Trapped in one of Starlight Glimmer's alternate timelines, Twilight must appeal to the guardian of this timeline: an Applejack who left her family to live in Manehattan in the hopes of a new beginning and found nothing there at all... And that was before an accident changed her further still.

Things are different in this timeline, and Twilight's friends are not as she remembers them. Instead of being warm and open, Applejack is as cold and unfeeling as the metal in her bones, and the only pony she trusts may not be able to convince her to put her faith in an alicorn she's never met before in a world filled with enemies...

An entry for the 'Second Chances' contest. Rated teen for teen-ish violence and horse-romance bits.

Rainbow helplessly falls in love - again. It's not her fault she's a sucker for southern charm. Will AJ fit into the group? Will she find Rainbow's old secrets?

Some are better left alone.

This story is a sequel to The Key and the Lock

Spring break has arrived, and the girls are going on a cruise! They all enjoy the sun, see some old acquaintances, and form memories they'll never forget.

Continuity: Homecoming

Pairing: Sunset/SciTwi, Applejack/Rainbow Dash, Rarity/Fluttershy

Note: In some chapters, I will switch away from Sunset's POV. I will note in the chapter title who I am speaking as for clarity.

Featured February 21 2017

Revisions completed 2-23-2018

Warning: The story you're about to read is currently unedited and contains M/M shipping. If you don't like one or both of those, you know where the exit button is.

Set in a century after the settlement of Appaloosa, Jonagold Apple decides that for her school paper that she would research on her relative, her great-great-grandfather, Braeburn Apple. She goes to the town's library and asks if they have any primary sources. The only thing they have is a dusty box containing the correspondence between her ancestor, and a stallion named Soarin Cloudline.

After a near-death experience answering the map's call, Rainbow Dash and Applejack try to express how much they care for each other the best way they know how. By being cool about it.

After the events of "The Last Roundup", Rainbow Dash and the others find Pinkie and Rarity injured in the badlands. As they go to get help, Rainbow Dash evaluates the extent of her loyalty to her friends.

Revised August 4, 2014

Accepted into Nonpareil Fiction July 27, 2015

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Zecora goes shopping in Ponyville and runs into Applejack and Rainbow Dash. She decides to join them for lunch at the Cafe, but they keep asking her about a hypothetical apple. The perimeters are that she can't use more than one word, and this idea goes over her head.

When you meet a pretty girl you like, what happens next? Does a huge love story spark out? Or does a deep tragedy happen? Or is it ignored?
Love is weird, and this describes of how love is most of the time for some folks.

Curious about Five Score? Come check out the story that inspired dozens of side fics and been enjoyed by bronies for years!

Original Synopsis Even though MLP:FiM ended a few years ago, my friends and I still loved the show. Stories, merch, fan art, I loved it all. Things started to get a weird though when I found myself with a cutie mark appearing on my leg. Humans aren't supposed to get cutie marks, so where the heck did this come from? And what's going on with my hair?

More Detailed Synopsis: Five Score is an action/adventure story of the human-to-pony transformation genre. It’s unique from most transformation stories because the transformation itself is not really the point of the story. It’s the inciting incident that raises countless challenges that must be resolved. They are on earth, as a pony, and need to fix this before things get worse. Think about yourself in their hooves for a moment. How are you supposed to change back or even figure out what caused it in the first place? How are you supposed to get food or do anything on Earth without being spotted by humans? If you are spotted or captured, how would you escape? How does one even open a door with hooves!? Did anyone else on Earth get changed as well? How could you get the word out to the other ponies who are themselves hiding? Is it worth risking travel across the country to reach the others? Which of your friends would you trust to help you deal with this? And why did you turn into this particular pony? Surely it wasn’t random chance, right?

These challenges are the tip of the iceberg in this full length adventure novel There’s a lot of humor, many tense scenes, and hell maybe even a war.

But don’t just take it from me, Look what random people on the internet are saying about Five Score, Divided by Four

One of the best things to come out of this fandom.
-IrraticDrop

This made me change how I think about fictional worlds, imagination, and creativity
-relgukxilef

The only story on FimFiction to have me literally shaking with excitement.
-jeramiahsental

SWEET FILLY LUNA I AM FLIPPING MY SHIT RIGHT NOW
-Shadow Reaper

Five Score master editor:
Scrub

Five Score proofreaders:
Comrade Sparkle
Rustle my Jimmies

UPDATE: 8,000 unique views! Wow! I'm incredibly flattered!

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Plowpony's Day- a day of peaceful rest and relaxation. Or it was, until Twilight Sparkle badly mangled a teleportation spell. It has left her with a bad case of Horn Rot, a disease that if untreated could prove fatal. What's more, the malady is advancing faster than the slow-brewing potion that cures it!

There is one swifter cure: the Beneviolet, a star-shaped flower that grows in the distant Archback Mountains, far beyond the western borders of Equestria. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity choose to undertake the long journey for the sake of their friend. Their path will wind through floes of ice, across gold-tinted plains, into distant forests glimmering with magic. They will learn much about the world beyond their homeland- and much about themselves, as well.

Yes, it's "Dangerous Business," here on FIMFiction. A huge debt is owed to all those who have supported me over the years. I've edited the story some to remove extraneous bolding and italics, but other than that, it remains unchanged. I hope new readers enjoy it as much as old ones did.

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