Berry Punch has taken to the hobby of pulling out the old lawn chair and watching Ponyville explode. It seemed a little too common at this point to be honest. How many times could a town explode before it got old?

Everything was going the way it usually did. Her on a lawn chair, bottle of wine in hoof, and a catastrophic event playing out in front of her that would no doubt be written in the history books. A usual afternoon in Ponyville.

Then a certain dragonequus shows up, drained of his magic, down on his luck, and in need of some mortal wisdom.

The fate of Equestria rests in her hooves, and Berry Punch doesn't even know it.

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-Inspired by that one lawn chair meme.

To say that life is simple for Berry Punch, regular of the pubs and bars of Ponyville, would be understating her routine. Go to work; deal with mental anguish at the hooves of unrelenting mares, stallions, or whoever, who thought they could push around managers and service workers; then go to one of her favorite establishments to forget the day. The Hearth's Warming season is no different, and in fact, brings more reason to end each evening in a mental fog. Who can have an enjoyable time while they live alone and rarely meet with anyone during the holidays?

However, at some point, everypony needs a little help to get out of a rut, and after a particularly difficult day, she might finally have the pony to help nudge her on the right path. Somepony just as broken as her. Just with a little magic inside her.

This epic has been written for Winter_Solstice for Jinglemas 2023.

Once again, an infinite thanks to Everfree Pony for editing this. Cover art by slushpony.

When Sunset got accused of going back to her old ways, she was naturally confused and upset as anyone would be. Everyone thinks she's guilty until her framers accidentally post the wrong image and Sunset sees a groupchat her friends have insulting her and she is pissed.

Inspired by Cojo5536s post.

Featured 1/20/24

This story is a sequel to Broken Bottle

Amidst the holiday season, Berry Punch confronts the enticing whispers of old habits, navigating with temptation as festive celebrations beckon.

Part of Serina's Hearth's Warming Eve Collection for 2023.

Your attempts to save all of the multiverse from being torn apart by poor Fizzy Glitch is thirsty work. It’s important to stay hydrated when you’re adventuring! You stop in somewhere to get something to drink, and just when you think you're taking a break you meet a particular purple mare.

Starlight still isn't entirely sure she belongs in Ponyville after her whole change the past plan goes poorly. It takes a strong pony to realize that sometimes you can't help everypony and Twilight realizes this. She sends Starlight to a bar to meet a friend and hopes she didn't make a mistake sending her student to the most bitter pony she knows.

This story is a sequel to Civil War

When her mom suggests a family only trip, Sunset and her sisters are on board. The nine family members learn a lot about each other and conquer their own individual fears in the process.

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World Comedy Day in Equestria is a time for goofing around like never before. Some prefer the hilarious sights afforded by slapstick, others like to resort to wordplay - but wherever there is civilisation in the kingdom of ponies, there is always somepony willing to have a jolly good laugh on this day. And maybe a few changelings and other creatures as well...

This is my 25th fanfic to be posted here, so to mark that event, I thought I'd do something different and go for a Monty Python-based short story collection. The stories here are almost all amalgams of multiple Python sketches, with three of them featuring what was originally going to be the sole inspiration for the story - not that anyone would necessarily expect it - know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge? Wink wink? Say no more? Either way, I hope you enjoy it...

Ponyville is falling down

Crumbling before our eyes

And one mare is to blame

A concerned friend comes to see Berry Punch after she struggles with her drinking.