Interlude: Starflight
Starsong sat alone in her room. Just days before the luxurious room had been filled with medical equipment while Canterlot's finest doctors and healers worked round the clock on the unicorn; now the space seemed empty and oppressive to her. _I've...
32. Negotiations
"It's been a while, Starshadow." Cirro Stratus said. Starshadow was frozen in shock as her old boss walked towards her. Her eyes darted around the room to look for a way out as her instinct to run kicked in, but with Polaris blocking the door and her...
31. Dead-End
"You're lucky Princess Twilight Sparkle and Captain Shining Armor were here to save your sorry skin, but next time, don't expect to get off so easily." a guard clad in armor said. With an angry scowl, Big Mac shot the sergeant an evil glare, causing...
20: Jealousy
Just seconds ago, while downstairs with Big Mac, her mood had been happy and her heart as light as a butterfly, but by the time she reached Big Mac's bedroom her stomach felt like it was twisted in several knots and she was more nervous than a pegasus...
19: Breakout
A muffled thump from the other side of the door stirred no response from the captured pegasus. Nothing going on around him quite registered in his head as the only thing occupying his mind was his impending sentence. Thunderlane sighed and let his...
Rainbow Dash's Best Prank Ever!
Celestia's sun slowly rose over the rolling hills of Sweet Apple Acres. Somewhere hidden among the rows of fields and apple trees, a tree house was built into a low trunk. In that tree house, three fillies were sleeping soundly, cuddled together in a...
Rainy Day Play
The streets were deserted that night. The weather ponies had scheduled a massive rain that would linger over the area for days. When storms of such size hit, a small town like Ponyville simply shuts down. The constant din of the rain striking against...
Interlude: Fixing Friendship
"...and then she said that there's no way you can make a dishwasher that cleans dishes with wubs and I was like, screw that, I'm Vinyl Scratch!" The pony sitting across from the famous DJ sighed and tried his best to concentrate on his newspaper, but...
18: That Hurt
Applejack couldn't move. Well, she could move, but she was afraid to. She had woken up at her normal time, just before sunrise, but she found herself in possibly the most uncomfortable situation she could remember. Sometime during the night Starshadow...
17: That Owner
Applejack and Starshadow slept soundly through the rest of the night. Applejack woke up just before sunrise out of habit, and wanting to give the tired pegasus next to her some additional rest she quietly left the room and headed outside to feed the...
16: That First Time
Starshadow slept most of the day and finally awoke as the sky was beginning to darken. Slowly opening her eyes a little, she felt the familiar heat of somepony lying next to her and instinctively nuzzled the other pony, not caring who it was. She heard...
Interlude: That History
As the sun began to peek out from the horizon and rise into the sky, a group of ponies in Canterlot were already hard at work. Two dozen royal guards were paired off and were practicing their sparring techniques while an intimidating stallion walked...