Daring Do cannot believe her luck when she is asked to help explore the most ancient tomb known to ponykind. But terrible danger awaits her, for beneath the earth rests something beyond equine understanding.

Warning: comments contain ending spoilers.

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Aboard a rocket ship, Stellar Skies and crew are about to become the first ponies in orbit. But as the countdown begins, she remembers the stallion and life she left behind.

Written originally as part of a speed-writing challenge for Quills and Sofas Speedwriting, but I decided to publish it in honor of the NASA and SpaceX launch of Crew Dragon on May 30, 2020, the first manned launch from the U.S. in almost a decade.

Warning: While not graphic or violent, this story does touch on the topic of emotional abuse.

Starlight Glimmer enjoys her visits to the human world. Her friends feed her and she's found all sorts of tasty things she loves! Now Sunset Shimmer's taking her for her first deli experience.

Sonata Dusk used to swim, sing, and snap at fish, until she no longer had fins. Then she learned just how good food could be when cooked (and served with her choice of bread). When Sunset asks her to be Starlight's guide to the carnivore life, how can she pass up this chance?

A Siren and pony might have some things in common, after all.

Set during the middle of S8E1'School Daze', while the School of Friendship is still under construction.

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Written for the May 2020 Pairing Contest!
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Pre-read/edited by Ariamaki and JeNnDyLyOn (Fimfic Link)

Cover art by JeNnDyLyOn (DA Link). Feel free to go full-screen for all the hidden details!

Spike and Gabby have been dating for a few weeks, and everything is great! In their short time together, they’ve found that they click on so many more levels than they did as friends. There is never an awkward moment between them, and now that they’re on the third date, it’s time to take it to the next level: The kiss. 

The mere thought of it fills Spike with nerves, but not of the excited kind. Instead of anticipation, all he feels is dread. He wants to kiss her. He needs to kiss her. There’s just one little problem.

He doesn’t know how to kiss a beak.

Thanks to Jack of a Few Trades for editing and helping round out the ideas of this story.

Also, thanks to Not Enough Coffee for prereading this and giving his always awesome feedback.

Art by: yuyusunshine

During a diplomatic visit from King Thorax, Princess Luna discovers that, inexplicably, his brother Pharynx hates her lavender. And for that matter, potted plants in general.

That won't do, of course – even if Pharynx is the new Changeling Prince – and so she'll need to teach him a lesson.

And one lesson won't be enough.

Featured from 18/05/2020 to 20/05/2020, peaking at #4 in the box.
Featured on Equestria Daily! Also featured in Equestria Daily's 38 Fanfics to Read for Luna Day 2020!
9/10, from My Little Reviews & Feedback.
8.8/10 and 8/10, from the Reviewer's Mansion.
Rated Really Good by Ghost Mike!

Edited and proofread by VoxAdam, pre-read by Valtyra. Thanks, you guys

Written for the May 2020 Original Pairing Contest.

Cover by hosikawa_choco.

Author's Commentary

Some dreamers are just better at it than others.

Entry to the May Pairings Contest 2020.

Image originally by Esuka.

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Also, big thanks to Aragon for editing help!

The Great and Powerful Trixie trots East.

Jay Jepsen has recently found success as a children’s book author with his debut, “The Monster From My Closet,” the story of the unlikely friendship formed between a boy and a creature he found lurking in his room one fateful night. Returning to his old hometown, he is given permission by his childhood house’s latest owner to revisit the place he once called home. Upon finding his room, he decides to wait around to catch up with an old friend...

Closet pic found on Google, credit for Discord head belongs to MLP FiM: Discord Puppeteer by AlexCroft1991.

At a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Celestia learns why humans usually wear clothes.

29/05/2020 - Now with a reading! https://youtu.be/0qmgcZGUbio

Alicornhood is a dream that most ponies never consider past their tenth birthday, when they finally understand reality. For Twilight Sparkle, that reality was just turned on its head. The day after her ascension, after the excitement and happiness has worn off slightly, the facts of the situation finally set in. During a breakfast conversation about the responsibility she will soon bear, Spike asks a simple question: "Do you really want to be a princess, Twilight?"