Everypony dreams of going to the Traders Exchanage in Rainbow Falls, where else can you unload all your old crud and turn it into something you truly wanted? It's like a flea market in heaven, and there's only one big rule: A trade is fair, so long as both ponies get something they wanted. A business-savvy pony like The Great and Powerful Trixie should have no problem making a profit here, unless a certain Exchange Overseer has some kind of vendetta against her this year...

(This is uncut, unedited speed-writing, in honor of the new episode 'Trade Ya', so there may be some minor spoilers for you if you haven't caught that one yet.)

For some context, I work in a library. This is sort of a spoof on my daily experiences.

When Twilight Sparkle gets a noise complaint from one of the ponies utilizing her library it's up to her, as head librarian, to solve the problem and restore peace to the library. Is this bookish mare up to the task? Will ponies ever read in peace again? And just when did the library get a computer lab anyways? Only one of these questions will be answered in this tale.

Before Trixie was 'great and powerful' she had to make due playing pretend. Hours of her time were devoted to the popular game Age of Nightmare, a fantasy role-playing game based on the myth of Nightmare Moon. Years later Trixie is in Canterlot to see an old friend about some changes to her costume when she has a brush with her old vice. It turns out the local haberdasher is hosting a game of Nightmare soon, and Trixie and Topstitch are at the top of the invite list.

When you take a boastful magician, an easy-going seamster, Canterlot's top doughnut chef, and an excitable haberdasher, it starts to sound like a bad joke. Mix in an unexpected visit from royalty and what's the worst that can happen?

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It's hard being all on your own. When Sweetie Belle's friends are kept away from school she quickly realizes just how boring it can get. Dreamdrop is a colt who's always been a bit of an oddball, but Sweetie hadn't paid him much attention when she was always busy with the Crusaders. Now that she's got some time to herself Sweetie Belle finds herself wishing for a new friend and takes a chance with Dreamdrop, only to become the newest addition to his imaginary world. Sweetie Belle struggles with her new friend's vivid imagination and her own desire for normality. It turns out even being an imaginary princess can be a stressful job.