This story is a sequel to The Calming Christmas Flame

Short micro-shot between The Calming Christmas Flame and its upcoming sequel. Happy Valentine's Day!

Twilight Sparkle is engaged to Sunset Shimmer. Thankfully, they get the Sparkle house to themselves, ensuring Sunset's antics don't lead to embarrassing "walk-in" scenarios. Even so, Twilight happens to "walk-in" on Sunset and her pajamas.

This story is a sequel to Hive Alive

Non-contiguous and non-canon micro-stories related to Hive Alive. Just for fun.

Being in a pony hive can be a little strange. Especially when certain ponies have feelings for other ponies and everypony knows it intimately. The hivemind races at a speed that non-changelings have difficulty keeping up with. Every moment feels like a thousand...

Too Hot
Twilight tries her hoof at flirting. Chrysalis misses it.

Perfect Marriage
Chrysalis preps for her wedding. Rarity fusses about.

The Hive Before Halloween
It's almost Halloween and Chrysalis is stealing candy.

Take Two
Hive Alive is a movie production and Discord is the director.

Shy My Heart
Twilight comes to terms with her feelings for Fluttershy and what it might mean for the others.

NOTES
1. I'll keep this incomplete until I finish Hive Alive. I might post more stuff to this in the meantime.
2. Apparently, I'm willing to poke fun at my own productions. It's good to step back once in a while and have a good laugh.

Art by BlackWater (me)

Sunset Shimmer has been living a reformed life for quite some time now. Whether by fate or random chance, she wound up in a serious relationship with the Twilight of the human world. She's content with where she is and has never been happier to be accepted and loved. In fact, she hopes that this Christmas will give her the opportunity to express how deeply she feels for Twilight.

NOTES
1. Sunlight fluff for the holidays.
2. Third consecutive year for me producing a Christmas special!
3. Post Rainbow Rocks. Featuring EqG-world Twilight. I could have written volumes to explain backstory but c'mon. It's a fluff-shot.

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As always, art by BlackWater (me)

This story is a sequel to Bunnyscotch

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Prince Dusk Shine is trying his best to cope with the difficulties of handling his new status and a group of friendships that seem harder and harder to maintain as time goes by. He ends up relying on Butterscotch as a sanctuary away from the storms of life, a fact that both elates and troubles the shy pegasus. Butterscotch's feelings only get stronger and Dusk Shine realizes how much he depends on him. Perhaps there is something beyond friendship that the prince has yet to discover...

NOTES
1. Altocumulus-grade fluff.
2. Alternate Universe only because it's genderswap. As fimfiction.net lacks this category, it ends up as AU.

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Prince Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are happily married, but the royal duties they share in ruling the Crystal Empire can be a little distracting in regards to their personal relationship. As a gesture of goodwill to their beloved royals, the crystal ponies give the couple a free vacation from all work. Two tickets, one paradise resort, and unlimited love between two ponies destined to be together. There's nothing quite like living happily ever after.

NOTES
1. Straight-forward Shining Cadance. The couple is usually spending all their time fighting through disasters so why don't we give them a little time off?
2. The most powerful marital pairing to ever grace canon. Literally. (Reference the end of A Canterlot Wedding.)
3. Best read with a tropical drink in hand, such as a piña colada. (optional)
4. The couple's combined cutie mark used in various places: Full HD

Featured February 26, 2015

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A thousand years is a long time for sisters to be apart. Celestia begins to feel again with a part of her heart that went numb all those night ago, but her little sister's return feels almost too good to be true. Luna may feel insecure in an Equestria different than the one she remembered but she now knows how much Celestia missed her...and how much she missed her big sister.

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Prince Dusk Shine is still getting used to his wings and can't help being exhausted by Rainbow's training. Thinking that a laid-back visit to Butterscotch would be relaxing, he ends up too relaxed and falls asleep on his friend's bed. For the shy pegasus, it's the best opportunity he's ever had to get closer and build some courage to one day express his feelings for the stallion.

NOTES
1. Short and light fluff.
2. Alternate Universe only because it's genderswap. As fimfiction.net lacks this category, it ends up as AU.

Art by BlackWater (me)

Hearts and Hooves Day means something to everypony. Everypony with a special somepony that is. You're just a poor sap that's spent the day alone and, heck, you've already burned through all of those obligatory chocolates you get from friends and family. So you're out for a walk at night contemplating what it means to live, to love, to live, to pick up that support module. Oh, and you also have to get initiated into your bat-pony's harem.

So get set. The moon is young and the Pony of the Night is taking you in.

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Twilight and Chrysalis spend Christmas together. The alicorn wants to use the concept to do something nice for her friends. The changeling just wants the four letter word. Being a princess means Twilight has to be more calm and collected when she makes decisions and when she reacts to the world around her. It's a good thing that she's been making progress on that or else the holiday would likely end up a flaming wreck, courtesy of her overzealous obsession with perfection.

Thankfully, the wishes of the pony and changeling are compatible this time.

NOTES
1. Soft holiday Chrylight fluff. Don't over-think it.
2. Rated teen for a little playfulness. Nothing too extreme.
3. Lyra needs to tone it down with the human craziness.
4. It's a good thing Pinkie Pie doesn't know about Christmas yet...right?
5. Based on setup from Queen No More.
6. Not a part of Hive Alive's official timeline.
7. Merry Christmas, my little Chrylighters!

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This story is a sequel to Queen No More

Twilight Sparkle made the most foolish and selfless decision possible. She saved the life of Queen Chrysalis. The dynamics of Twilight's relationships begin to change as Chrysalis introduces the changeling hivemind to her pony caretaker. Chrysalis' only hope was to relieve her loneliness, but events begin to unfold that will change Equestria forever.

Nothing is stronger than the power of redemption...

NOTES
1. This is the sequel to Queen No More but there is a time jump between its end and Hive Alive's beginning.
2. This is Alternate universe due to the fact that this story will run off of a disparate timeline. Events forward of season 2 may be similar OR significantly altered.
3. There is mention in Chapter 3 of an old changeling tale titled As a Star. A version of this has been written by Farseer.

NO MORE UPDATES: The story is complete. A sequel has been made: Queen of Equestria.

FULL TIMELINE SUMMARY OF STORY AND CHAPTERS

2014 ANNIVERSARY AND HOLIDAY UPDATE
Updated outer cover, inner cover, and description!
2 new HD wallpapers!
Hive Alive 2013
Hive Alive 2014
New extras collection, Hive Alive Moments, including...
Too Hot
Perfect Marriage
The Hive Before Halloween
Take Two
Shy My Heart

Featured May 24th, 2014 and on every chapter release since then.

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