The Cutie Mark Crusaders. Their very name sends chills down the spine of every Ponyvillean who hears it. Constantly causing chaos and mayhem across town in efforts to get their cutie marks. But what if, say, that was just a cover story for what they really do?

Twilight Sparkle decides to find out about this new book that's circulating around the Dragon Lands, so she orders a copy. As she's heard, it's a book about a parallel universe that acts kind of like a game.
What she fails to reckon is that dragons have their own type of magic, and although they can read the book without any trouble, ponies experience side effects.
And, as it just so happens, she decides that her friends would be interested in this book too, so she invites them over to read it with her.
It's going to be more exciting than any of them thought.

Crossover with the little-known MMO 'Oberin'.
A One-shot to keep me going.

Hi. If you're listening to me, chances are you're probably not a human. Or, at least, not anymore. Human's don't really exist around here, except others in other forms. Me, I'm pretty much unique. Unique among the unique. And I like this place. Beats getting a swirly on a daily basis anytime. Except for maybe the almost-dying part, but even that seems better. This is my story. How I went from being everybody's favorite punching bag to a legendary beast. Who knows, maybe you'll catch lucky and come here with me. Probably better than living on the planet of the jerks. But enough about that. Let me tell you about, well, me.

This is a part of the many-writer story called "Chess Game of the Gods", which started with Rust's "The Ballad of Echo the Diamond Dog" which merged with Blackwing's "Griffin the Griffin", and many others joined. Permission has been granted.

Ponies. They're alright, but still, they have their problems. Like how they run around like headless chickens at the slightest provocation. And how they jump to conclusions.
Scales has to go through this. He's a Human in Equestria(original, right?), but he's not a pony. Not a zebra, a griffin or even a diamond dog. No. He's a dragon. And nobody lets him forget it.