After becoming an alicorn in his dream, Big Mac ponders his identity.

Warning, this story...
• contains spoilers for the newest episode of MLP
• discusses gender dysphoria

A young mare wonders if life is worth living, when you can't ever reach your dreams, and somepony who loves her to death is more than willing to tell her why she's worth it.

This story was just one to get me back into writing, and posting on this site. I have mostly comedies lined up, but I wanted to write something. So, here's a sad story that kinda turns to fluff at the end.

Ponyville is a place where the impossible happens. This ranges from having a dragon as a neighbor to having an infestation of bugs that can eat things 100x their size. Though Ponyville is special, it's still an ordinary small town, and in small towns rumors travel fast. That's why when somepony figures out a way to explain everything bad that's happened, a whole town can turn on one pony. Even if that pony has helped them countless times. Even if that pony is royalty. Even if that pony is Twilight Sparkle.

Only one pony, the forever loyal Rainbow Dash, believes her when she says that she's innocent. The two of them will have to work together if they want to clear Twilight's name and prove that she's not the cause of everything that goes wrong in Equestria. They will have to work hard, though, if they want to win the fight against everypony in Ponyville, including even Twilight's closest friends.

Every Thursday, a single pony sits at the spa and waits. And then, she leaves.

Flowers must wither. Hearts must stop. The sun must set.

It's the little things that Rarity notices. An occasional glance her way. The slight blush whenever she talks about finding her true love. The content smile when she sits next to her. She's always known, just never let on. She can read her like a book.

Celestia receives a letter from her faithful student. It's more than just a friendship report, for it is filled with pure emotion.

Today, I learned that there's more than one kind of spark.

Spike was once a complete puzzle. All of his pieces fit together perfectly and he fit into life's puzzle perfectly. Then, he lost something, or more specifically somepony. One does not stay the same after losing a special piece of them. This is a story of puzzles and how each and every part of our universe in connected in some way, some with stronger bonds than others.

All it takes is once sentence for the life you've created with somepony to suddenly come crashing down on you. Sometimes the fragile ponies within this life break too. Sometimes these ponies can't be fixed. Hopefully, this is not one of those times.

'Tis a tale of two ponies, living very different lives, who fall in love.

This was inspired by the song You'll Be In My Heart by Phil Collins.