Today is the 19th birthday of Eric Reed, Equestria's only human, and it is his first birthday in Equestria. Pinkie Pie planned a party for him to celebrate.

Also, the two ponies that are the closest to him, Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer, forgot all about his special day and panicked. With Spike's help and with hours before the party, will the two desperate mares find the "perfect" gift in time?

And how many times will Spike tell them they are overreacting?

This story takes place after the events of my A Giant Adventure to Equestria story. However, it is not required to read it first to enjoy this story, other than to learn how and why the human OC Eric Reed is in Equestria, and how his bonds with the other characters formed.

Last but far from least, special thanks to The Sleepless Behlolder for the great cover art and to TheBrokenBrony for proofreading this story.

It was a horrible year, to say the least.

But, it was finally over. Things were beginning to look up.

Now that one of the worst years in Equestria's history is in the record books, join its inhabitants as they cheered like never before. Even some of the villains that reformed just for today joined the fun.

With her great magic, Starlight Glimmer created a special set of headphones for Eric Reed. They would allow him to listen to his favorite songs from his original world.

However, when ponies got the chance to hear one of the songs, things got...weird. Even for Ponyville.

This story was requested by TheHardie-Boy, and it is the second of two special 2-year Fimfiction anniversary stories to celebrate my being a writer on the site for 2 years. The Great and Powerful Matchmaker, a very different and non-HiE story, is the first of those two stories, if you will want to check it out too.

This story also takes place after the events of A Giant Adventure to Equestria. However, it's not required to read it first the enjoy this story, other than to learn how and why Eric Reed is in Equestria, and how his bonds with the other characters formed.

Starlight Glimmer tried to deny it. A LOT. You have no idea.

However, the signs were there. She had feelings for Sunburst. Unfortunately, no matter how much she had grown as a pony since learning friendship, Starlight could never act on her feelings for her foalhood friend.

So, Starlight's Great and Powerful best friend, Trixie, decided to step in. She WILL have Starlight confess to Sunburst, even if there was more to her unusual insistence than it seemed.

This story was requested by superfun, and it is a special 2-year Fimfiction anniversary story to celebrate me being a writer on the site for 2 years.

Miracles do happen sometimes!

Pinned down and powerless, Starlight Glimmer found herself in a seemingly hopeless pinch. Her plan to save Twilight Sparkle and her friends from the changelings failed.

With no help in sight, is Starlight and Equestria finished, or could something Twilight sometimes do be the key to saving the day? At the very least, Starlight will get answers to various topics that she had always wanted to know...and then some.

You may be surprised by who will be in the most trouble when this is all over.

A day after Ember visited Ponyville and claimed they look the same, Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer pondered if she had a point. To ensure they never get mixed-up again, the two mares formed a plan to stand out from each other more.

They should have gone over the details of how they would do it more.

Sunset Shimmer and the human Twilight Sparkle decided to come to Equestria to visit Princess Twilight Sparkle, Equestrian Spike, and Starlight Glimmer. While there, the human Twilight asked about something her pony form doesn't have, but Princess Twilight does: alicorn wings.

The two Twilights then went on to solve the mystery of the strangely absent wings. It didn't go well, especially for one of them.

My entry to the "Most Delightful Ponidox" contest. I'd place my bets on it placing in the bottom three if I were you. Easy money people.

Believing it to be an easy job, two thieves broke into Princess Twilight Sparkle's castle. With no Royal Guards protecting the castle and Twilight herself gone, her valuable possessions were as good as theirs.

Or so they thought.

Last but far from least, special thanks to Little Tigress for drawing the great cover art.

EDIT: Featured through 09/09/20--09/14/20!!
#1 story with mature mode enabled on 09/09/20
#1 story w/o mature mode through 09/09/20--09/11/20

EDIT on 10/19/20: Has an audio reading done by the youtuber Enharmonic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWs46--nTo

This story is a sequel to Alicorns and Beards

When Eric Reed claimed that he had learned how to predict the future, Twilight Sparkle was understandably skeptical about it.

However, Twilight quickly found herself aghast when Eric successfully pulled off his boasts. Eric is just a regular human, so it shouldn't be possible for him to do this kind of stuff...right?

Will Twilight figure out how Eric learned to do something that not even she, an alicorn, can do?

This story happens three days after "Alicorns and Beards". But, it's not needed to read "Alicorns and Beards" first to understand this story (and laugh) though it would hint at one of the reasons why Eric chose to perform his tricks to Twilight, besides that she's Twilight.

This story also takes place after the events of A Giant Adventure to Equestria and it's also not required to read first, other than to learn Eric Reed's backstory and how his bond with Twilight and the other characters formed.

EDIT: featured on 06/19/20 & 06/20/20!!

Knowing Thorax had struggled to convince some of his follow changelings to change, Princess Twilight Sparkle decided to visit the changeling hive and check up on him.

It turned out, with the exception of one changeling, Pharynx, all of the changelings had finally accepted the new way and had transformed as a result. Even so, as the Princess of Friendship, Twilight took it upon herself to get Pharynx to change his ways and learn friendship.

No matter how many times Pharynx says "no".