Imagination

Pinchy just sat there, watching her poor mother losing her marbles. "Miss Lime is green..." she pointed out at her mother's questioning. She might like it! As for Miss Cheerilee, she would probably shake her head and ignore it. This wouldn't be the worst condition she's showed up to class in. "Mommy, I feel fine. I'm not slimy... I don't feel like a grape..." she checked herself over to be absolutely sure. Yup. Not a grape. Was there a reversal? Pinchy thought about it for a moment before getting a fantastic idea. "Mommy! Mommy! I know! I'll just think what I was thinking really really hard that last time I tried to cast... But backwards!" Genius. Absolute genius. Little Pinchy was already about to try, taking a bracing stance before that soft glow in her horn started. "Wait... What was I thinking then again...?" she tried to remember a moment... And then it hit her! She was trying to make Mr. Boots fly! She immediately stopped what she was doing and sprinted to her bear, giving him a big hug! "I didn't forget about you, Mr. Boots..."

No glaring issues here! A fine job

Death to the false Emperor! Looks great!

Pinchy responds to her mother's poking with a 'boop!' of her own, the filly's hoof reaching up to return the mare's most fantastic gesture. But the fact that her mother seemed so worried did make her take pause for alarm. The doctor? Why would she need ot go to the doctor? Did she grow an extra leg? Were her eyeballs replaced with squids?! That would be icky... And silly. She would know if her eyes were squids... right? Instead she had a moment of great situational awareness! The little hoof booping her mother back wasn't pink at all! "WHOA! I'm green!" She seemed far more excited about it than her mother was. She immediately went prone on the ground, covering her eyes with her hooves in the grass "I'm invisible~" No you're not, Pinchy. She got back up and starting bouncing about "I could pretend to be The Grouch from that Hearth's Warming song! 'You're a mean one, Mister Grouch~ You walk wiiith an awwwful slouch! You sleep upon an ugly couch, like some sickly scaramouch, Mister GroouuUCH~!'" Well at least she was having fun with it. "I gotta remember how I did this! Maybe I can make myself other colors! Like a lizard! But lizards are slimy... Do I feel slimy?" she asked, giving her mother a big ol' hug.

What's this?! An incredibly long line of ponies woefully underpopulated by bees?! Pinchy would probably pretend to do something about it if she wasn't running an errand for her mother. Instead of pretending to be a bee-themed superheroine, she was running an errand for her mother! She even got to go all by herself! Sweet! Well, it was just to Sweet Apple Acres... It wasn't too too far from the vineyard. Berry needed apples to make 'something special'. Ruby just could not wrap her little pink head around it. She hoped to Celestia it was apple pie. Or candy apples! Or apple strudel! Or apple... Apples! Apples rule. But the line was so loooong! Well, not really long, but long enough for her to think it was really long. She had imaginary stuff to do! No way was she going ot let her mind ponder on what succulent, delicious, mouth-wateringly scruptious treats her mother was so diabolically keeping a secret from her! AH! She was getting hungry now. She looked at the list one more time. Two bushels and... doooo... dow... Oh, don't! Don't... lose... the bag. Bag? Oh, the bag with her mother's bits in it. She needed that! She would guard it with her life if she must. She was imagining herself as a valient knight, protecting a great relic! ... But her armor was decorated with apples. Lots of apples. "Rrrrrrrrr~" "Shut up, tummy, I'm going as fast as I can!"

Hey Canterlot! Magi here! Awhile back I posted an interest poll for this competition I'm cooking up. It being some time since then, I wanted to have another interest poll before attempting to push forward with it. Called 'Arcade Arena', every month there would be a posted game and a side challenge called 'Imagination's Challenge'. The regular competition would work like a high-scores board, while the side challenge would be having to meet a challenging score. At the present time, prizes for the Arcade Arena are some nifty badges that I'm working on. The games would all be 100% free and 100% accessible on the net for the regular challenge, as I had hoped would be obvious. No sense in having a board-wide videogame contest if half the members who are interested don't have the game. It would work like this: Arcade Arena: September ANGRY BIRDS 1st - loliwin - 9,999,999,999 2nd - lolnoobs - 9,999,999,998 3rd - lolimthird -9,999,999,997 4th -whatevs - 1 And so on and so forth. The side challenge would be things like: Imagination's Challenge Score 100,000 points in Rainbow Dash Attack The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place players in the high scores get a nifty badge and bragging rights. Those who complete the side challenge also get a nifty badge. HOWEVER, The point of this thread is not to pitch the idea. The point of this thread is to see if there's interest, and if this kind of competition would be worth holding at all. Please answer the poll if you're interested or not, and even include your own thoughts if you wish. Again, this is to see if there's interest in such a concept as a gaming competition. Not a think-tank for ideas for said competition.

