It weighs on Spike heavily, sometimes. He appreciates Twilight, even if he never says it.

Twilight adores everything Spike does for her and the girls, even if she doesn't tell him so often enough.

But they know. They'd go to the ends of Equestria for each other. Blood is thicker than water, and no one knows it better than them.

Diplomacy sucks. Diplomacy with a nation that was attacked by your species is infinitely harder. Tremar, Haull and Nembis have to try and make the case for friendship, knowing full well that Chrysalis has already kneecapped their efforts. But nothing worth doing has ever been easy.

Written with permission for Fuze, of http://fuzebox.tumblr.com/ and featuring his Changeling trio!

It's frustrating when you realize that your specialty lies in only one specific area. More so when you can't admit it to yourself. Sometimes, you just need the perspective of your two best friends to figure it out.

Written for the June Pre-Reader promptfic challenge.

The prompt here was "She's not really as good of a cook as she thinks she is."

Written for a small inter-author challenge of prompt fics, the prompt given here was 'Pinkie Pie exposes a conspiracy'... it's just not quite the one full of shadowy government agencies to the crown that she thought. Instead, it's something much more personal and close to home.