Not all things smart have to be big as well.

While it is true that intelligence goes paw in paw with brain size it doesn't necessarily mean that small things can't be sentient. Although many would argue against this fact there is one thing that most forget to consider: Magic

Magic is as magic does, and magic gave us a chance to truly live.
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This is the story of a new intelligent species and their recent emergence in Equestria. Follow along the band of rodents in their quest to establish a country of their own in:
The Chronicles of Rodentia!

It has been five years since the last of the Element bearers has passed away.
Well, at least I think it was about five years, probably six now give or take.
Everyone calls me Blunt, I'm one of the various Pegasus guards that can be found milling about the palace when Princess Twilight suddenly snaps and drags me down one of the corridors by the collar of my armor.

"This place is boring! Let's go find something interesting!"

Oh joy.

Inspired by The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Practice day, it is like most other days for me really.
Get to the practice hall, meet the rest of the ensemble, sort out our music, tend to our instruments, and then practice...
But then why does my piano look really... strange?

Enter the mind of Frederic in this small side project as he observes all the characters in Keys to the Heart and their instruments of choice.

To be desired by a mare is any stallion's dream, to have a pony you could call your 'special somepony' could easily be a lifelong goal.

Frederic Horseshoepin is one of those ponies who shares the dream of having a special somepony, a mare that he can love, care for and grow old with while being cared for and loved back indefinitely until the end of their days.

But what if his affections were desired by two mares? Becoming the target of the famous Vinyl Scratch and the equally famous Octavia Philharmonica, how will Frederic cope with the competition between the two with him being the center of their attention?