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It's Cutie Mark Crusader day again, which means we have the fanfics! So many fanfics.
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 are you, Wikipedia? by IGIBAB [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Every robot is a walking encyclopedia, everypony knows that.
And with an encyclopedia, you can play a game.
No matter what the encyclopedia thinks.
The 'M' Word by Cxcd [8k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
In the morning, it was peaceful. Afternoon, however? Scootaloo was wishing she had invented a time machine and stopped herself.
Rainbow Dash Always Dresses In Style by Daelyx Len Auphydas [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Scootaloo hears from Sweetie Belle that a number of last season's merchandise was leftover at Rarity's Boutique, the young filly gets a mischievous idea regarding her idol. After all, if anypony can make frilly, out-of-style fashion cool... It's Rainbow Dash.
It Takes a Village by Pascoite [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Well, it looks like Scootaloo will spend another Hearth's Warming without parents. Unless she can wrangle up some. At least one pony around here should be willing to help her wish come true.
Good is the Enemy of Gettin 'Er Done by Jubilee Bloom [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The clock struck 11 PM, and Apple Bloom was still awake, bashing her head into the paper-strewn table.
School can get her down, but luckily, she has an awesome big sister to drag her through it.
Triangle of Generosity by PaulAsaran [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When you're trying to live up to the expectations of two role models, a single mistake can seem like a big deal. Luckily for Scootaloo, she has Apple Bloom around to help her talk it out. Whether she wants to or not.
It's Not A Dream If It's Real by JWR [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sweetie Belle was able to fix the headdress and save Rarity’s career, but her mind still lingers on the premonitions from her dreams and what they say about her as a pony.
This story takes place shortly after the events of “For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils.”
Scootaloo, Formula One Driver by SockPuppet [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Scootaloo races Formula One on Earth. How do you even drive a race car with hooves?
It's a Big Sky, Scootaloo by BKR [13k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It is the last day of summer and Cherry Berry, Ponyville’s grumpiest balloonist, is caught between a rock and a hard place. Down to her last few bits and dreading the arrival of winter, the earth pony is more than a little miffed that the only paying job she can find requires her to take a pegasus pony on a pointless joyride.
Despite their obvious differences, though, she and her passenger — a filly named Scootaloo — may have more in common than she thinks. They're both looking for something in the skies over Equestria: for Cherry, it’s the passion for flying she lost long ago to the pressures of life and work. For Scootaloo, it’s the chance to finally see a world she's longed for but been denied her whole life.
Both ponies may be able to find what they’re looking for, and so much more…if they can learn to fly with the wind, and not against it. After all, ballooning may look complicated, but it isn't exactly a science.
It's really more of an art.
Comedy
The Morning After by JWR [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After a wild bender with her friends, Sweetie Belle learns the downside of consuming alcohol the hard way.
Fortunately, Rarity is there to help her recover and offer her sister advice.
Both characters are adults as this takes place some time between "The End of the End" and "The Last Problem."
Scootaloo Too by Bandy [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Scootaloo—the pony one—takes a holiday trip through the mirror portal.
Scootaloo—the human one—tries to not pull all her hair out.
A Matter of Programming by Aquaman [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom both love their friend Sweetie Belle, even though she's a sapient and somewhat canon-contradicting robot. They just wish she made better choices sometimes — especially when it comes to the colt she has a crush on.
In Loving Memory by bahatumay [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo hold a memorial service, much to Sweetie Belle's chagrin.
Sweetie Bot Needs an Upgrade by SockPuppet [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sweetie Bot needs fifteen bits. A month. For a subscription.
Sad/Dark
And the Caterpillars Had Their Season by Heavy Mole [81k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity has lived in Manehattan for several years. She has started pulling her hair from stress and comes out to Ponyville for her own wellbeing and to support Sweetie Belle in a touring adolescent theater group. Sweetie Belle, whose mental health has deteriorated since her sister's departure, eagerly anticipates the premiere of her company's experimental performance with Rarity in the audience--but a series of missteps reveals that the sisters have begun to grow apart.
Her Most Sacred Duty by Drunk Luna [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
While working in the dream realm, Luna meets with a terminally ill filly and carries out a task that never gets easier, though she has performed it countless times.
Rain Party by False Door [10k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
In the wake of another hedonistic sleepover, the Cutie Mark Crusaders while away the last of their weekend lounging about the clubhouse, reading comics, listening to music and stuffing their faces with junk food. However, their after party revelries come to a screeching halt when an unscheduled rainstorm rolls into Ponyville that turns creatures into twisted nightmares. There is much they don't know about the situation but one thing is clear: never touch the rain. Now stranded without adults by a storm seemingly without end, the three must try to survive in a leaky shelter on nothing but the leftovers of their sleepover aftermath. As the waters continue to rise, the status of Ponyville or even the Apple family, just yards away, remains unknown.
A comfy horror story based on childhood memories of rain, floods, parties and classic kids' games spawned from overactive imaginations.
Apples and Pears Bloom at the Same Time by IGIBAB [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom has no memories of her parents. But that's okay, it's not like Applejack and Big McIntosh knew them that much either.
One day, though, Granny finds an old album, with all the photos of their parents. And Apple Bloom notices something.
Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple by Zaid ValRoa [16k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
When Babs Seed goes missing in the heart of Manehattan, Applejack and Apple Bloom waste no time in looking for her. But as they delve deeper into the city's shadows, the sisters find they may have bitten off more than they can chew.
The Troglodyte by Seer [5k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sweetie Belle used to dread looking in her mirror, because she would see so many different monsters. Monsters wearing her face, monsters wearing her friend's faces, monsters that didn't look like anything she'd ever seen before.
Nowadays, she doesn't see all these monsters, and that is so much worse.
Because now, she only sees the one.
The Price of Flight (Not a Ghost Story) by Mockingbirb [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Scootaloo visits Sunset Shimmer and learns something horrifying about the differences between two worlds.
Shipping
Green Flag Go! by Rune Soldier Dan [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rainbow Dash's unexpected request for Spitfire to babysit Scootaloo proves the tipping point in their relationship, but not in the way Spitfire expects.
Between Family And Friend by TCC56 [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom has found her perfect coltfriend: smart, kind, capable, cute.
One problem, though. He's allergic to apples.
Drama
Late Night Snack by GrangeDisplay [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom ventures to the kitchen to grab a late-night snack, but instead, she finds Rainbow Dash.
Never Meet Your Villains by TheInfamousFly [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Scootaloo doesn't think Tempest Shadow is worthy of forgiveness. Tempest agrees.
Sci-Fi
Laws of Motion by mushroompone [25k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The planet Equus will be inhospitable in just a few short years. All the creatures on it are preparing to leave for greener pastures. All, that is, except Spitfire.
The Nightmare Parade by Wanderer D [21k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Sol City has the biggest, most impressive Nightmare Night Parade in all of Equestria. Floats, holograms, free stuff... the works! It's everything anycreature could ever hope a parade to be... and this year it's even more special: Not one, but two legendary singers—Hard Rock Legend Yumi and Neo Pop Super-Star, Legend and main attraction, Sweetie Belle—are going to open and close the parade respectively, ending in a city-wide concert that will also be streamed across the world.
Enter Neon Clove, a unicorn runner/musician that loves Sweetie Belle's music and might (just might) have hacked her chances to win the Golden Ticket and take part in the parade and counts herself the luckiest mare alive.
None of them could anticipate that this Nightmare Night would change the world forever.
