This story is a sequel to Scattered Pages - Fire and Lightning

After the events of her own Scattered Pages adventure, Lightning Dust is left in Pinegrove with a lot on her mind, and without the release of flight to distract her from all her thoughts. Stuck in town with nothing to occupy her, and a long road to physical and mental recovery ahead, Lightning finds herself at a loss for what to do next. At the encouragement of her grandmother, and remembering Spitfire's request before she flew off, Dust decides to try and write the Captain a letter.

To her surprise, Spitfire writes her back. The two begin to kindle a friendship that will change both their personal lives for the better.

Friendship, and maybe eventually a little something more.

This story is a follow up to my Ciderfest story, 'Fire and Lightning'! It won't be 100% necessary to read to understand the story, but it will help provide a little context to everything.

Featured 01/28! Thank you all so so much <3

Maud and Trixie get each other gifts. Chaos ensues.

Inspired by "The Gift of the Magi"

Written for Timegal25 for Jinglemas 2023

When running a hotel gets to be too much for Snowcatcher, she retreats to a room in the Mareiott's attic that only she can get to. Away from the drudgery and turmoil, she creates a diorama in her little fortress of solitude to showcase her Matchbox car collection.

Written for Ponyville CiderFest's Scattered Pages: Tales from the Book of All Stories. More stories from PVCF's 2023 Interactive Storytelling Experience can be found here.

Thank you to the entire Ponyville CiderFest Interactive Storytelling team (Vivid Syntax, Nyronus, Sonicsuns, Note Worthy, SteelTheWarrior, Snowday, Aria E. Diamond, SoloBrony, Skywriter, Ellwyn, Ghost Note, Overlord Pony, RQK, Shade Hunter, Shottsy, Celestilune). You pulled it off, and it was amazing!

Special thanks to Admiral Biscuit for pre-reading and for being the liaison on this with the PVCF staff.

For the 2023 Ponyville Ciderfest, a great effort was undertaken to create an interconnected, story driven alternate reality game by the My Little Pony fanfic writing community. We had dozens upon dozens of volunteers, writing hundreds of stories, consisting of hundreds of thousands of words.

These are some of my personal contributions.

Evil Twin Trouble - You come across two Twilight's fighting in a swamp. Each claims to be the real one in the confusion, and things were so chaotic you couldn't be sure. Thankfully, you have a plan.

About the Authors - A look into the brilliant minds leading the Storytelling Adventure Project!

Closing - A coda written for the story collection Scattered Pages. A closing of the tale, but also a thank you note to everyone involved.

All three stories were edited by Sonicsuns. About the Authors and Closing were also edited by Vivid Syntax.

Octavia reflects on her struggles.

Originally written for Scattered Pages: Tales from the Book of All Stories, which was published for Ciderfest 2023. The premise of Ciderfest 2023 was that one of the con mascots had discovered the magical Book of All Stories and accidentally trapped everyone inside of it. This story is based on that premise.

For other stories from Ciderfest 2023, click here.

Art by Rico Starlight. Editing by MidnightConcerto, Skywriter, Brass Scribe, Snowday, and Vivid Syntax.

Trigger Warning: Emotional Abuse, Parentification, Complex PTSD, Dreams Deferred

From Scattered Pages, the book sold exclusively at Ponyvile Ciderfest 2023, comes the 86th story written by Janicethelight.

Flurry Heart has to find a way to save the Crystal Heart with the help of- *checks notes* Cozy Glow?!

Will these two fillies be able to find a way to stop the Crystal Empire from being engulfed in snow? Why IS Cozy helping Flurry in the first place? And how did all of this happen?!

You'll just have to read to find out!

Pipsqueak isn't feeling very thankful. Doctor Whooves tries to help.

Dedicated to SqueakAnon.

(This was originally written for Thanksgiving but I didn't publish it till just now thanks to random confusion and exhaustion.)

Now with a reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qElXf4R-0R

Rated Recommended by PresentPerfect!

You'd think that the super-confident Sheriff of Maretime Bay would have an easier time asking somepony out on a date. But Gloomy Sonnet is no ordinary mare.

Now with a reading! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikgBNK-vcQ4

After a mining expedition seemingly goes wrong, Maud and Trixie find themselves on a movie set using less than safe practices. But not all is as it seems, with most of its cast and crew seeming to be ripped out of an entirely different era! Can this odd couple figure out what's going on, or will they simply be sucked in by the lights, cameras and action of the world of motion pictures?

This story was originally written for Ponyville Ciderfest 2023's anthology book: Scattered Pages: Tales from the Book of All Stories! Super Special thanks to Sonicsuns and Skywriter for all the extensive editing and feedback to help make this piece work so much. You seriously rock!

Ever since the Book of All Stories was revealed, countless groups have raced to obtain the mythical magic of the pages. Spitfire, on orders from Princess Celestia and a tip from Discord, heads off into the White Tail Woods in search of one such page. After stopping at the village of Pinegrove along the woods' border, she's surprised to cross paths with none other than Lightning Dust. The two realize they are searching after the same prize, and a race to the finish ensues: one under orders to return the page, the other desperate to change her past.

My contribution to the Ponyville Ciderfest "Scattered Pages" book! For those who were unable to get the physical copy, we wanted to make sure we could share our love and passion with everyone. Everything we did is for the community, because of the community, and we hope you enjoy <3

Art: @IRUSU_kun