Aria’s life is a dead-end, and she desperately needs a change, but taking that first step can be difficult. Especially when you’ve gotten used to the way things are.

Alex Russo, a wizard from Earth, end up in Ponyville while trying to escape a dramatic event back home. Thinking things through isn’t Alex’s strong suit, and her standoffish facade creates tension between her and just about every-pony she meets, especially the studious and thoughtful Twilight Sparkle.

This story is a sequel to Grimoire

Twilight, Trixie and Starlight are dispatched to retrieve a scroll that contains esoteric techniques for a nigh-forgotten kind of magic. Their search leads them to an apparently abandoned hut, but something seems off from the start.

This story is a sequel to Couriers in a Storm

Having managed to arrive at the outpost unharmed, Ditzy and Dash find Twilight waiting for them, ready to receive their delivery. After a brief rest at the outpost, the two are sent further West into a toxic valley, carrying a volatile package intended for an unusual recipient.

Applejack takes a bounty in Dodge to bring back an outlaw alive, but some-pony else apparently wants that same bounty dead, and doesn’t care who gets in their way.

Autumn Blaze longs for words to the ancient songs. When the Ponyfolk arrive—homeless and terrified—their branch having been severed by the voracious Wyrm, she thinks she has found what she is looking for. But, the frightened and frustrated Ponies quickly wear out their welcome in the eyes of the other Kirin, and the threat of the Wyrm still looms.

This story is a sequel to Celestial Bodies

In the cold dark a bright tree burns, and turning in orbit around this golden star are the planetary ponies that sleep in the starry night. Upon the flank of Sol Celestia is the Citadel of the Mark, the oldest and largest city on both her, and her valence moon-sister. Higher up is the dock-side city of Aesir-Bilröst, founded by the unicorn seer Starswirl after receiving a vision from the sun-mother.

Explorers beneath the Rainbow-Tail have discovered a well and the scholars from the dock-side city can not resist the urge to map it out, but first it must be pried open. Starswirl and his apprentice, Celeste, make the journey down to solve this issue and chart the unknown, and in so doing advance a prophecy glimpsed by Starswirl during a long-ago war.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon got their cutie marks so early they never actually learned what they meant. Now, some time later, the answer to that question still tugs at Diamond’s mind.

Wood-Shaper discovers something beneath the bark and wood of a mysterious tree on the edge of his property. Inspired for the first time in years, he revives his woodcarving talent in order to safely tease it out.

Written for the Arboreal Yearnings story contest.

Rainbow Dash leads an attack-wing of rookie pilots to protect one of the fledgling Equestrian Fleet’s Superheavy EM Carriers from a threat hidden in the eye of a passing storm, piloting experimental ‘Drakewing’ Interceptor Suits to counter the enemy’s high-tech Swarm-Drones.