Near the end of March 2011, Equestria Daily announced an April Fools' Day short story contest. I was well into Half the Day is Night by then, but I thought I'd put together a little something about Fluttershy's first attempt at an April Fools' Day joke.

The story didn't advance past the first round in the contest--it was in the same bracket as the eventual winner, actually--but I still enjoy it.

Mike

Barbelle, the biggest little pony in Ponyville, thinks she's got her life all figured out. But meeting Twilight Sparkle, the new unicorn in town, makes her start wondering.

I began this Ponyfic in February 2011 on the day after my 46th birthday, finished the three acts of it at the end of that month, and submitted it to Sethisto at Equestria Daily--this was back in the days before pre-readers. He said he liked it, but since he got grumbles every time he posted a story starring an OC Pony, he was gonna pass. So I figured I'd try a story focusing on the actual characters next and began work on Half the Day is Night.

Still, this was my first Pony story, so I figured I should post it first now that I've managed to get myself an account here. And maybe it'll goad me into gathering my notes to write up Belle's next adventure...

Mike