College is easy, most of the time. As long as you keep yourself fed, show up to classes every once in a while, and don't help your former best friend through a rough night of over-indulgence and then accidentally imply you're exactly as much of a party animal as she is, you're good to go.

But if you're like Button Mash, and you're dumb enough to do the third thing, you can get through it no problem. All you have to do is go out for fraternity rush week, pretend you're not a socially stunted dork in front of the hardest-partying guys on campus, and keep faking it until you make a girl you've had a crush on since middle school think you're interesting enough to actually be interested in.

It'll probably work out fine. And it definitely won't teach Button exactly who he really is, or who Sweetie Belle has always been, or what both of them could maybe be for each other. Because that would be complicated, and college is supposed to be easy.

A romantic comedy about college, identity, and discovering the second thing through the first one.

Have you ever seen a pony that just seemed out of place? Perhaps some mannerism, some behaviour that just struck you as odd? Some piece of clothing that didn't seem quite right? perhaps a coat or mane whose colour just seemed flat-out weird. A strange build, a strange voice, or maybe they were perfectly normal, except that you swear you just saw the exact same pony not five seconds ago somewhere completely different?

Of course you have. Everypony has encountered an Outsider at some point. But never up close, it's always at a distance, and they're always gone before you have the chance to challenge them.

But sometimes the rules get broken. Sometimes fate gets distracted for a moment, and a lone unicorn mare gets to see something that she was never meant to see.

Twilight Sparkle's day is about to get very weird.

FAQ and Supplemental Materials (Potential Spoilers for new readers)

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Special Thanks go to Horizon for initial proof-reading, editing, and signal-boosting, provided as a prize for spotting an Easter egg in his story Hard Reset II. Seriously, it's an awesome, brain-warping story and you should go read it right now.

Thanks also go to my editors for putting up with my atrocious grammar and spelling errors - Ganelon, Ephraim Blue, BronyWhooves, Commonancestry, Princess Autumn Forest, and Morning Sun

Cover art credit goes to EMedina13 and tamalesyatole. I am looking for more appropriate art, so If you think you can do better, let me know.

Pinkie Pie has dedicated her life to spreading laughter and joy throughout the land, but what if she also had to deal with ponies who were not normal? Ranging from the physically disabled to the mentally ill to those with learning disabilities, Pinkie Pie looks back on them and how she has helped them.

When Twilight tries a mass teleportation spell with her friends they get stuck in another universe. What's worse is that their landing point was a magical spring that curses it's victims to transform into whatever drowned there. They are now cursed to turn into human girls whenever splashed with cold water, but hot water changes them back.

They weren't the only ones to fall in that day. They meet Ranma a male traveling martial artist who fell into the same spring (meaning he turns in a girl), his father Genma who becomes a Panda. Twilight agrees to cure them when she figures out a cure while they give her and her friends a place to stay.

Due to a series of events, they wind up in Japan where they must pose as normal high school girls. Where they must deal with a stupid swordsman who falls in love with them, martial arts based on running, rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating, rivals from those sports. And that's barely scratching the surface of the insanity that lies for them...

Edited by NightElf37 (chapters 1-16), Alticron (chapters 17 onwards) and Dr. Tempo. Cover art by by Schreibaby-Zephyrof deviantart

Marianne Evergold is a kind-hearted girl with strange tastes, for she's the only person she knows whose favorite character is... Diamond Tiara. Snotty, bratty, childish, and vain? Perhaps. But she adored her all the same. The confidence with which Tiara carried herself was something she never had. In her eyes, Tiara was truly graceful and picturesque. And while she understood that drama needed a conspirator and Tiara was just the natural calling card for the show's writers, she never liked the idea that she was truly evil. So when the show ended its last season with her being turned to stone for her years of villainy and almost bringing Equestria to ruin... Mary could not accept it.

The only thing she could never understand was... why did they never give her a proper redemption? It always felt like they would. Yet they never did. And if by some miracle they ever did, she would never get to see it.

For she finds she awakes one day in the lands of the colorful Equestria. Far from home. So very far from friends. And so, so very far from family.

And in the horseshoes of Diamond Tiara herself, no less.

But at least she has a goal now. To save Tiara from that fate. Already with a history of bad blood halfway into the show, it would be no easy feat to redeem her as no one would allow her the opportunity after many years of treachery. But Mary vowed to never give up on Diamond Tiara and would keep to her promise come what may.

All while Tiara herself sat back silently in her mind, sealed from being able to take control of her own body again and watching it all unfold.

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In an event known as the storm, Equestia gets bombarded by mysterious creatures from outher space. Now roaming around freely these behemoth sized aliens cause mayhem all over the continent, changing everyone‘s lives forever.

As the princesses and their armies struggle to hold off the invaders, Apple Bloom accidentally consumes a strange fluid, allowing her to be the only pony capable of communicating with a mysterious robot.

Teaming up with old and new friends, Apple Bloom takes control of the giant machine in the hopes of repelling the monsters back to space.

This is easier said then done, especially with the public seeing them as just another monster, and the machine having somewhat of a mind of its own…

Minor inspiration from Mech-X4

A newly-crowned Twilight Sparkle decides to offer Diamond Tiara a fresh start after hearing tales about her less-than-ideal home life. But will Diamond be truly happy with Twilight, or will her real parents get their act together at long last?

Might Diamond's tiara end up being more than just for show? Families can be so complicated...

Featured. 2-4th August 2021. Thanks everyone!

(Being Rewritten) A familiar scene plays out, a mysterious wanderer in a magic box. Stumbling into an unfamiliar world. Full of adventure, and an awful lot of running. The D-no...The Professor? Who in the world is that? A red Tardis? This feels off somehow. Who is this mad-mare in a box? And does she know The Doctor?

There are many stories where Twilight tells off her friends after the Wedding. But that's not really Twilight's bag, she gets worried she's failed, or depressed, not angry. So here is a different bridal path, one where Twilight acts decisively to try and redeem herself in the eyes of her friends and sovereign, and ends up travelling to places she never imagined, facing dangers and foes she never dreamed of and making even stranger friends. Of course, there is still a 'reason you suck' speech delivered, but delivered by the last person anyone would expect...

Harry Potter and Twilight Sparkle have been best friends and penpals for a long time. She was his first friend, and they became the closest of companions after Twilight found a way to summon Harry to Ponyville.
When Twilight perfects her spell to bring her long time penpal, Harry Potter, to Equestria, she plans a relaxing weekend vacation away from Hogwarts before the Yule Ball. However, fate has other plans as the two are thrust into an adventure of friendship and magic. Now Twilight is more involved with her friend's (and the wizarding world's) affairs than ever, and the bonds of their friendship will be tested.