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CartsBeforeHorses


Put the cart before the horse, mix things up, and look at them in a different way.

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Starlight Glimmer finally achieves her lifelong dream of being a homeowner, and she buys a house near the Friendship School. But Uncle Ponyville wants his fair share, and Starlight's property taxes are raised by 5,000 Pony Dollars a year. To top it off, Starlight has stopped taking her anti-evil medications.

After Starlight realizes that she won't be able to pay, she goes on a magical rampage. Now she'll track down whatever government officials are responsible for the tax, and she'll do everything within her power to persuade them to reverse it. What's within Starlight's power? A lot.

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<In the ground severed, to the sky together...>

A millennium ago, the Princesses and the self-declared Republic of Petra fought a war of succession in Equestria. The Petrans lost and retreated under the mountains, hidden from time itself. For years, the Petrans have waited to seize control of Equestria. Now Starlight Glimmer's time travels in Cloudsdale have shown them a winning strategy.

Maud Pie, who has Petran citizenship, brings Starlight and Trixie into the subterranean republic. As the situation teeters on the brink of war, Starlight discovers that she helped spark it. Now guilt-ridden, Starlight vows to preserve peace… hopefully without making anything worse!

Story takes place during season 8. Proofread by the amazing Typoglyphic. Creative consultants: The Parasprite and D48.

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Maud pursues her refined, inspired art of stand-up comedy in front of an audience of rock professionals. Rocktorates, if you will.

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No songs of their own. No important, plot relevant scenes like Pinkie, RD, and Twilight got. Less combined dialogue than an anthropomorphic cat who wasn't even in the TV show. After filming is completed on the movie, AJ, Rarity, and Fluttershy sit in their trailer and complain about their underutilized talents.

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The Diamond runs for president, so that she can make Equestria great again! She's got the hair, she's got the business experience, now she just needs the votes...

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The Cakes move cross-country to franchise Sugarcube Corner in Tall Tale. Teenage Pound and Pumpkin's new school is full of bullies, their new city is full of crime, and oh yeah, they've also discovered a changeling conspiracy to enslave ponykind. The changelings are much craftier now than when they mysteriously vanished sixteen years ago. They can now copy ponies' very memory and behavior, and they've infiltrated every major Equestrian institution. Anypony could be a secret changeling, so Pound and Pumpkin can't trust the police, princesses, or even their own parents. They must stop the threat alone.

Cover art by DigitalDreama! Editing by TheAspiringWriter93. Story is not a crossover, but makes homages to 1990's entertainment. Story does NOT contain PoundxPumpkin shipping. Rated teen for violence and occasional death.

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Princess Twilight Sparkle wants Equestria to join the rest of the world and finally switch from measuring in hooves, pounds, and gallons to meters, kilograms, and liters. But not everypony is happy about her proposed change.

Now with dramatic reading. Thanks, scorpion1m!

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Gilda never chose to be born a carnivore. If she could, she'd become an herbivore like her pony friends. But her own biology has betrayed her morality: she has no choice but to eat meat for its nutrients. So she hunts zebras, the only feasible food for her. At least she will try to do it as humanely as possible.


Edited by: TheAspiringWriter93 and BronyWriter
Cover art thanks to turnipberry

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When A.K. Yearling is injured, Derpy Hooves is tasked with ghostwriting the next Daring Do novel. But when Derpy takes the series in a different direction, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are upset, to say the least. Now, they must cope with the diehard, blind fans of the terrible new series while trying to stop Derpy Hooves from ruining it any further.

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Rainbow Dash severs her spinal cord, paralyzing her from the neck down. Now, she must cope with the hard, depressing reality of being disabled.

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