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Time for fanfics starring the ultimate SHIPPING pony.
This is a completely different list from last year, so check out 2024 over here.
Go read below, and thanks to Whisper Key for digging them up as always.
Slice of Life
My Hero by yodajax10 [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Ever wonder why Spike wasn't invited in Just For Sidekicks? It certainly wasn't Shining Armor or Cadance's fault. But how could this be?
A Lovely Day for Rain by Flameon_Heart [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Cadance has missed a lot after moving to the frozen North and becoming the ruler of the New Crystal Empire. She misses the sunshine and the birds, sure, but what she misses the most is the rain. Having so many fond memories of rainy days, and not having any rain within the kingdom's ecosystem, Cadance decides to head for Canterlot when she hears they are expecting a storm. Cadance heads off to Equestria's capital, ready to experience something she has not felt in a long time...
Consider the Spider by Ice Star [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Luna is a strange mare. Cadance is only now just starting to see how strange she is when Luna mentions the unthinkable. Maybe she'll learn something new in the process.
A Spell for Shining Armor by Zontan [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Shining Armor is having trouble at school, enough for his parents to get him a tutor. Twilight isn't sure exactly what's wrong, but she's a smart filly, so surely she can just fix it with magic, right?
Disheartened by Acologic [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Shining Armor expects a lot from his daughter and, this time, more than she can handle.
Comedy
A Hearth's Warming Game by Wanderer D [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Shining was under Chrysalis' spell, they both enjoyed doing something that Cadance—the True Cadance that is—would never, EVER do, or contemplate doing.
Something so abhorrent that the thought of it repelled her. Something so mind-breaking and insane that when she found Flurry Heart liked to do as well with her dad, she fought with herself to come to grips with the mere concept of it... until Flurry asked her to join them at it on Hearth's Warming Eve.
...Playing Ogres and Oubliettes.
As a pony used to being seen outside and usually part of the socialites of Canterlot, her knowledge in this act is almost null. She just knows it involves something with dice... and she dared not ask anypony else of good standing about it.
So that just left... Chrysalis. Does Cadance have what it takes to give her husband the present he's always wanted and say goodbye to her cool pony card? Only one way to find out.
Flurry's First Flight by Georg [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Shining Armor plans on throwing Flurry Heart off the Royal Tower to teach her how to fly. Princess Cadence has some irrational objections to the idea, but Twilight Sparkle is going to provide important context for this educational experience.
No alicorn children were harmed in the process of making this fic. They had fun, actually.
Imitation Dad by FanOfMostEverything [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Shining Armor is... mostly aware of what his little sister's been up to since the Friendship Games. Cadence keeps him in the loop, but she refuses to talk about some topics, insisting that it isn't her place to discuss them. When his phone rang a few moments ago, he thought Twilight had finally decided the time was right.
He's not entirely wrong, but he'll soon wish he had been.
It Takes a Child to Raze a Village by TheDriderPony [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Shining Armor was in high school, he was given an assignment to take care of a bag of flour decorated like an infant filly. By the end of the week, "Floury Armor" was a prize-winning batch of muffins and the yearbook committee had unanimously voted him "Most Likely to Appear in a Future Villain's Tragic Backstory." This really should have been a red flag, but for some reason the Queen Bee of the school still married him anyway.
When Shining Armor found out that his wife was pregnant, he was quick to introduce the Crystal Empire to the idea of a gender reveal party. Luckily, that quarter of the city had been due for extensive renovation anyway and his explosion-proof wife appreciated the sentiment.
Now, when his daughter is turning into a pony he no longer recognizes (and he can't even blame the changelings this time), it's up to him and his self-proclaimed stellar parenting skills to save her from herself.
Cady, I think we're gonna have to kill her by IGIBAB [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When your daughter dresses in all black, talks to changelings and tells you that life is meaningless, you know she became an irredeemable villain.
She must be killed. Shining Armor knows it.
