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It's Glimmy day! We've got another pile of awesome fanfics to read for all of you today, 20 in all!
Thanks to Whisper Key for gathering them, and be sure to check out last year's for a completely different list!
Now go read Starlight fics below.
Slice of Life
Going Through the Motions by FoolAmongTheStars [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Starlight says she's pregnant, and that she wants to keep it.
And in no way does Sunburst consider himself ready to be a dad. Or so he thinks.
Having a baby is an amazing tool for persuasion, and an effective way to drag them both, kicking and screaming, from their world of self-absorption and to think about some pony else for a change.
Comedy
Cross-Town Express by Pascoite [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
All Starlight Glimmer wanted to do was fly her kite. Then friendship happened.
Figures! by Vivid Syntax [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rainbow Dash has a GREAT investment opportunity for Starlight Glimmer this Hearth's Warming.
Free Spirited by Casketbase77 [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
As a professional athlete, Dash goes to regular physicals. As an Element Of Harmony, she goes to regular magicals too. Soul examination is her least favorite part, but at least the patient blacks out while their spirit is in capable hooves.
Starlight Glimmer's hooves have questionable capability.
Meticulous Tree by Jhoira [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Starlight has entrusted setting up the tree for a Hearth's Warming party at the school of friendship. The fact that he's taken an hour and only has half an hour left, is worrying. But Sunburst has a surprise for her.
Outsmarted! by 6-D Pegasus [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Twilight Sparkle, powerful mage unicorn and bounty hunter, has finally tracked down the wanted criminal Starlight Glimmer. But will her plans and preparations be enough to take down the evil mastermind?
Rainbow Dash, Spirit of Hearth's Warming versus The Grand Council of Holidays by TCC56 [3k words]
Rainbow Dash has managed to get herself into yet more trouble: following a crash that
killed stunned the Gift Givers of the Grove, she is being forced to take up the mantle of the Spirit of Hearth's Warming.
Trapped in the hell of delivering gifts for the rest of eternity against her will, she has only one solution: taking the Grand Council of Holidays to court to dispute the Rule of the Clause and free her.
Unfortunately, she doesn't actually know any lawyers.
Also unfortunately, her best bet for a substitute is Starlight Glimmer.
Rhubarb Madness by Dubs Rewatcher [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
While Twilight is away, Starlight and Trixie give into the sinful temptations of smoking rhubarb.
Starlight Glimmer: Blackmail Artisian by Bandy [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Unredacted transcription of undercover agent Starlight Glimmer’s mission at the MEGAKILLCON military industrial convention. Unauthorized viewing of this transcript will result in instant and painful death.
A love letter to cons, and the people we meet there.
Judgment Day by CategoricalGrant [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After a frightening conversation with her dad Firelight, Starlight Glimmer turns to Twilight for advice. The tale Twilight spins in response contains time travel, machine cults, and the very disturbing identity of Starlight's mother.
Justified Fears by Shrinky Frod [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Ladybugs. Cute, harmless, helpful for protecting crops.
And a source of dread for the Princess of Friendship, all thanks to her brother’s foalhood pranks and hoaxes.
Or is that all there is to it?
Sad/Dark
Mudbriar's Funeral by SparklingTwilight [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
At Mudbriar's funeral, Starlight Glimmer struggles to be a friend; she and Maud reflect on roads not taken. (Igneous and Pinkie provide flavour, rock and candy-based respectively). Also, there is the mirror lake...
Bake Until Golden by shortskirtsandexplosions [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Starlight Glimmer and Trixie Lulamoon bake muffins inside the palace kitchen.
Shipping
Glimmers of Affection by FanOfMostEverything [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Most ponies seem to love like the sun, a single spot of intense, blazing passion. Starlight Glimmer is different. Her love feels like planets in the night sky. So many scattered lights, so far out of reach, and so hard to tell from the fixed stars.
Fortunately, she has a teacher who's very good at astronomy.
Gloomy Sunday by FoolAmongTheStars [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rainy days are no fun for Starlight Glimmer, but maybe Sunburst can help her chase the clouds away.
Hearth's Warming Wishes by Olden Bronie [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Starlight is stressed and is hoping for some time alone on Hearth's Warming to relax. Castle-sitting for Twilight while all her friends are away during the holiday seems like a wish come true. But she should remember to be careful what you wish for, because she just may get it.
Drama
Rules for Dee by Casketbase77 [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Dee stays loyal to Mum, which means obeying all her Rules. Hide when company is over. Keep your sweater tight over your wings. Never speak the name "Rainbow Dash."
The problem with Rules is sometimes they don't help. Like when a scary purple unicorn shows up to ask Mum some dangerous questions.
Dangerous questions about Dee.
Some Alone Time by ThisPonyDoesNotExist [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Starlight Glimmer has a secret. She's been traveling to an alternate timeline for years now, using the utter desolation and apocalyptic emptiness to get a bit of alone time. It's a constant reminder of her past failings and a way to help keep herself on the straight and narrow.
She can't let herself falter anymore.
Scifi
Time Falls Apart by SparklingTwilight [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Starlight Glimmer tries to solve the problem of aging. And she does. But there are drawbacks.
Adventure
Fallout Equestria: The Lost Empire by CopperTop [76k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
War. War changes ponies.
It has a way of shifting priorities and perspectives. None who survive it emerge unscathed. Especially those who weren't supposed to have survived it at all.
An unscheduled detour to uncover a secret was all that saved Starlight Glimmer from dying in the fiery culmination of The Great War, along with everypony else not fortunate enough to have reserved a spot in one of Equestria's many Stables. But she did survive, and found herself in a world she didn't recognize. A world consumed with hate, violence, and death; even when no longer faced with an external zebra threat. A world she couldn't understand.
So now she seeks the only understanding that she cares about any longer: learning the fate of those she loved. Far to the north, she seeks answers to what became of the Crystal Empire, and the husband she left behind there.
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