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You will read books! Or fanfics at least. This is a new list different from the ones last year, so go over to the 2024 post if you want loads more.
Go get this year's set below, and thanks to Whisper Key for digging them up!
Slice of Life
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?
For a Cup of Coffee by Maple Syrup Tree [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Twilight, Ruler of Equestria and Element of Magic, is at an impasse. She wants coffee that a zebra near Ponyville has, but that time has long passed.
Simple, she goes back in time to get it.
Twilight Sparkle, Student of Celestia and Librarian of Ponyville, is at an impasse. She had sat down for breakfast before being shot forwards in time.
Scratch My Back by a kobold [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Unique amongst the pony tribes, earth ponies cannot scratch their own backs. They look with jealousy upon the pegasi with their articulate wings and unicorns with their magics. Earth ponies must occasionally turn to their friends for help. And it's not weird or anything. Because they're friends. And that's it. No further comment, thank you very much!
Comedy
A Taste of Home by FanOfMostEverything [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A month after the Friendship Games, Twilight is still easing her way into the established friend group that took her in at Canterlot High. She feels a tangible expression of her thanks will help the process.
It will. She just neglected to consider some niche details.
Ah'm Potato by Silent Whisper [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When the leaves turn golden and crisp, fried by the Summer Sun to a tender perfection, Twilight Sparkle discovers something even MORE alarming than whatever was up with the pegasi in the previous fic.
Alternate
Summary: The pegasi are missing. Twilight is the only one alarmed about
this, and it's up to Applejack to make things worse.
Other Alternate Summary: "Twilight learns things that outrage her and Applejack uses potato as a verb."
Chaos Finds a Way by Entropic Engine [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Discord starts granting wishes.
Twilight's job at maintaining peace becomes far more uncertain in the morality department.
Pinkie Bites Twilight And Doesn't Let Go by PseudoBob Delightus [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The title pretty much says it. Pinkie. Twilight. Bite. You get the gist.
Listen, if you don't know what's going to be in the story after reading the title, and you still don't know after reading the short description, I don't know what the long description is going to do for you. The story has already been described in plain and straightforward fashion. I wouldn't lie to you, would I?
Celestia has Zero Attention Span by TheMajorTechie [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight Sparkle knew this day would come. The day when she must... claim the throne for herself.
Not out of greed or malice, no--because a certain SOMEpony has stopped paying any attention to the day-to-day tasks at hoof.
Luna's alright though she works from home from her eic g8mer pc.
Does Logic Really Work on Evil Moonhorses? by Mockingbirb [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight Sparkle IS very stubborn, and has more experience arguing with princesses than almost any other pony alive.
On another hoof, Twilight is not entirely explosion proof, and doesn't really want a free trip to the sun.
Light Up The Night by Sant1 [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Twilight Sparkle had announced the detonation of the moon, and everypony thought it was a prank. Celestia was known to prank her subjects quite often, and so it was natural for ponies to think that her pupil would be of a similar mindset.
So it came as a surprise for everypony, especially a painfully unaware Luna, when the moon was actually obliterated.
The Many Crimes of Twilight Sparkle by TheDriderPony [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It is the duty of every sheriff, deputy, and officer of the Equestrian Police Force to succinctly and accurately log every incident and case that crosses their desk.
Sometimes these logs tell a story that only becomes apparent when viewed as a whole.
Feeding is Optimal by Raugos 3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight wants to study.
Eating gets in the way of studying.
Therefore, Twilight wants to stop eating.
Sad/Dark
7 minutes by Monochromatic [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Princess Twilight Sparkle put Equestria first.
She put it first once too often.
Anything for an Answer by Silent Whisper [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
"Faster," whispered Twilight as she cleaned up the mess. "They need to be faster."
Aware by Exodd [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight has always had a lab beneath the library. But not everypony should know what she's up down there.
They may not take it well.
Black Sun by Novelle Tale [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight is alone.
Twilight is afraid.
But more than anything, Twilight is tired.
She would like to rest her sore joints, her exhausted mind, her weary eyes.
Because it's over, it's all over. Everything that ever mattered is gone.
But now... she doesn't know what to do. There isn't a single lesson, friendship or otherwise, that can solve this final inevitability.
Twilight is so very, very tired.
Twilights by Estee [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Cadance. Luna. Celestia. Flurry. Words which, across the whole of a planet, ultimately indicate but a single pony. Tradition solidifies into something stronger than mere law, guarantees that no newborn foals will be granted those names -- but that is something which happens after ascension.
On this night, the final two Twilights in all the world will meet. For the first and only time.
Shipping
Atlas Snuggled by Undome Tinwe [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Being the sole princess of Equestria is no easy task. Fortunately, Twilight Sparkle doesn't have to bear this burden alone.
The Tie. by Flash_night [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight has decided to start wearing ties again. But, Sunset just won't stop using them to pull her in for kisses!
Rarity and Twilight Get Stuck In An Elevator by Monochromatic [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Stuck in an elevator while the rest of their friends deal with the danger of the day, Rarity and Twilight discuss their romantic relationship.
Turning Into an Eight Foot Demon Monster Girl Might Not Solve All Your Relationship Issues (But It's Worth a Try Anyway!) by Mockingbirb [2k words]
Sometimes Sunset Shimmer worries that her girlfriend only loves Sunset for her super muscular DEMON FORM, with bat wings and sharp claws and fangs and...is it hot in here? (Whew!)
Good Things by ChrisRainicorn [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Would she ever believe her own self? If she told past Starlight Glimmer that one day she would be lying down in a makeshift pillow fort, with the Princess’ face cradled in her hooves, feeling her heart be the fullest she ever thought possible? Old Starlight Glimmer would have cackled on her face. And the New Starlight Glimmer would cackle in her face! And call herself an idiot.
Don't Take the Money by The Red Parade [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It was funny how forces who were irrefutably attracted to one another could pull farther and farther away from each other, like the sun and the moon in their never-ending chase. Rarity and Twilight had married and purchased a modest home on the outskirts of Ponyville eons ago. A refuge from their hectic and chaotic lives.
And yet, nowadays they never occupied it at the same time.
How strange, that it was a complete anomaly that two married ponies would be in the same room at the same time.
Drama
Combing by Loganberry [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight has received a message that somepony in Ponyville needs help. Naturally, she's determined to answer the call. The snag is that she doesn't know who she has to help. She and Applejack attempt to solve the mystery.
Adventure
Another Canterlot Wedding by Undome Tinwe [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity and Twilight are getting married, and neither rain nor snow nor an invading army will stop them.
