This story is a sequel to Little Steppes in the Magic Shoes

Note: To newcomers to my writing, this story is set approximately 100 years before the events of the MLP:FiM show start. I'm saying this now, so people don't ask why I'm writing a story about the Apple Family Reunion that has neither Applejack nor Big Mac in it. They literally haven't been born yet.

Five years have passed since the events of Little Steppes in the Magic Shoes. Little Steppes, now a 16 year old mare, has been regularly writing to her best friend Apple Cart, who has been her pen pal since she was 11 years old. Each year he and his mother, Apple Seed, have visited Ponyville in time for the Apple Family Reunion. This year, he's invited Little Steppes to join him at the party...

This is basically a nice little short for me to bridge the gap between Lilly the 11 year old filly, and Lilly the grown mare I plan to write in my next big story involving her. I'd been planning on writing a bridging story between her as an 11 year old and now with a series of short letters between her and AC, but unless you actually want me to write that, I'm scrapping it, since I'm worried I can't keep it interesting for a 5 year long period.

The last thing a thestral pony wants to be doing is walking around, clad in heavy, dark armour during a warm summer afternoon; that kind of weather can kill weaker thestrals. With that in mind, Captain Shappi Nieda, leader of Princess Luna's Royal Nightwatch, isn't happy when she discovers the Royal Guard have appeared to dump a large number of deadweight recruits on her unit. When going to have choice words with their captain, she discovers a different unicorn whom she finds much more interesting...

Cover art commissioned by Ddraigtanto, and created by JadeKettu on DeviantART.

Set in the early days of Ponyville, Little Steppes is an earth pony filly, and the daughter of the village cobbler. She's clever and light-hoofed, but has often used these skills to steal from other ponies around the time. To try to make up for her misbehaviour, she goes out into the Everfree to help gather wild fruits, and ends up coming acoss a pair of magic shoes, dragging her into the centre of a midnight plot...

Inspired by the works of Enid Blyton and her 2002 short stories which I read as a child, this is a (compared to my other works) a short story about what happens when a young pony takes things which don't belong to her, as well as teaching the lesson to never wear articles of clothing you find just lying around...

Edit: Although it is hinted at within the story, sexual activity is never explicitly written in the story: For that reason, I've removed the 'sex' tag from this story.

Inspired by Beau Willimon's House of Cards, The Manehatten Project is set shortly after the beginning of Season 5 (and before the season finale) of My Little Pony, and tells the tale of the rise and fall, and nefarious scheming of Manehatten mayor, Otto Cratic. Otto is a ruthless Manehatten politician, disenfranchised with the Royal Canterlot Sisters, who will stop at nothing in his quest to 'protect' the citizens of his city from the dangers outside of Equestria, and the dangers and seemingly incompetent rule within.

After 20 years of patient waiting, Otto has finally been elected to the seat of office of Equestria's largest and most powerful city, Manehatten, a hub of culture and diversity boasting millions of citizens, a major shipping port and naval drydock, and the heart of Equestria's ore mining and metal industry due to the vast Dragon Mountains to the north. Manehatten is a city who's time has come.

...However, dark events are brewing, and with the aid of romanced enemies of the Mane 6, the magic of a long since vanquished king, and a band of Griffin Mercenaries, Otto has a plan to secure his own place in Equestria's history, and see his family rule Manehatten for a thousand years to come...

As you may expect of a story inspired by House of Cards, The Manehatten Project features adult themes, including Violence, Sexual Themes (albeit suggested only, no actual written scenes of sexual activity take place in this fanfic) and Political Corruption. Viewer discretion is advised.