The job of a mailpony is a tough one, and is filled with challenges at every stop. Whether it be a broken mailbox, or an unruly dog, Booko Stamps has handled them with the utmost of ease.

How then, will he handle being thrown into the void between dimensions? The postal worker's creed covers inclement weather and the basic danger of the job, but it said nothing of 'inter-dimensional flying fish-beasts'.

Booko will aim to change that when all is said and done...

If only he could make it home first.

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My entry for the May Writeoff: I Regret Nothing.

Thanks to Proto for gracing the original version with your glorious eyeballs of pre-reading! :D

Lyra Heartstrings is a rising musician.

But not of the strings...

Since she was young, Lyra found music in everything: her toys, her friends, even her environment. The only music she couldn't face was the song of her fame.

She will do anything to escape its weary wails and aching nights, even if it means giving up her living, breathing self to do it.

She will find, however, that every song sounds sweet to the ears with a little perspective.
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My entry for the writeoff: "A Matter of Perspective".

Pre-reading credits to:
Kaidan
and
mercenary553

I am alone...

For days and days I have sat and awaited the one who will call me her own, the day my limbs no longer collect dust, but love. The day my book no longer remains empty. The moment when I find my other half, and she finds me.

Today is going to be that day. I can feel it in every fiber and stitch I have.

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Now with a dramatic reading by Neighrator Pony!

Placed 13th in the Write-Off 'Closing Time'. Editing work by Cerulean Voice.

This story is a sequel to The Adventures of Sweetie_Belle.jpg

Sweetie_Belle.jpg has achieved her Shortcut, and has begun learning her abilities' limits. While digging through the Recycling Bin one day, she discovers something that will open her eyes to worlds unheard of. In a small folder that seems to be named after her lies a lone code, his Shortcut a supposed link to other universes.

Sweetie_Belle.jpg and her friends are dragged into a universe they never thought possible—and never thought about at all—the universe of Swooty Bell.

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This is a crossover with Protopony350's Swooty Bell Adventures series. All grammar and spelling mistakes are intentional (in the Swooty parts only I shouldn't have to explain this to you guys, come ON!) for this is the universe of Swooty Bell!

Pre-read by Protopony350

Applejack eats apples.

Applejack grows apples.

Bananas aren't apples.

...Are they?

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Coverart is 100% unrelated.

It got your attention, though, didn't it?

Scootaloo has seen fame.

She sees it almost every night, touring with the Rage Cage, a band hellbent on bringing fiery licks and shred to the ponies of Equestria.

One fateful night, however, the stage collapses, and Scootaloo is caught in the middle of it, her axe, Clementire in her hooves. She awakens to a world that definitely isn't Equestria. She does not know where she is, only that her axe has followed.

She will learn to shred with the best if she hopes to return home.

Button 'The Stash' Mash is just like any other middle-schooler: nasally in voice, carefree in gait, and nose deep in his games.

However, he lives along the rules of a different game, one that covers more corners and fills more piggy banks than his classmates could ever comprehend. His Joy Boy may be the mark of his arrival, but none could see the face steeled in cold calculation behind the blips and beeps.

Button has his hooves all over Ponyville - and not just from being chased by dogs. His closest friend will come to see the true face of Ponyville's little gamer, and it will reveal a darker side to the idyllic fields of Ponyville...

Sweetie_Belle.jpg is a fantastic file, doing her duty and sending electronic heart attacks into the populace at large. But her life isn't all copy and paste, there's trouble in Equestria.zip, and only Sweetie_Belle.jpg can restore peace to the numerous files and codes in Cheerilee's_Classroom.exe

Sweetie_Belle.jpg will travel far and wide to solve the mystery of the corrupted Diamond_Tiara.png, with her friends at her side: Flightless_Chicken.gif and Apple_Bloom.png

This is their story.

Now with a reading by kingfish! Go check him out :

[This is]..one of the most bizarre yet internally coherent stories I have ever read. - PresentPerfect

This story is a sequel to The Great Inflate

Twilight Sparkle has failed. Her experiments in inflation have destroyed the populace of Ponyville, and in her anguish, herself. The ghost town is marred by the sight of thousands of rubber shreds, each color reminiscent of the pony it once was. Celestia has taken upon herself the burden of restoring the town as she blames herself for Twilight's mishap. She'll piece together the townsponies, one shred at a time, if only to see their smiles and hear their joyous laughter once more.

It's tedious work, but work that Celestia feels is her only duty to her little ponies now. If only she knew the consequences of fixing such a tragic mistake...

Inspired by a round of comments on The Great Inflate between me and Kaidan.

Princess Twilight hosts the First Annual Princess Tea Party in Ponyville. Celestia and Luna have attended, and the "party" is nearing its end. The teapot is empty, and a solitary cookie remains. Two hooves and a magic aura reach for it, but Twilight is quicker.

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna make a stand, against each other, to win the favor of Twilight, and, in addition, her cookie. Who will be crowned the Cookie Champion?

A gift for Cerulean Voice, who requested, and is being forcefully given, the story.
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