Cadance says it's just a phase, but he knows.
It's definitely not a phase.
Gull Sentry by daOtterGuy [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Shining Armour is eating a sandwich.
Flash Sentry wants it.
Bird shenanigans ensue.
Old Habits by Shakespearicles [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight and Shining visit their parents' home for the holidays.
They have worked very hard all year to be on the Nice list.
But back together again under the same roof for Hearth's Warming night...
... some Naughty old habits Die Hard.
Please Stop Doing Your Daughter's Homework by HapHazred [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Flurry Heart is in trouble. Her homework has come under scrutiny by the trio of crack educators: Mrs. Crayonne, Mr. Integral, and most daunting of all, the peerless Miss Hardcase.
Can Shining navigate a parent-teacher meeting?
Poetic License by RB_ [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Flurry's going through a phase. That phase has gotten her into poetry. Shining Armour knows about poetry; he studied it in school. So of course when Flurry comes to him looking for advice on a poem of hers, he's ready to leap into action.
If only Shining wasn't such a goddamn moron.
Riot Grrrl Flrrry and the Changeling Betrayer by Bandy [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Flurry Heart doesn’t want to be smothered by her parents. Shining Armor doesn’t want to be stuffed full of changeling eggs. When a rogue bug queen makes a power play in the heart of their kingdom, they’ll both be forced to confront their fears the only way they know how: dysfunctionally.
In Which Sombra Grapples With an Apparatus as Evil as He by Rambling Writer [12k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Sombra returned once again, most crystal ponies panicked, as was their wont. The most feared pony in their entire history, once the subjugator of their entire race, refused to stay down. Panic was inevitable.
Cadance surrendered to him almost immediately, with but one request. If Sombra wanted to claim his throne back, he needed to do so through the proper channels. He would have obtained rulership not through coup or conquest, but through entirely legitimate means. The other princesses would have no answer. All he would have to do was navigate the Empire’s bureaucracy.
This would go down as the most cunning plan in all of Cadance’s reign.
Sad/Dark
Attachment by marmalado [9k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After a long chase through the Frozen North, Cadance and Cozy Glow come to a standstill. Through Cozy's blackened heart and venomous goading, though, Cadance remains calm.
Drama
The Queen of Canterlot by GaPJaxie [11k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
What if Queen Chrysalis and Shining Armor were the same person?
Bathophobia by Ice Star [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
As Twilight and her friends prepare for the wedding of Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, the real Cadance tries to hold her fragile mind together in the caves beneath Canterlot.
Milkshakes, Marionettes, and Midnight by EileenSaysHi [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Two weeks after the Friendship Games, as Twilight Sparkle begins to blossom in the new environment of Canterlot High School, her brother invites her to an old favorite of theirs growing up — Sweet Snacks Café.
But mixed in with the taste of milkshakes is the need for closure and understanding, as the happy changes in Twilight's life belie the sour path it took to get to them — and the responsibility Shining Armor feels in laying that path.
The Refugee by False Door [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Cadance and Shining's world comes to a screeching halt when they are visited by a specter from their past.
Adventure
Right in the Middle of Her Forehead by AugieDog [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Cadance has a problem only Agent Sweetie Drops can solve. But Agent Sweetie Drops—now known to almost everypony as Bon-Bon—would rather tear her own legs off than work for a princess again.
Don't Let Them Eat Cake by MagnetBolt [10k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Equestria is beset by monsters. Terrible threats to ponies lurk in every corner of the nation, and it's up to the Crown to lock them away. Princess Celestia can't respond to every incident, and so she created a special task force - SMILE.
SMILE (Secret Monster Intelligence League of Equestria) exists as an open secret within the highest reaches of power. Currently led by the recently appointed Lieutenant Shining Armor, they find themselves embroiled in a sweet and sour conspiracy that threatens the entire country!
Or at least it's going to ruin a lot of birthday parties.
