We know Starswirl the Bearded was Clover the Clever's mentor, but what was their relationship really like? Where they best of friends? Was it a father-daughter relationship? Was it anything like Twilight and Celestia? It seems history has glossed over this detail. Join Twilight and Rainbow as they search primary sources for answers in this tale of realpolitik and destiny.

Written for Old Toby in bookplayer's Secret Ponyfic Exchange.

Also, my first honest-to-god fic, so comments and criticism welcome.

Equestria's master scryer entertains himself by watching other ponies, but when that gets too passé, he starts writing fiction about them. When Twilight Sparkle and co. arrive to request his aid, he decides to share his stories, much to their dismay.

A/N: These are my 60-min pony stories. If any of them look to be interesting, I may expand on them, but otherwise, they'll be just some random stories. Hopefully they will get better over time. Constructive criticism encouraged. Destructive criticism also encouraged.

The beginning of each story has the tags and short prompt. I randomly generate the character list, tags and prompt and start writing immediately. All of them are rated Teen or below. Nothing Mature.