This is the story about a preschool Lily Longsocks, (the pony with the "creepy" super strength from season five) and her journey to become somepony else. A tragedy combined with the constant feeling of being small and clumsy causes her to decide that she needs to be somepony other than Lily.
This characterization of Lily is a sort of prequel to How Lily got her Creepy super Strength so she doesn't have her strength yet. She is just a young filly finding her way.
This is also a story based off of someone that I know... me. when I was a young kid I had a really hard time fitting in. (Sometimes I still do). Especially at school. So, to cope with it I would often try to become someone else that I admired or that I thought had it all together (real or fictional). I would try to copy everything from their looks to their way of thinking and mannerisms. If i was like them, then I wouldn't have the problems that I did, like fitting in. I especially did so when I had to deal with other troubles that come in life like bullying or being rejected by would be friends. It not only felt as if it removed me from the problem but it also also felt as if it removed me from what I didn't like about myself.
This wasn't a long episode in my life and I was pretty young but there were things that I learned from it which I have never forgotten and never will.

Troubleshoes makes just enough money to scrape by. It's safe to say that his bad luck of ruining four out of every five meals he tries to make isn't helping, nor is his head feeling any better after accidentally banging it for the thousandth time on his shelf of memoirs. However, in here you will find that both Pinkie Pie and Discord seek to help him take charge and get a sense of control over his bad luck. What begins as simple lessons escalates into deeper connections. Question is, who will win whose heart?

Inspired by The Strangest of These and created with direct permission of the author.
Rated Teen for language and possible implications later on.

One day, Saitama wakes up bored, only to find a portal in his room. Being Saitama, he doesn't investigate it with scientific curiosity: he walks straight through it. On the other side, he meets an odd young female pony who is somehow as strong as he is. Surely the two will come to chat cordially with one another?

Of course they get into a fight.

Cover art by alumx used with permission

Very likely falls within E-rating. T-rating is just to be on the very safe side for a couple of darker lines.

Day 21 of my Self-Imposed 28 Fics in 28 Days Challenge

I had that weird dream again last night. You know, the one where I’m wearing a dark crown. Violet cape fluttering in the wind. Standing on top of a pile of bones. Looking down on the blackened buildings. Seeing all the tattered ponies marching past in chains. That one.

I like that one. I wish I didn’t. But I really, totally dig it.

This story ignores Season 6 and splits from the universe from "The Cutie-Remark".

During the last bits of the Cutie Re-mark, a new portal opens unexpectedly, dragging Twilight and Spike into another timeline. Without the spell, they are stuck in a timeline with the smell of war everywhere, a place where the magic of friendship is no more. To return to her timeline, she has to fix this timeline and end this ten year war against Starlight's regime.

But Twilight will realize that sometimes, she has to get her hooves dirty and commit horrible crimes to better the whole world and save her friends.

"Twilight, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun.
Take it on the run, on the run, on the run.
Hear them calling you and me,
Every Mares of Liberty.
Hurry right away, no delay, go today.
Make Celestia glad to have had such a lad.
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
To be proud her mare's in line."

Parodied from "Over There"

Based on WW1.

When Rarity throws a client get-together at Canterlot Boutique, nerdy geologist Frazzle Rock sees an opportunity to confess her feelings for the older mare. But can her fantasy survive Rarity’s stern professionalism, Pinkie Pie’s excessive attempts to help, and a totally unnecessary musical number?

Teen/Sex rated for drug and alcohol references, language, childish innuendo, and mature themes. No actual sex. Not even kissing, actually. Did I really write this?

Edited by Cerulean Starlight

Two families, the Hooffields and the McColts, are sworn enemies that have been fighting for a long time, jeopardizing the lives of many nearby animals. Among these lifelong foes are Turnip Hooffield, a free-spirited colt who is looking to get over his ex-girlfriend and Aquamarine McColt, a shy mare who is reluctant to take part in an arranged marriage to Count Maris. At a McColt party, the two lovers meet and fall in love, but as the Bard wrote, it won't end well. Or will it?

Rated T for some swearing, violence, sexual innuendos, and an attempted suicide.

Based off William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, albeit w/ Southern language.

I do not own MLP and 'Romeo and Juliet' and all OCs are mine.

Starlight Glimmer always seemed to have a knack for getting herself and the ponies closest to her in peril, but this time she managed to reach an all-time low. Lost, alone, and among unknowing enemies, she will have to confront what she fears the most: her own past.

Thanks to the following people for proofreading, sorted in no particular order:
Ennui
Cosmic Afro
M1ntf4n
The (mostly) lovely people in the Post-Apo Emporium Discord server for their moral support.
And the friends who I cannot specifically recall, my memory isn't the best.

Coverart by the highly talented Rainbowmaster921.

The Great Crystal War has raged for a year now. In that time, it has already claimed immeasurable lives, reduced parts of Equestria to ruin, and brought nothing but misery to everyone. In the middle of this conflict, two best friends are reunited under the worst possible circumstances.

This is their story of Survival, Sacrifice, and Friendship.

Made it to the Feature Box on 2/4/17 for about two hours. Not bad, if I do say so myself. Heh.

A short story once written in 2012, reworked and remastered for present audiences, now set in the Crystal War timeline shown in the Season Five finale.

Special thanks to: Prak, Pearple Prose, Skeeter, Majin Syeekoh, and R5H for helping me get this story ready.

An origin story of Our Town. Double Diamond is a pony from the city who heads out to the Equestrian hinterlands for a day of skiing. After getting into a skiing accident and injuring himself, Starlight Glimmer takes him to her house nearby to treat his injuries. During his time as her guest, Double Diamond and Starlight talk.

By the end of his stay, Diamond will become Starlight's first follower in the ideology of Equality, and Our Town is born.

Note on story genre: This story itself isn't sad, but you if you've watched The Cutie Map you'll know how it ends. Cover art by swanlullaby, used with permission.

Day 3 of my Self-Imposed 28 Fics in 28 Days Challenge