Where am I? Who are all these creatures calling themselves ponies? Why are they calling me Spike? Most importantly, how do I get home?

When all you've known is hardship and sorrow, what could possibly turn you into a shield for others?
An orphaned pegasus named Starshot will learn a single smiling face can turn you from an outcast into a protector of all.
Edited by night-feather and is now MUCH easier to read

Life was pretty good for Rarity. With her own business, she had the best friends anypony could ask for and a loving (if slightly annoying at times) sister.

But nothing ever stays the same forever.

After a traumatic accident within the family, Rarity is forced to care for Sweetie Belle, learning how to be the best sister she can possibly be. Yet old memories resurface and she will be forced to confront her own upbringing too.

Ditto, a changeling from the attack on Canterlot, is flung far from her home and lands in Ponyville. She crashes into Twilight's library, and finds it a nice place to stay, quiet, abandoned, and peaceful. Until, of course,Twilight returns from Canterlot and finds her.

How will Ditto survive? She is lost, hungry, and far from her swarm.

Will the ponies find it in their hearts to help this poor, injured creature?

(Special thanks to Teapartycannon, who's story, Smoke and Mirrors, inspired me.)

Note: This story is no longer under revision, but there will still be a few spellchecks and such :)

Manehattan is a sad place, far away from any magic and where happiness is not a given. Follow the life, and perhaps death of a yet unnamed pony, whose cheerfulness is made impossible by other ponies constantly complaining to him.

Will be updated as fast as possible, and will eventually be finished.
Will contain rather mature themes and language but nothing too explicit.

It was the knocking that woke Twilight.

It was midnight. Why someone was knocking on her door at midnight was beyond her, and she’d just gotten to sleep. She glanced out the window, seeing Pinkie in front of the door, standing in the rain, mane flattened. Whatever she wanted, it looked serious. She stumbled downstairs, still half-asleep, and grabbed the door with her magic, yanking it open. Pinkie just stood there, staring. Twilight started to talk in an attempt to get Pinkie to respond.

“Pinkie, are you-“

“I’m dying.”

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A/N: A really random idea I had and had to try to write down. Not quite a Random category, though, I think.

After the fiasco leading to the split between her and Vinyl, Octavia is invited to stay with an old ex of hers in Ponyville. Begrudgingly, she accepts. There's always been something... off about Lyra, though Octavia could never tell. Now, caught between bad press and an eccentric ex, she's about to understand just what makes this mare so... strange.

Business isn't exactly booming at Ponyville Flowers. Daisy, Lily, and Rose have been constantly arguing over business decisions, and flower sales are falling all the time. To make matters worse, a pony from their past has decided selling her own flowers, giving the three ponies competition and putting them further down the road to bankruptcy.
It will take everything the three ponies have got to save their business, including a little forgiveness.

Fluttershy has a secret. A secret that will lead the mane six on an epic quest to save Equestria. As her best friends try to cope with this discovery, they discover that each of them has a secret to share, and nopony wants to be the first to share theirs. Can the Elements remain in harmony long enough to save Equestria from a dastardly villain?

Warining: This could be considered a crackfic. Your mind will definitely be blown at least once.

Part One of the Family Secrets Saga.

Trixie was rejected, isolated, and has scorned anypony from before her incident. She is living alone, trying to live each day as it goes. But, fate brings her into the home of a kind mare. Can Trixie prevent her pride from ruining it?

This story was brought to you by the letter R.