Lonliness is often a mutual feeling shared between ponies. And, well, dragons, in Spike's case.

Edit: Featured on 3.14 / 2023—thanks for that!

Everypony sees trees as, well, trees. But they aren't just plain old plants. There's the Treehouse of Harmony, and the Castle of Friendship.

But there are also the trees that look ordinary. Although they may not have powers, they have thoughts. And only one pony knows that.

Edit: Featured on 2/26/23 - 2/27/23 for some reason I don't know. But thank you!

Written for the Arboreal Yearnings Contest and the Science Fiction Contest II.

It was a dark and stormy night when Fluttershy was walking in the woods. It just happened to be the same day she found somepony who needed help, but was also mean-spirited. She has to choose between befriending or betraying her.

Starlight Glimmer discovers a letter on her desk asking for help bonding with others and getting over a social anxiety disorder. Although, there's only one problem: the letter is anonymous.

Through the letters, friendship tips and just friendly reminders are sent between the two, and it soon spreads into a school-wide thing. But there's one thing that everyone is wondering. Who was the original sender?

Conversation is not Starlight Glimmer's thing, especially after everything she's gone through.

Princess Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, really wants to help change that. And of course, Spike pitches in, as well.

Starlight needs to learn to get along with other ponies, but how can she do that when they're acting strange around her? She does a little investigation as she gets closer to a conclusion that will shock her, whether in a good way or not.

now with a youtube reading!

This year, Sunny and Argyle don't have to spend Winter Wishday by themselves. They have a "special guest."

Starlight isn't feeling great, so she goes to Sire's Hollow for Hearth's Warming. She goes through a lot of old things in her old room. Including her diary.

She reads her old memoir and remembers what she truly used to be like. And hopefully, she's changed for the better.

This story is a sequel to Princess Twilight's Pupil

This is the other side to the story, Princess Twilight's Pupil
I recommend prior reading, although it's not necessary.

Twilight Sparkle has just defeated Starlight Glimmer, and she's now reformed. But the news has spread. What does everypony think of her? Starlight can only hope she's not still an outcast.

Twilight created the first iPad in Equestria. On an app, FIMFiction, she and Starlight find a fairly popular story. A comedy story. But she doesn't think it's funny, though the rest of her friends clearly do.

Based off the story "Nopony Interrupts My FRIENDSHIP SPEECH, Starlight Glimmer!!" by ThePinkedWonder. (No offense to the author or the story, by the way.)