Cozy Glow, Tirek, Chrysalis, all are names feared by many. However, after their defeat, memories of them have started to fade.

Not Twilight's though, no she's thought of the incident every day since she ascended to the throne, and today she had a very disquieting thought.

"Didn't Discord say he could see while like that? What about them?"

So she asked and so he answered

On Hearth's Warming Day, Tartarus is not a fun place to be. Holiday joy does not permeate Equestria's most notorious prison. The same drudgery and boredom that plagues its inmates every other day of the year doesn't let up for Hearth's Warming.

Cozy Glow, one of Tartarus's occupants, expected the day to be spent plotting her escape and ascension to Equestria's throne with her 'friend' Lord Tirek. It's how every other day since her arrival has played out, so why not today?

Instead, a mysterious unicorn with a broken horn appears from nowhere. She's here to take Cozy Glow on holiday parole, for a 'proper' Hearth's Warming celebration.

But neither Cozy nor her custodian are what they seem.

Written for Deco for Jinglemas 2023.

Takes place between Seasons 8 and 9.

Featured on 12/29/2023.

Cozy Glow intends to show her new friends exactly how pony holidays should be celebrated.

I wrote this story between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so it's a little bit of both, I'm just publishing it very late.

This story is a sequel to We're Trapped in Stone, and We Must Scream

For so long, Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow stood paralyzed in their stone cacoon; unable to move. To speak. To do anything. But that didn't mean they couldn't see or hear everything around them. For age after age.

But now they've been released from their confinement and are free to bask in a changed world. Unfortunately, the trauma of their ordeal doesn't just fade away.

Having settled down in a small coastal town, Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow now live together. They might not be family, but they were certainly more than friends. Having been given a chance at redemption, the three decided to leave their past behind.

But sometimes the past has a bad habit of seeking you out.

One sunny day a purple princess comes seeking them out. She brings mementos of the past, but more importantly, memories Cozy Glow wished she'd never have to relive.

Cover art by: Mychelle (FimFic)

Written for the 3rd Annual Cozy Glow Short Story Contest.

Prompts used:
-Twilight Sparkle gathers Cozy’s belongings for disposal. One object surprises her.
-Life was great until mom started barking like a dog.

Special thanks to Perfectly Insane for pre-reading and helping!

Twilight was never comfortable with the decision made on that day. After a decade of cleaning up the messes her predecessors had left behind, she couldn't in good conscience leave another behind for whoever followed in her hoofsteps.

Written for the Thousand Words Contest II in the Horror category because sometimes you just gotta.

Featured 6/27/23-6/29/23
Well, okay then

And apparently A dramatic reading by StraightToThePointStudios
Think that's actually a first for me.

Retrieving Grogar's long lost bell was a good start, but Cozy Glow knows that she, Tirek and Chrysalis still have a ways to go before they'll be a true team capable of defeating Twilight Sparkle and her friends. With Chrysalis away on another infiltration/sabotage mission, Cozy has to rely on her other bestest frenemy to be up for another, albeit smaller, team-building exercise. After all, teamwork, just like friendship, has to come from small things as well as big.

Written for TheDriderPony for Jinglemas2022
Happy Hearth's Warming, everycreature!

One second she was about to taste the sweet and delicious victory she's been yearning for since she was imprisoned.

"You're a pony yourself, aren't you? I'd be damned if you were the next one to bring my downfall, pony."

Instead, she's tasting the Castle floor as her mind began to fully understand the situation she was in. All decisive thoughts were thrown out the window. There was only anger and pain.

For so long, Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow stood paralyzed in their stone cacoon; unable to move. To speak. To do anything. But that didn't mean they couldn't see or hear everything around them. For age after age.

The Russian version here.

This story is a sequel to Set In Stone

I don't know how long it's been. I just know one thing: I'm not alone in this stony prison. No, I'm not talking about Chrysalis and Tirek.

She speaks of me.

It made me relive my life countless times; it made me relive my greatest failure.

Why?

To get you where you are now, Cozy Glow.

Cover art by dankPegasista

With feedback from Thesmokinguy, Sword Tune, and GoldenWing