When they were younger, Rarity and Cheerilee joined the Ponyville Knitters League: Rarity to keep her skills going, Cheerilee to find her cutie mark. Well, that and it's the done thing when you're an aspiring fashionista.

However, both have to question their attitudes when the President of the League announces a contest. After all, one should have a purpose already, and one is still looking for theirs.

Contestant for THE BARCAST WRITING CONTEST #2: Make Rarity Not Garbage with Guest Judge: Monochromatic.

Derpy's deluded house, a super way to spice up a marriage, and two friends stepping out of the party for a breather. Yes! These are entries one, two, and three of Blue Chameleon VI's Writeoff Contestants for the Prompt: "Keep Pretending"

Help! My House Thinks It's a Castle!
Derpy, Twilight Sparkle
Random, Slice of Life

Villainy Ain't a Piece of Cake
Mr Cake, Mrs Cake, Mane-iac
Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

The Party That Never Starts (For Me)
Amethyst Star (Sparkler), Lyra Heartstrings
Drama, Slice of Life

Against her will, Doctor Caramel Crisp recruits a rehabilitated mad scientist for their next scientific and technological commission. The mare is crazy, there's no denying that, but she's also said to be an unparalleled genius.

Well, Caramel's heard that one before.

Unlike Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk, the siren Adagio Dazzle is neither a childish idiot nor an apathetic layabout. She has vision. She has purpose. She has drive.

So when – after their spectacular defeat at the hands of the Rainbooms – the trio of terror wind up incarcerated as a result of another failed scheme, she utterly refuses to take it lying down. Nothing in her past has taught her to accept failure. Nothing.

However, the longer she spends in this cell, and the more she has to put up with the irritations and insults of the other two, the more she starts to wonder if something else is going on. Something far more sinister than yet another tedious setback.

A certain filly suffers a sleepless night. She loves art. She loves beauty. She loves ponies not instantly laughing at her like they do her parents. But it's her first day of school tomorrow, and she has to decide what kind of pony she's going to be.

Contestant for THE BARCAST WRITING CONTEST #2: Make Rarity Not Garbage with Guest Judge: Monochromatic.

This story is a sequel to Keep Pretending, Two of Three

Twinkleshine's dreams of stardom, A. K. Yearling's history with Wind Rider, and Cheerilee's mid-life crisis. Yes! These are entries seven, eight, and nine of Blue Chameleon VI's Writeoff Contestants for the Prompt: "Keep Pretending"

The Twinkle Must Shine On
Twinkleshine
Drama, Sad

“Kill or be Killed, Miss Yearling. Kill or be Killed.”
Daring Do, Wind Rider
Drama, Slice of Life

Cheerilee's Five
Cheerilee
Adventure, Drama

This story is a sequel to Keep Pretending, One of Three

Trixie's most deluded fan, enfant terrible Twilight Sparkle, and the old-time romance of apple and pear. Yes! These are entries four, five, and six of Blue Chameleon VI's Writeoff Contestants for the Prompt: "Keep Pretending"

Illusion Confusion
Trixie
Comedy, Slice of Life

Crepuscula
Twilight Sparkle, Twilight Velvet
Horror, Drama

Grand Dreams, Wordsmith
Grand Pear, Granny Smith
Romance, Drama

Equestria has become a boiling pot with an expanding list of ingredients. Naturally, there are some who take a dim view of the new recipe.

Chancellor Dextrous schemes and dreams of the day when he can put his plan into action: Operation Self-Immolation. If only, he thinks, the old days would come back. Things were better in the old days.

Collecting artefacts of power is only slightly less safe than tightrope-walking over a snake pit, but it's a fantastic excuse to go places for the likes of Carmine and Vanilla, henchmares-for-hire.

This time, they're hunting for a pegasus crystal on a hot, sunny island, somewhere beyond Equestrian borders. It's got a lovely little legend attached to it, too. Vanilla likes legends.

Ancient secrets, evil deeds, death waiting for the merest slip-up... it's just another Monday, really. At least the scenery's nice.

Rating: General reading, but some scenes contain a level of threat and violence beyond the TV show's standard.

It was the dawn of a new age in a new world, but old tales are just as willing as anyone to colonize a frontier. Legacies and innovations collide on the shores of the Amaponian continent. Yet the kidnapping of an orange farmer's foal leads three unlikely creatures to join hooves and paws at the forging of the next tale.

Submission for World-Building Alliance April-May Writing Competition.