Anon vanishes from his bed, replaced by an enormous ladybug.

Rarity and Spike investigate!

...

This story might or might not be an entry in RB_'s "Whodunnit? Youdunnit!" Contest.

Secret spoilered search keywords: Shadow Spade, Sherlock Pones, Detective Rarity, Rarity Investigates, Trixie Lulamoon, Lyra Heartstrings, Bonnie / Bon-Bon / Bon Bon / Special Agent Sweetie Drops, Starlight Glimmer, Madamoiselle Plumeau Précipité, night train, overnight train, sleeper car, Trottawa, Grand Vienneighse Hotel, Haybec, Haypril, anti-teleportation runes, giant cockroach, David Wyllie, Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis", foot pics, hoof pics, feet pics, Trixie is bad at magic, please ignore the teacups.

Sunset Shimmer never defeated a powerful alicorn to conquer the world and become a princess. She's just a student at Canterlot High School.

But sometimes, she has unpleasant dreams she can't explain.

This story might be an entry in Imposing Sovereigns IV, using the prompt Sunset Shimmer / Persistence. ('Harmony' and 'Strength' would also be possibilities.)

Prereaders: Punished Bean, sirenc0re. As usual, responsibility for the story's faults remains my own, as do my limitations and shortcomings in trying to apply the prereaders' feedback and advice.

On a Flora Da beach, a dangerous storm approaches.

Meanwhile, Applejack makes a VERY friendly bet with her marefriend Rainbow Dash, staking a bridle-and-reins set.

This might be an entrant in FoME's Imposing Sovereigns IV contest, maybe? (I suppose for a relevant virtue from the list, I could mark either Courage or Unorthodoxy...since 'Harmony' really ISN'T quite the right choice here. You'll find this in the Unorthodoxy contest folder.)

When your name is Midnight Sparkle, love means never having to admit your girlfriend is dead.

Contest Information:
An entry in the Sunset Shimmer x Midnight Sparkle Competition AND in Bicyclette's & EileenSaysHi's SciSet Contest!

Art Credits: I edited an image by RileyAV (whose original version is larger, better, and unfortunately NSFW so I can't link directly to it from this T-rated fimfiction.net story description.)
https://derpibooru.org/tags/artist-colon-rileyav
http://RileyAV.tumblr.com/
http://RileyAV.deviantart.com/

"Be creative!" Pinkamena Pie's new chess coach said.

This might be an entrant in "'the dobermans' 2023 Cozy Glow Short Story Contest."
(A Note to Contest Judges: contest prompts include...
* Cozy Glow vs ... (Pinkamena Pie) [chapter 1]
* Of all things, it was love that Cozy needed. [chapter 2])

Image source: based on https://purplesmart.ai/item/3b27ef0d-d526-4197-b4d5-11aa73dde72c]https://purplesmart.ai/item/3b27ef0d-d526-4197-b4d5-11aa73dde72c, used with permission.

Now that everyone knows about the Mirror Portal and the R63 genderchange ray, no one has to be without a soulmate, someone who understands them completely?

Except for Wallflower. Girl just can't catch a break.

Spoiler (Also a Content Warning, I Guess):
Wallflower DOESN'T die in this story.

Art credits:
Source art by
https://derpibooru.org/profiles/Gmaplay
https://www.deviantart.com/gmaplay

A stealth fighter jet often goes unnoticed, as does the girl who used to be one.

Anon tries to help.

_{(#portal-transformations portal-transformations)}

If ponies think Anon is some kind of weird animal, and Fluttershy can talk to animals, can animals and Anon talk to each other?

To make the cover image, I heavily edited the MLP IDW comics panel https://derpibooru.org/images/3007495.

When Anon is sick in the hospital, Trixie would do ANYTHING to help him feel better.

Even...THAT.

Content Warning: Contains no sex.