the adventure will bring.

After a lovely tea party, Discord walks Fluttershy home to her cottage. They find the strangest thing waiting in her mail: fan-fiction, shipping them... a lot. Taken aback, they desperately try to find whoever sent it and get to the bottom of it all.

It doesn't really go well, but you knew that, didn't you?

Chain O'Command is just your average guard, having an average work day. Soon, he will start his next shift where he'll be guarding Princess Celestia's throne room.

Unfortunately, there's something important he forgot to bring, something a guard like him should never forget. Ever.

In short, Spike isn't having a great day. Because of the peril Spike will learn something about himself that will change everything.

On the eve of the Coexistence Carnival - one of the most important celebrations in the world, where each and every kingdom comes together one night in peace to celebrate unity - Celestia (and Luna, I guess) accidentally reveals a secret about themselves.

Or, rather, reveals an accidental secret.

Rated teen because of one utterance of the f-word and one utterance of the b-word.

*Edit*
Wow! What a great response! I also went through it and changed a few wrong words here and there, an awkward sentence at another spot. Nothing major.

I can't believe this got featured! Celebration!

It had been a very nice day. Ponies worked, played and laughed. Wherever you looked all was well. The young pony, recently given the title of 'Princess' was just sitting out enjoying what life had to offer. Then everything changed, and it did so with a cube...

Lost in a plane completely foreign to her, Twilight Sparkle must use her skills as a leader to guide a whole town to safety. Now is the time the young Alicorn must prove her worth as a leader. Over a thousand ponies are lost to an unforgiving, eternally unchanging world. Can she save them all?

Things can change fast. One day, the young filly Raindrop Day has a normal happy life. The next, she worries about her father while deciding to break some rules in order to help a colt struggling with finding out what he's destined for. Over the course of a single week her life changes forever.

This short story is me experimenting in writing a story made specifically to evoke sadness in the reader. I wanted to write it in order to possibly grow as a writer. If you find faults in it, then please say so. I expect there to be many flaws, as I haven't written many works. If you think it's good, then great! If you think it's bad, then good! If you think it's bad and say why, then fantastic! Constructive criticism rules!

Ivanhoe Mane finds himself waking up on the train as it stops at his destination: Ponyville. With only his bag to his name and a mysterious note advising him to come to this seemingly pleasant little town, he is unsure whether there is a deeper mystery here, or if it's just an excuse for a vacation. Soon, however, terrible things are starting to happen to Ponyville and its inhabitants. Ivanhoe finds himself and some of the kind locals in the middle of an adventure where he is constantly drawn towards finding the only things that can stop this calamity not only threatening Ponyville, but the entire world.

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The first, and by far worst story I've written for the public. Be warned! Even without taking into account my flawed writing style, the poorly handled OCs, Out-of-character moments and general clichés should be enough to make you want to avoid it. Still, it's always fun to write, and I'm not going to just remove old stuff because I'm trying to grow away from it. It has some neat ideas, though, some of which would have been better suited for a story unrelated to FIM.