AKA Chrysalis vs The Rolled-up Newspaper of Harmony

AKA How To Unalone Yourself At Hearth’s Warming

Chrysalis has been inexplicably spared the wrath of Discord and the Princesses, although frankly, she'd really rather have preferred the stone! Now burdened with an awful, dreadful, wicked curse that... gah, fills her with love and joy any time she tries to think a vengeful thought! And worse! Now she's been roped into pretending to be Applejack of all ponies on some errand to the middle of nowhere with a filly named Diamond Tiara and some lovely wretched mare named Cherry Jubilee.

Not that she'll fail at all in this. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Plus, it beats getting lost in the woods in winter.

Written for Camaleao for Jinglemas 2023!

Co-written with SoloBrony. Thanks for helping me out, man.

For the 2023 Ponyville Ciderfest, a great effort was undertaken to create an interconnected, story driven alternate reality game by the My Little Pony fanfic writing community. We had dozens upon dozens of volunteers, writing hundreds of stories, consisting of hundreds of thousands of words.

These are some of my personal contributions.

Evil Twin Trouble - You come across two Twilight's fighting in a swamp. Each claims to be the real one in the confusion, and things were so chaotic you couldn't be sure. Thankfully, you have a plan.

About the Authors - A look into the brilliant minds leading the Storytelling Adventure Project!

Closing - A coda written for the story collection Scattered Pages. A closing of the tale, but also a thank you note to everyone involved.

All three stories were edited by Sonicsuns. About the Authors and Closing were also edited by Vivid Syntax.

This story is a sequel to Ciderfest 2023 Mane Story Sunday Morning - "Counterpoint"

Barley, Caramel, Fizzy Glitch, and the attendees have made their choices. Ciderfest and Equestria are going to change, one way or another. Now the question is; what will they do moving forward?

Edited by Sonicsuns and Vivid Syntax. Cover art by Alsey

Written for the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Adventure. Check out the group for all the stories written for it here!

The premise of the story is that one of the con mascots, Fizzy Glitch, discovered the magical Book of All Stories and accidentally trapped everyone inside. Anything written on its pages becomes true, thus, three factions formed, trying to control as many pages as possible before the book closed and the spell ended, each shaping Equestria to their liking. The Heroes wished to keep Equestria the way it was, Chaos sought to reshape into something more, and the Villains wished to rewrite the past and assert dominace upon everyone. Guests throughout the con were given choices, which gave pages to each faction, deciding the outcome of each chapter and ultimately, the story of the con itself. The con itself is over now, so we're unveiling the full story with all its possibilities.

This story is a sequel to Ciderfest 2023 Mane Story Saturday Night - "Fulcrum"

Barley, Caramel, and Fizzy Glitch have had their fateful conversation, but time is not standing still. The book is closing soon, and using the pages, the three factions have begun making their final gambits to win the book and thus the power to change the world how they see fit. Matters grow even more dire when a dark shadow is cast over the whole con, and a threat previously passive takes the field..

Co-written with Vivid Syntax

Edited by Sonicsuns and Vivid Syntax. Cover art by Alsey

Written for the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Adventure. Check out the group for all the stories written for it here!

The premise of the story is that one of the con mascots, Fizzy Glitch, discovered the magical Book of All Stories and accidentally trapped everyone inside. Anything written on its pages becomes true, thus, three factions formed, trying to control as many pages as possible before the book closed and the spell ended, each shaping Equestria to their liking. The Heroes wished to keep Equestria the way it was, Chaos sought to reshape into something more, and the Villains wished to rewrite the past and assert dominace upon everyone. Guests throughout the con were given choices, which gave pages to each faction, deciding the outcome of each chapter and ultimately, the story of the con itself. The con itself is over now, so we're unveiling the full story with all its possibilities.

This story is a sequel to Ciderfest 2023 Mane Story Saturday Morning - "Realization"

Barley and Caramel have journeyed through many worlds and braved many perils to try and discover what went wrong between them and Fizzy Glitch, ultimately betting on the con guests to help them in their quest. Now one question remains; what will they say to her?

Edited by Sonicsuns and Vivid Syntax. Cover art by Alsey

Written for the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Adventure. Check out the group for all the stories written for it here!

