“By Shades”
Written by The Descendant
Based on a concept advanced by Duplex Fields
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Problem: Alicorns are either a.) Immortal, b.) Long-lived, c.) Or seemingly immortal.
Problem: Cadance is first seen as a young mare, and is growing through the series.
Problem: She is “The Crystal Princess” (whatever that means), and is known to ponies that have been sealed away beyond thought for millennia.
Problem: She’s married to an entirely mortal unicorn. Meaning she'll possibly outlive him by centuries.
Possible Answer: As follows…
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Originally conceived as an entry for Thirty Minute Pony Stories prompt #132...
"Hello"
Written by The Descendant
The three draconiqui made their way down the hillside, their long sinuous bodies flowing freely amid the trees and rocks. At intervals they stopped and listened before moving forward once again. Music caught in their ears, and as the two larger ones looked to one another with arched eyebrows the smaller panned his head back and forth between them.
Flitting across the countryside they found the source of the music. Hiding high in a rocky crag the powerful incarnations looked more liked confused kittens than ancient and powerful
First Day on the Job by TheDescendantofKehAn, literature
Literature
First Day on the Job
A submission to Thirty Minute Pony Stories prompt number 67...
"First Day on the Job"
Written by The Descendant
The Nameless Unspeakable Ancient Evil raged, fumed, hissed and poured forth it's venom in a frothing torrent of black will and malicious intent.
Spike simply picked up the bell jar in which they had trapped it and gave it a good firm shake.
"Jerk," he said as he placed the bell jar under his arm, carefully avoiding all of the tubing with which they had surreptitiously both enticed and entrapped the demonic being.
Spike arched his back, the strain of carrying all of the rubber hoses still falling through him. Even as he did so
If You Give a Changeling a Cupcake by TheDescendantofKehAn, literature
Literature
If You Give a Changeling a Cupcake
If You Give a Changeling a Cupcake
"Thirty Minute Pony Stories" Prompt 57
Based on the works of Laura Numeroff
Written by The Descendant
If you discover a changeling in your bakery as you open up for the day, you're probably going to scream like a filly and chase it with a golf club.
If you scream like a filly and chase it with a golf club, you'll probably wake Cup Cake.
If you wake Cup Cake, she'll wonder what in the Well is going on.
She'll probably come down the stairs to discover you standing on the counter with sweat pouring down your face as the changeling stares back at you with puppy-dog eyes. She'll tell you to offer it a cupc
Apples to Apples by TheDescendantofKehAn, literature
Literature
Apples to Apples
The fourth story of the Fever Dreams, as inspired by a compliment once paid to me by Kits, one of the premier authors of the fandom
"Apples to Apples"
Well howdy!
This here is yer old friend Applejack, here today to meet on up with ya' and provide some of mah insight into apples, apple farming, and the use of apples round about the kitchen, farm, and homestead and such like that there!
Now, I don't want tah' alarm anypony, but there seems to be a misconception going around that any apple is just as good as another for any old task. Someponies seem to think that ya' can mix and match any variety o' the fruit and expect the same resul
The third story, written as a submission to Thirty Minute Pony Stories Prompt #43, and a nod to my previous story A Sweet Taste of Cake
"A Hard Day"
"Hey, Pound, Pinkie's gone home for the day. How about getting up here and giving your old dad a hoof with closing up the shop?" Carrot Cake called as he looked down the stairs into the basement below.
To his surprise no loud guitar music met him, and in an instant he had realized what he had done.
It had been a hard day, that first day after his children had left for college.
"Welcome to our empty nest, Sugar Plum," he had spoken while awakening her with his kiss. She had cuddled up t
The Singular Constant by TheDescendantofKehAn, literature
Literature
The Singular Constant
The second story of the Fever Dreams, imagined and conceived exactly twenty minutes after submissions to Thirty Minute Pony Stories Prompt #42 had already ended
"The Singular Constant"
Twilight yawned as she turned up the stairwell.
To her utter surprise her soft sound was met by a flurry of motion, one that seemed to indicate that Spike had leapt from the window and into his bed in one swift movement.
"Spike," she asked with more than a little surprise, "are you still awake? Your bedtime was two hours ago "
Spike looked up at her from beneath his blanket. His two eyes shone through the night even as he wrapped it closer to hi
The first story of the Fever Dreams, written as an entry for the Thirty Minute Pony Stories Blog Prompt "Celestia Remembers", from July 11th, 2012...
"As a Mother"
The War of the Witches, my child? Why would you wish to hear of that old thing again? Can I not entice you with tales of some foreign land, of some gentle race beyond our borders or, perhaps, of some sweet pastured place now lost in time?
No? Ah, yes, your curiosity suits you. It certainly complements your mark. Forgive your sovereign though if she chooses this evening not to tell you stories of great battles. No, tonight is not for flags flying above armies of brave ponies, or