Herein is recorded the pony-themed portion the ongoing war between the writer, Fernin, and his vile nemesis, the People's Army of the Democratic Republic of Writer's Block.

I sometimes write short poems to try to motivate myself to write actual stories. I find the structure of poems help order my mind. And as long as I'm writing, and it's pony-themed, why not put it here? What do you call those anyway? Pony Poems? Pony-ems? Eh.

If you're looking for a complicated story (or indeed any actual plot at all) this isn't what you seek... but hopefully it's enjoyable enough.

(cover image borrowed from a comic by the artist Kerijiano )

"Congratulations, Spike! You're the new Rainbow Dash!" Twilight may have said those words in the heat of the moment, but what if it were true?

Discord, spirit of chaos and infinite jest, manages to play yet another trick on Twilight and her friends by making her hasty solution more real than she could have imagined... in his own rather idiosyncratic way, of course.

...But how will the original Rainbow Dash deal with her chaos-twisted, semi-official replacement? And can Spike really take the place of everyone's favorite speedster?

Short answer: Probably no.

Long answer: Well, read the story and find out!

A/N: This is kind of against my better judgement since I usually publish entire rather than serially, but let's see how it goes. I can always delete it all and claim it never happened, later. 8 D

(Illustrations in this story are courtesy of Unnoticeableperson. Warning, rest of gallery may not be as work safe as this image is)

Skydancer is getting pretty tired of being a young earth pony with a name better suited for a pegasus. Lieutenant Green would love to finish his deployment safely, but first he has to figure out where he is and, just as importantly, why all the Afghans look like colorful little horses. How can a misnamed colt and a misplaced Soldier help each other when they don't even speak the same language?

Contains minor violence. Not really GORE per se, but some violence.

(Image by Skaleal)