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Previous ChapterNext ChapterFluttershy is a shy, normally timid mare. There's one path through the Everfree Forest that she never feels afraid on though. It's a well traveled path, marked by the hoofprints of many who came before her. Sometimes she just likes to sit there and think...
Rating: Everyone
Character Tags: Fluttershy/Changeling
And now, the story of the Apple Family who lost everything, and the one grand-daughter who had no choice but to keep them all together.
Based on the television series Arrested Development.
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Applejack/Apple Bloom/Babs Seed/Big Macintosh/Granny Smith
Rarity has always been the kind of pony to be generous and nice to everyone she knows; however, the unicorn has become especially kind towards Zecora, the Zebra outside of town who she shunned for so long. Not wanting the mare to keep her around just because of long-forgiven guilt, Zecora creates a special plan to help Rarity overcome her tensions for good.
However, as connections strengthen and bond between them, what else might occur?
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Rarity/Spike/Zecora
Sometimes all we need is a little happiness.
Rating: Everyone
Character Tags: Pinkie Pie/Other
Can one pony really find a soul mate when all he has ever known is loneliness and rejection? Scribble Script is a pony full of life and happiness, choosing to make others happy at the expense of his own heart. Nothing brings greater joy to him than seeing others smile. So after a hard time of it in Manehattan, the saddened Earth pony from Trot About Creek stakes all he has on a new start in Ponyville.
He finds more than he bargained for with his new shop and eyes on a pink party pony who shares many similarities with him. Can he win over the heart of the Element of Laughter? Even with the CMC helping this is going to be a mission of great difficulty.
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Pinkie Pie/Mane Six/CMC/Twist/OC
The Hollow Kingdom Of Big Macintosh
Big Macintosh does not suffer from auditory or visual hallucinations. He has them, but he doesn't suffer from them. He lives a simple life full of simple work and simple pleasures. Tethered neither to his reality or his phantasms, he is an amphibian. The time has come to decide where he's going to live.
Rating: Mature (Sex)
Character Tags: Rarity/Cheerilee/Big Macintosh/OC/Other
Brushed Away 2: By Hoof And Claw
Despite being one of the few Gryphons living in the land of Equestria, Trious Clawston couldn't be happier with how his life has been. Along with having good friends and a stable job in Weather Patrol, Troy is happiest about his life for one reason: Canvas, the Earth Pony artist that he saved and befriended, who grew to become so much more.
However, before the two can begin their lives together, Troy has to overcome a new challenge in his life. Something he never thought he would have to face until now...
Telling his family.
Because of strong Gryphon values which look down on alternative relationships, how will Troy's family react when they discover he's not only with someone of a different species, but of the same gender? As traditions clash with taboos, how will the Gryphon handle telling his brothers and parents, while still staying with the stallion he cares about? Can he keep everyone together, or will family bonds break under pressure?
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Mane Six/Lyra/Bon-Bon/OC/Other
One day, he gave her a rose, and it was very beautiful.
Rating: Everyone
Character Tags: Caramel/Roseluck
Caramel supposes he always loved Roseluck, the feelings just didn't show up until late.
And Roseluck's got certain qualities that make it... rather difficult for her to return the love to him.
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Caramel/Roseluck/Flower Ponies
Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle have a house by the shore together. Many years have gone by. Sometimes, every day is hard.
Rating: Everyone
Character Tags: Twilight Sparkle/Pinkie Pie
It's that day of the year when Berry Punch goes to visit Mayor Mare. As she makes her trip, she recalls the memories of the time they spent together, and the love which they shared.
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Berry Punch/Mayor Mare
Imagine being forcefully removed from your home. Imagine having to throw away your way of life, and replacing it with that of a slave's. Imagine if it happened to both you and your sibling.
Back in the days, back when slavery was still allowed in Equestria, two sisters are sold into slavery, parted only minutes later. Handed over to different masters, they start living their lives as slaves, albeit with an incredible difference in their masters.
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: OC
Braeburn is in Ponyville to help out on the farm. Soarin is wondering if he ever really liked mares. Can the two stallions resolve the situation? Before somepony gets hurt? Or killed?
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Spitfire/Soarin/Wonderbolts/Braeburn
Apple Bloom makes her yearly journey with her big sister, one that gets harder every time. But this year will be different. This year, she'll tell Applejack everything, even if it hurts. She couldn't do any less for somepony she loves so much.
Rating: Everyone
Character Tags: Applejack/Apple Bloom
"Sometimes the only reason we smile is to keep ourselves from crying."
Everypony in Ponyville knows Derpy Hooves, their friendly, cross-eyed and clumsy but reliable mailmare, a hard-working single mother who is never seen without a smile. For years, she and her family have been residents of the small town, and yet she has never once spoken of where she came from or what she did before her job with the Ponyville Post. Most ponies have simply written such things off over time as curiosity gives way to routine. Some, however, have started to notice just how strained the seemingly happy Pegasus' smile is becoming.
Rating: Teen (Gore)
Character Tags: Shining Armor/Derpy Hooves/Dinky/OC/Other
Memories hurt; she knows this. A thousand years on the moon with nothing but your own thoughts is torture upon a level no pony could ever achieve. Sometimes, the easiest thing to do is hope, and pretend they never existed. But nothing can change the past.
And sometimes, those memories don't want to be forgotten.
Rating: Teen
Character Tags: Princess Luna
Scootaloo was on top of the world. Showered with praise at the Equestrian Games, became closer to her idol, and learned an important lesson in the process. To celebrate the success of their performance at the Crystal Empire, the CMC, with the aid of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, launch a party at Sweet Apple Acre.
But even with all the festivities, Scootaloo's self-doubt had not completely disappeared. Even before the bullying, the idea of never joining Rainbow in the sky, no matter how hard she tried, left a hole in her stomach. After all, what more can you do but your best?
Wandering around the barn, she discovers a curious hobby of Big Macintosh's. Just to be fair like the cool pony she is, Scootaloo reveals a secret of her own, and learns from the stallion just what mere hard work can do.
Rating: Everyone
Character Tags: Scootaloo/Cutie Mark Crusaders/Big Macintosh/Granny Smith
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