We read about fillies! It is time.
This list is different from last year, so be sure to hit that one up if you want more to read! And thanks to Whisper Key for digging it all up.
Now go read below.
Slice of Life
What's your talent, Twilight by Cryogenii [9k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom seeks Twilight Sparkle’s help with a school assignment on the meaning and symbology of cutie marks. What begins as a curious filly’s questions about abstract and esoteric marks leads to a surprising question: what is Twilight’s own special talent?
Little Known Facts About Luna (Scootaloo's Unusual 'Show and Tell') by Mockingbirb [2k words]
Scootaloo forgets to bring something to school for 'show and tell,' but at the last minute she finds PRINCESS LUNA visiting Ponyville.
"Princess, can't you PLEASE PLEASE spare just five minutes so I don't get an F?"
Something On Your Back by Faeforches [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rainbow Dash's late afternoon errand run is almost spoiled by a particular orange filly who finds her mentor and idol to be the perfect sleeping spot after a long day.
Sure, Dash could put her to bed, but why waste an opportunity for some quality time?
Now if only her friends would stop noticing what she's doing.
Immortal Prospects by AugieDog [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom's been noticing weird things about Zecora for years. But now that she's meeting with the zebra regularly to learn potion crafting, she finds that she can't keep pushing her questions aside.
Zecora, of course, is happy to explain. Though it turns out there might be a price for Bloom to pay...
Flight School by GlimmerGlamour [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A sad and exhausted Scootaloo knocks on the door of Fluttershy's cottage to ask for help flying, but finds something else instead.
It's Hard to Grow Up by daOtterGuy [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sweetie writes an essay about growing up
Comedy
Sweetie Belle Draws Rarity's Bath by Art Inspired [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sometimes Sweetie Belle takes Rarity a bit too literally.
Fancy Mathematics by The Original Pony [16k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The Apple Family pride themselves on a humble, honest lifestyle. They only make straight and honest deals, most of the money made from the harvests is reinvested in the land, and they make do with what they have, with very little space in the budget for frivolities. This life of hard work and simple pleasures has come at only one cost: the full time work has weighed on Applejack and Big Macintosh ever since their parents passed away, leaving them unable to complete middle school.
Apple Bloom is shielded from this fate by her sibling's labor of love. However, when she happens on a discovery revealing millions of bits in the Apple Family account, will she and the rest of the Crusaders be able to handle it responsibly?
Scootaloo commits scooterankle by TheMajorTechie [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Scootaloo owns a scooter.
I think we all know what comes with such ownership.
Diamond Tiara's Shock Announcement by deadpansnarker [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Diamond Tiara has something to say to her entire family... and they're not going to be too happy about it. Especially a certain female parent of hers....
This should be fun.
Colpo Fendente by Corah Il Cappo [37k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sweetie Belle has tried many, many hobbies, and abandoned all of them. Now she wants to try her hoof at fencing.
Unfortunately, fencing is a hobby for rich fillies like Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
Fortunately, there's a pony willing to train her to beat them.
Unfortunately, that pony is Prince Blueblood.
Sad/Dark
Sweet Apple Secrets by AuroraDawn [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom is called out to the big barn on Nightmare Night, told she will be learning about a family tradition she did not know even existed. When she arrives, she finds there is more to Sweet Apple Acres than she would ever have expected.
Horror at Dusk by MrNelg [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After being grounded, Apple Bloom must spend the night home alone while her family are away. Outside, dusk is falling and as she prepares for a lonely, boring night there is a sudden knock at the front door.
Ashes In Her Wake by ObabScribbler [23k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Equestria has fallen. A strange substance called the Rot has consumed everyone and everything. A single touch is enough to infect a creature. Having failed to save her friends or family, Twilight tries her best to honour her last promise to Applejack and ensure Apple Bloom survives and gets out of Equestria. However, with enemies on every side and threats they cannot even imagine waiting in the shadows, all that may be left at the end of their struggles are the ashes of ponykind.
Winter's Horizon by DemonBrightSpirit [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
As winter looms, Fluttershy dreads the lonely months ahead. Surprisingly, she finds comfort in a small filly that shares her loneliness.
Grounded by Jeevesie [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After school, Scootaloo is approached by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Rather than the usual comments about her lack of cutie mark, however, Diamond Tiara gets much more personal and hateful with her insults towards the young pegasus. So much so that to everyone's surprise, herself included, Scootaloo reacts with violence.
Shipping
The Trophy Wives Club by DapperLilArts [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Having started dating Applebloom recently now that she's older and wiser, Diamond Tiara has some doubts over herself, and the future of her relationship. After all, they are night and day, and their past is a little bit checkered!
This is her first apple family reunion together as girlfriends, and her unease is at an all time high. Lucky for her, Rarity and Sugar Belle have ample experience on similar circumstances, and have plenty of wise advice to share.
Drama
A Star is Scorned by FanOfMostEverything [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It's a simple idea on paper. Now that the Crusaders have their cutie marks in understanding cutie marks, they can do the same thing they did with the Bearers of Harmony, just with the rest of town. It'll give them a better understanding of possible clients.. and hopefully keep Apple Bloom from trying to make a cutie mark problem the next time she goes stir-crazy.
The complications come in when they have to deal with a mare who, to put it lightly, has a complicated history with marks...
Scootaloo Fell into a Giant Ravine by Quill Tip [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Well, you know what you’re in for, I suppose. But you need to hear all of it before you go assuming stuff, okay? I don’t want you or anypony else getting the wrong idea about this - and you better not go spilling this to other ponies anyways, okay?!
> Yup.
… Alrighty, then.
Scifi
Change of Fate by The Original Pony [28k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sweetie Belle knows her destiny. Her destiny is to do what all good machines do: iterate their objectives until their number is called, at which point they'll calmly submit themselves to be decommissioned. Until then, she lives her 'life' to the fullest, integrating with the pony populace and collecting her data.
Then, fate itself intervenes to show her another destiny that doesn't end in a scrapyard.
Adventure
Dinky and the Sisterhooves by Impossible Numbers [24k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
So once again the day is saved. Literally. In this case, by that new unicorn who came into Ponyville and fought Nightmare Moon, the nightmare that would never end (until it did).
They say this unicorn is strange. They say she's a princess and a witch, who lurks in dark libraries and tames mighty dragons.
Well, Dinky knows that's bunkum, but who cares? She's never turned down a quest, not with her Sisterhooves Sisters in tow.
What a team they are too: Odd Job, carrot-farming sister and cosmic punching bag; Apple Bloom, who's got the heart of an apple (and the imagination to match); Alula, the pegasus who couldn't be more pegasus if she tried (harder); and Piña Colada, who's what you get as a sort of add-on if you seek out Berry Punch's beverages.
Together, they will bravely and nobly discuss over drinks what to do about this new hero in their midst, and see if they can fit her into their usual playtime. After all, it wouldn't be much of a quest if it wasn't dangerous. Twilight will just have to take her chances.
