The tale of a usual colt with an exceptional thought. One that doesn't belong in the mind of a young pony. But that's the dilemma. He's a pony of Equestria, wistful of what lies beyond.

Starting three years before "The Last Problem." (Season 9, Episode 26)

He's an ordinary background pony like everypony else. A blank flank that resides in a small nameless town where it lightly snows near Luna Bay—a mysterious magical phenomenon and mundane environment with a bleak, wintry grey ambiance.

Remember his parents. Although doting, they would never endorse a young pony with such a dream.

And what about that familiar sense ponies experience when nearing their purpose?

¿? — ”You're nothing but a fool. An unusual dreamer with some rootless alibi...” — ¿?

That's right. This is the story of how he...

Cover art by the spectacular AdagioString!

Editor(s): 0_0 (Prologue) | Setokaiva (Prologue, Chapter 1)

Spin-off: Baltimare's Haunted House of "Apparitions"

Side Stories: What's Best for Tempest | Lives Throughout Equestria | Tales of Luna Bay

Volume 1: TBA

Origin can be read any time before Volume 4

For those curious about canon character appearances or mentions: Spike, Thorax (Crystal Hoof), Discord, Tirek, Cozy Glow, Queen Chrysalis, Storm King, Sombra (King Sombra), Cheese Sandwich, March Gustysnows, Joe Pescolt, Star Swirl the Bearded, The Pillars, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, Princess Cadance, Princess Flurry Heart, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Big Mac, Sugar Belle, Big Sugar, Babs Seed, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Trouble Shoes, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Pound Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Li'l Cheese, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, Steamer, Jack Pot, Pharynx, Smolder, Silver Stream, Gallus, Yona, Sandbar, Coloratura (Rara), Bon Bon, Lyra Heartstrings, Derpy, Button Mash, Cream Heart, A.K. Yearling (Daring Do), Opal, Angel, Winona's puppies, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie Lulamoon, Sunburst, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Luster Dawn (and her friends).

Miss Cheerilee informs Applejack that she never passed elementary mathematics. Since every pony in Equestria is legally required to understand rudimentary math, Applejack must retake and pass a basic exam in order to avoid going back to school.

Sounds simple enough, right?

Sprig felt safe and happy. Everything was fine with Mom, Dad, Sis and Gramps, and even with his grumpy cousin and her father, even though they lived in the Everfree forest, and danger was all around them. Yes, everything was just great, until...

This story is an entry in the Halloween in April Horror contest with the Barcast. You were warned.
Also entered in the April Write-off:https://www.fimfiction.net/group/214288/folder/70810/write-off-entries-nightmare-night-in-april-2020

Thanks to Totallynotabrony and Nevina for editing, and artwork based on an image from Zee’s Workshop.

It's the oldest chocolate shop in Equestria, the very first -- and on this night, it's also out of business. The final treats have been sold, the vultures have already begun to circle the equipment, and the proprietor polishes the remains out of pure habit while wondering what to do with her life. But that question will have to wait, as she has one more customer to take care of.

The very first.

(A stand-alone, no-prior-reading necessary part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group. New members and trope edits welcome.)

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Cover art by Pikamander2.

There's a certain risk in sending this particular class of students on field trips, and Ponyville's school board is tired of seeing all of the disaster odds come through. So if the kids want to visit the Autarky Magic Center, then they're going to provide the security deposit. And that money can only come from one source: the classic school fundraiser. The corporate adults providing the 'chocolate' even promised a personal reward for selling lots of the stuff!

Cheerilee is putting Diamond in charge of the sales brigade.

The adults are going to regret that.

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Everything was going well in Carrot Top's carrot patch. The carrots were growing in good health, and she tended to them earnestly. She was retired from her old painful life, and things were finally looking up for her. Then, without any reason in particular, everything started to go wrong.

Chaos erupts across the land. On her small farm at the outskirts of town, Carrot Top finds that her carrots are sick of being farmed. Granted life, they are out for her blood with a vengeance.

Little do those devils know, she used to do a whole lot more than farm carrots....

This is a spin on the "Spiderverse" movies but does not have any correlation with those films.

Rainbow Dash accidentally launches a Rainboom one morning to find herself in another version of Equestria. From there, she goes on an adventure, learning that hundreds of other Rainbow Dashes have banded together to try to stop one evil Rainbow Dash named Hurricane and other evil variants of herself from taking over the Multiverse. The Rainbow Dash we know makes friends with a Rodeo Star named Zap Apple and Rainbow Skies, a Griffon who was raised by Windy and Bow as if she were their daughter. As the trio trek through the multiverse, they soon discover a conspiracy that will force our Rainbow Dash to face the worst aspects of herself in more ways than one.

Artist: Pridark

It's official. Rainbow Dash, the coolest mare in all of Equestria, is just plain average. How can this be?

Written for the A Most Delightful Ponidox contest.

Featured on October 19^th and October 21^st!

Poems for Luna.

See also: Poem for Luna from Pony Poems; Poem for Luna (Are we so great and powerful?) and How it feels to hurt. (Poem for Luna) from found object; My Boy - Poem for Luna from Little Pieces Of Paper With "No" Written On Them.

Princess Celestia gets legit deaded by everyone's favorite bacon head.