Fluttershy wanted a nice, peaceful Hearth's Warming Eve to spend with her loved ones. Life, however, has this nasty habit of throwing around unexpected events at the worst possible time.

Written for the Random Polyamory Game in the Intelligent Shipping Discussion Group. Check out the thread if you'd like to participate!

Special thanks to Loeden, Hivemind, Karrakaz and Jondor for prereading!

Inspired by Aerosmith's song Angel.

Twilight told her friends of her adventures in the Human world, but she didn't tell them everything. One dark secret haunts her still.

Hamburgers are delicious.

Fluttershy made a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Rarity would like a bite of it.

Inspired by Mick Foley.

Thanks to Skeeter The Lurker and DbzOrDie for prereading.

Ponies get older over time. They slow down. This is a part of life. But Rarity, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie can keep pursuing their dreams as they get older. Rainbow Dash can't. This is her last chance to be a Wonderbolt, and despite working her tail off, she's not getting any better. In fact, she's getting slower. She just wants things to be fair. She wants one last chance to achieve her dream.

She wants to be faster.

This is what happens when she gets her wish.

A three part story.

Featured 10/7-10/9/13. Posted to Equestria Daily on 5/2/14.

Now with a sequel.
MEDALS AND RIBBONS:

This story is part of Twilight's Library because of Skeeter the Lurker.

Twilight's Library Ribbon

And

It also won Skeeter the Lurker's medal.

Skeeter the Lurker's medal

Entry for the Writer's Group Contest & the Rainbow Dash Contest.

Winner, 2nd place, Rainbow Dash Contest.

Voted in by Twenty Great Stories on 11/3/13.

Voted in by The Royal Guard, March 2014

Edited by: SpaceCommie, Cola Bubble Gum

Artwork by: 2135D

An earlier draft of this cover art was featured on EQD.

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Twilight volunteers to organize Fluttershy's house while the pegasus makes her a Nightmare Night costume. But she didn't count on finding a Gila monster in her host's broom closet. In the ensuing conversation, she learns it has terminal cancer, and why Fluttershy is braver than she could ever be, in her own way.

Rated G for Gila

Inspired by this touching story by the wonderfully talented Estee. Go read it: Five Hundred Little Murders.

Like, at all. Unfortunately, she has to get her immunizations to continue working at Sugarcube Corner.
With the help of a friend, she just might make it through.

Twilight Sparkle is experiencing some strange new symptoms when she's around one of her friends. She's worried that it might be a new illness. Perhaps Twilight is wrong and the feelings she's dealing with are something else entirely.

Dealing with dangerous animals can be a burdensome task. There are things that an animal caretaker will have to deal with that are more than just cuddles and cuteness. In a clearing, deep in the White Tail Woods, Fluttershy has a fateful encounter with a deadly python, big enough to swallow a pony whole.

I'm sorry for writing this. I really am. It's a very short read, and it's just a swift punch to the feels. Whether I hit your feels, or miss them by a long shot, either way, I made a terrible mistake and I apologize.

In an attempt to make the butterfly migration more fun for Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy challenges her to a game of catching butterflies. But when one particularly ornery butterfly decides to tease Dash, things get personal.

Discord has found Tirek, and is about to parade him back to his friends for their love and adoration. But an offer is made, an enticing offer... He'll need to talk this one over with a friend.