This story is a sequel to "colts don't cry"

Time has passed since Braeburn broke his heart, but broken hearts heal. He's moved on and he's almost feeling confident enough to show his new partner, Soarin, to his family: it'll probably be awkward when he does.

Follow up to my entry to the 2023 M/M shipping contest, "colts don't cry". Familiarity with that story is recommended for this one, but probably not essential.
Major thanks to metronome for proofreading!
Any feedback is appreciated, as brutal as it needs to be.

This story is a sequel to Never Alone

Traveling somewhere away from home is a daunting endeavor for Olive, but to do so without her mother around? It's downright scary!

And worst of all, she has to remain there for an entire week. But maybe she can overcome her initial fear of traveling alone with only her sister for help. Maybe, if it wasn't for an unexpected guest finding himself hopelessly lost in Appleloosa.

An injured stallion heading who knows where stumbled upon the town, seeking shelter. This pony, however, has quite the bad record and only Olive knows about his crimes. Only she can save the town from somepony who used to follow her maniacal father around.

To make matters worse, another ghost returned to haunt her during this dreadful week. A giant in shackles without a single trace of life in his eyes has arrived to further torment her stay.

No time to cower anymore. It's her time to be the hero again.

Two ponies from completely different backgrounds are notified of a whistleblower threatening to compromise their careers about a closeted little secret. With a spot of being Ponyville's next mayor on the line, they agree on one thing: never let journalists release work in the public interest.

Cover art done by me.

Even the town of Appleloosa celebrates Hearth's Warming, and Braeburn thinks it's the best time of the year. Naturally, he can't resist talking about it when he writes letters to Little Strongheart of the buffalo tribe.

Little Strongheart soon becomes quite curious about this holiday, and decides to experience it for herself. To that end, she leaves her tribe and journeys into Appleloosa to spend the holiday with Braeburn, much to his surprise.

Still, Braeburn is delighted to play the host and show Little Strongheart how wonderful the holiday of Hearth's Warming can be. Will Little Strongheart come to enjoy and cherish the holiday as much as Braeburn?

It's been a long while since Applejack and her friends had a real night out, and Braeburn's newly-out cousin visiting town is a perfect excuse to get the girls back together and get rowdy at Ponyville's best (and only) gay/lesbian/non-denominationally-queer watering hole. There's just one problem: Braeburn wants to bring his new boyfriend along too. Also, his new boyfriend is a psychopathic dictator who tried to enslave the Crystal Empire twice and was extremely dead the last time Applejack saw him.

On second thought, that's two problems. Maybe more. Definitely a whole lot more.

My just-in-time entry for the M/M Shipping Contest III that got ever so slightly out of hand. Rated T for sexual themes, lots of booze, a couple of potty words, and Applejack being the disasteriest lesbian in Equestrian history.

Flash Sentry struggles to adjust to life in Ponyville, after a tough break up with Braeburn.
An entry to the M/M shipping contest 2023.

Braeburn was young, gay and confused. Then his extended family from Ponyville came to visit in Appeloosa, and Braeburn finds himself even more confused as he tries to work through his feelings for his cousin Big Macintosh.

An introspective romance story featuring Braeburn and Big MacIntosh, written for the 2023 M/M Shipping Contest. (Oh, hey! Won judge's prize!)

Contains some strong homophobic language.

Feedback is appreciated, as brutal as it needs to be.

While in Appaloosa with the need of extra assistance for the harvesting season, Caramel and Braeburn spend the extra time they have together with a baking competition. The former is willing to put his new-found skills to the test against the best in town in hopes to come out victorious. The results may surprise both of them.

Pie image used for thumbnail comes from here.

(Takes place at the start of season 2 and of course is a displaced story.)

Okay so I guess I'm supposed to talk a bit about myself? Actually, don't even bother answering I know what this is so allow me to properly introduce myself.

I am Sōsuke Aizen but I guess you all can have the honor by hearing my true name, Xavier Hendrix. Although I shall rarely allow others to use it in front of me unless you are close. What you see before you is the product of displacement and I'm grateful for this opportunity... I was a simple man going to a comic-con dressed as my favorite villain from Bleach, Sōsuke Aizen equipped with the legendary Zanpakutō, Kyōka Suigetsu. And you know what? Everything in my outfit was complete, there was nothing missing. Yet I saw a mysterious vendor selling the inexplicable Hōgyoku and I knew I had to have it. You all know the rest though, I got displaced, created a tiny bit of chaos, for the greater good I might add, and got imprisoned. But enough of that now, because as the grand finale you will all receive the blessing to know that the very moment you stepped foot across this title, you were already under my illusion, Kyōka Suigetsu crumble!

After years of conflict both Equestria and the Apple family are torn apart. After the failed thestral reforms, the attempted assassination of Princess Luna in Manehattan, and the subsequent civil war Equestria was torn asunder as the nation broke apart into multiple states. Even after the defeat of Nightmare Moon Equestria found no peace as Changeling panzers rolled across the border and war engulfed virtually all of Equus. Now, even after a joint allied victory against Chrysalis tensions in the continent are mounting once again as Equestria seeks to reintegrate all her lost lands.

The fate of the vast Apple clan, that once spread across Equestria, mirrors that of the shattered nation. The family has been split across almost all of the new states, being turned against each other by allegiances, ideologies, and fate. Now that the chain of events that began on that fateful Manehattan morning of 1008 is coming to its final bloody act, the Apple family must decide between family or country or be torn apart forever.