The premise of the story is that one of the con mascots, Fizzy Glitch, discovered the magical Book of All Stories and accidentally trapped everyone inside. Anything written on its pages becomes true, thus, three factions formed, trying to control as many pages as possible before the book closed and the spell ended, each shaping Equestria to their liking. The Heroes wished to keep Equestria the way it was, Chaos sought to reshape into something more, and the Villains wished to rewrite the past and assert dominace upon everyone. Guests throughout the con were given choices, which gave pages to each faction, deciding the outcome of each chapter and ultimately, the story of the con itself. The con itself is over now, so we're unveiling the full story with all its possibilities.

Fizzy Gltich is a simple kirin, with simple joys and passions. Above all, she loves to be loved; to bring joy and better the lives of others. When the world seemed at its darkest, she stepped up, and helped save Ciderfest... and the world remained unchanged, and even those she helped the most forgot about her.

Of course, all that would change when on the eve of Ciderfest 2023, when a mysterious package would be delivered to her...

Edited by Sonicsuns and Vivid Syntax. Cover art by Alsey

Written for the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Adventure. Check out the group for all the stories written for it here!

The premise of the story is that one of the con mascots, Fizzy Glitch, discovered the magical Book of All Stories and accidentally trapped everyone inside. Anything written on its pages becomes true, thus, three factions formed, trying to control as many pages as possible before the book closed and the spell ended, each shaping Equestria to their liking. The Heroes wished to keep Equestria the way it was, Chaos sought to reshape into something more, and the Villains wished to rewrite the past and assert dominace upon everyone. Guests throughout the con were given choices, which gave pages to each faction, deciding the outcome of each chapter and ultimately, the story of the con itself. The con itself is over now, so we're unveiling the full story with all its possibilities.

The story continues with Friday Night

(This story is set during the events of the Ponyville Ciderfest 2023 Storytelling Adventure, when the con mascot Fizzy Glitch uses a powerful artifact to make the characters of the show come to life and drag the con into their world.)

Diamond Tiara is a bright, young filly. She may have had a troubled past, but she's moved on now. Things are just a little stressful at the moment, with a magical artifact calling her and everyone in Equestria to this strange new world. She can handle it though - she's a tough cookie! The nightmares of her own face smiling back at her don't mean anything. Nor do all those people who seem to know her despite coming from another world. Nor the fact that - no! No, everything is fine.

Plus, she has Luna, princess of the night, to hang out with, and plenty of adventures to be had in the world of dreams.

Everything is fine.

Preread by Solobrony and Cynewulf

Edited by Solobrony and Sonicsuns

Cover art generously made by Gleamy Dreams. You should check out her Etsy here.

Written for the Scattered Pages Story Collection. You can check out more stories from the collection, and stories written for the con here.

Cheese Sandwich wants to get Pinkie Pie a truly special gift for Hearth's Warming. The problem? Pinkie Pie loves every gift given to her, no matter what it is. So what's a premier party pony to do? Get some help, of course.

And there is only one expert in Equestria on giving Pinkie Pie the best gifts: Maud Pie.

Together they will endure glitter bombs, sound advice, stand-up comedy, musical numbers, chaos, and fondue, all to give Pinkie Pie the best Hearth's Warming ever.

Special thanks to SoloBrony who helped me come up with ideas for this story, and to FanofMostEverything, Skeeter the Lurker, and Wanderer D for prereading.

This was written for Tethered Angel as a part of Jinglemas 2020!
For more information about Jinglemas, checkout our group!

Cover art was made from these sources: link, link, link

Clover the Clever, Student of Starswirl the Bearded, scholar of magic, bearer of the Flames of Friendship, and hero of the fledgling nation of Equestria has just finished his latest quest to apprehend and stop a master criminal and insidious sorceress. Now he must contend with a task that is often more difficult than it appears: returning to the life he left when he went on his journey.

The chronic and rampant memory loss the witch left him with is not going to help.

Written for MagnetBolt as part of the annual Jinglemas Secret Santa Swap!

Prepread by the lovely Wanderer D and Cynewulf. Any typos and errors left are my own. Those two are good, but not miracle workers.

Sunset has Twilight over for their weekly Movie Night when she notices something upsetting: Twilight isn't happy. Sunset tries to pull her girlfriend out of her funk and get to the bottom of what's bothering her, but what can you say when the one you love reveals she's afraid because her life is about to end?

A story of endings, changes, and friendship.

Special thanks to SoloBrony for concept, and editing. Wanderer D and AliceLiz for pre-reading and editing, and Cynewulf for pre-reading.