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Serendipity: An Odd Pairings Anthology

by applezombi
An anthology of unconnected short Slice of Life stories, each one featuring an unexpected pairing.

Sometimes the best stories come from the most unlikeliest of encounters.

In 'Rich in Flowers, Unlucky in Love', one of the flower girls struggles with her growing feelings for a customer, suffering as she watches him stumble into romantic disaster after disaster.

In 'Perspective', Pony Joe shares with one of his customers a tried-and-tested method for resolving a Code Sparkle(otherwise known as a pre-test meltdown).

In 'Late to Class', Lemon Hearts is quite excited to be filling in for an injured professor... until an unexpected student appears in her roster.

And in 'Historical Inaccuracy' Sunny and Zipp go on a scavenger hunt through history to answer a pressing question: is it even possible for one of Sunny's ancient heroes to have had an extramarital affair?

These four stories were written as part of the Quills and Sofas 'May Pairings' contest, where prompts were given matching ponies that didn't have much of a chance to interact onscreen. It was quite fun and challenging. Pre-reading help provided by the Quills and Sofas participants, as well as horsetorian and Celestilune.

(Tags are for brief mentions of alcohol consumption and discussion of an extramarital affair)

Teen
Complete
Anthology
Narcotics
Slice of Life
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
My Little Pony: A New Generation
Sex
 
DPSPS

12024 words: Estimated about 1 hour to read

4 Chapters:

  1. Rich in Flowers, Unlucky in Love 2024-03-13 14:25:40 UTC
    3008
  2. Perspective 2024-03-13 14:26:54 UTC
    2999
  3. Late to Class 2024-03-13 14:29:14 UTC
    2995
  4. Historical Inaccuracy 2024-03-13 14:34:02 UTC
    3022