A pony is called stubborn when they refuse to change their mind no matter the persuasion against them. A pony is called persistent in hindsight when their refusal turns out to be a wise decision. "Persistence" is nothing more than what they call stubbornness when it turns out to have been for the best all along.

Pinkie Pie and Applejack may or may not be persistent, but they are most definitely stubborn.

~This is my entry for the winner of TAW's contest for rare ships. FimFic needs more ApplePie.

Now EQD Approved!

It is not a fun week to be Rarity. She has an important photo-shoot to prepare for. She needs to scramble to put together a dress before a big deadline. And for some reason all her friends seem to think she is romantically involved with the local librarian.

Oh, yes, and she has gone blind.

Now Rarity learns just how many mud puddles one can step in around Ponyville, just how pointy her needles are, and just how many things there are around her place that exist solely to bang her fetlocks on. ...And presumably something about the strength of friendship, and the perserverance of the pony spirit, and what not, but come on, invisible mud puddles!

Big thanks as always to my pre-reader LovingTolerance.

Applejack spends an afternoon baking pies with Pinkie. They get distracted.

A very short Apple Pie friendshipping. Many thanks to LovingTolerance, who had this pre-read within an hour of me sending it to him.

Now with a reading by the Living Library Players!

Election season has hit Ponyville! With the mayoral election churning into high gear, it seems the only two ponies in Ponyville who don't want Twilight Sparkle to be the new mayor are the current mayor and Twilight Sparkle!

Special thanks to LovingTolerance for help pre-reading.

When Rarity has Twilight over for tea, she learns her friend has a big confession to make. But what is really going on here?