An audition? For "Charlotte's Web"? She loved that book! It made her laugh! It made her cry! It frustrated her because she didn't want ot write the book report about it! Curse you, Miss Cheerilee! Making such a touching story such a chore! Ah, but back to the play. Ruby Pinch saw an add for foal actors for the play! And then another! And another! In fact, she was sure there were at least half a dozen plastered to one mailbox. Somepony sure was dedicated to advertising! This gross waste of paper gave Pinchy great motivation! She wanted to audition! But what role could she play? The Goose? BLEH! Reminded her of Diamond Tiara... Templeton? Nah. Rats were icky, and she didn't like him in the book... Charlotte! Of course! She was so nice and helpful and honest and- Oh... But that's a lead role! It's called "Charlotte's Web" afterall... NO PINCHY! You will not let it intimidate you! She stamped her hoof in self-defiance, standing with a confident air. "I CAN be a spider! I WILL!" she cries out to herself... On a busy street. After a few strange looks and waving at everypony, she bounces her way back home to pick up the book again. What scene could she use for her audition? There were so many good ones! Like when they were trying to find a word for the web and Wilbur kept fainting! Or when Charlotte taught Wilbur about being humble! Or telling Wilbur about eating flies, or--- There it was. The clincher. Poor Pinchy was tearing up just reading about it. The death of Charlotte. It was tear-jerking. It was darling... She can remember the long, tear-filled talk she had with her mother about life and death after that scene in the book. This was it. She knew it would be hard, but the director would see that, right? She could sing Charlotte's last song. After a few heart-wrenching practice sessions in front of a mirror, she rushed to the theater. She arrived not long after another filly, putting on her best smile. Sweet Celestia she was nervous. She waved to the mare behind the desk. "H-Hi miss! Uh... I'd like to audition for Charlotte... I-If the role's not taken?" No Pinchy, don't second guess! Be confident, silly pink filly! She tried to steady herself, waiting anxiously to see what this mare would say.

"I will mommy! Promise!" She could never break a promise to Berry. It was the one thing she could never do... Well, one of three things. Disappoint mommy, break a promise to mommy, or lie to mommy. Unfortunately the first one happened alot, but not on purpose! She just had to get better grades! But she had to do better at this right now, she didn't have school today! Pinchy certainly hoped she'd get it right! She didn't like ruining her mother's things. No matter how many times she assured the filly that 'accidents happen', she still felt bad about it. She HAD to get this right! For her mom's garden's sake! Her eyes fixed on the un-moving Sir Mr. Boots. So brave and supportive! "Okay, Mr. Boots, get ready to fly!" she cried out with great joy and excitement to her little bear. After a pause, a moment that was probably allotted for the toy to respond, the unicorn's horn started to glow again. She thought maybe if she thought about it realy really hard, it would happen! Her eyes closed and she strained to make the spell work, pushing herself and making her horn glow brighter and brighter! She just thought of Mr. Boots taking to the skies with a handsome smile and a go-get-em attitude, ready to fight crime all around Equestria! After a few seconds of sweating, stumbling, and filling the area around her with pink light, her horn just sputtered out with an almost mocking 'Pthb' raspberry. "Aw!" The demoralized filly cried out in disappointment, left a panting mess from her failed attempt. "Well... At least nothing bad happened... Right mommy?" The filly trotted over to the mare after taking a moment to collect her spirits. "All this failure is making me hungry. Can you make me something, mommy?" Of course, if Berry turned around to inspect her daughter, she would find that the filly had turned green! Fur, mane and all! At least those cute, pink eyes were left unscathed, and the poor filly was completely unaware of this backfire.

There were strange goings-on at the vineyard in Ponyville... What sort of strange goings-on, you ask? One that involves a conduit of endless childish energy attempting to use magic, and a mother who has absolutely no experience in magic! Magic! It's magically delicious! What does magic taste like...? After countless minutes of trying to lick her sparkling horn, a frustrated Ruby Pinch just huffed. Maybe some other day. But for now, she had some serious work to do! She was pretty sure she was the only pony in her entire class who couldn't do ANY magic! It was making her look double-y lame, because she didn't have her cutie mark either! Most of the classes she could take were either too full or too expensive. But she wasn't upset about it, she already went to school once a day on the weekdays and THAT was too much. In her bubbly, humble opinion. She had hoped Twilight would be able to teach her, but she had to go off and become a Princess and junk. Psh. Whatever. Pinchy would just have to tackle this task herself. So she had to take a day off from pillow forts, hide-and-seek, and the land of make believe. Captain Afro and the land of alfalfa sandwiches would have to wait. Even if today was the day she was planning to invite some friends over for some fun... To be fair to Berry, this option was probably cleaner, spontanious combustions not-withstanding.This was super-duper-EXTRA important. Maybe one day, if her mother got stuck on the roof again, she could just get her down with magic rather than have to go ALL the way to the shed and wobble around with the ladder trying to carry it to the house. She hated that ladder. Not cuz it was heavy, but cuz it was TALL! "Mommy? You still there?" Was she? Pinchy was sure the purple and pink mare was still in the vicinity. Did she run off again? So the pink filly's incinerated a flowerpot, turned a couple grape vines white, and summoned up a small dust devil in all her previous attempts at her (as of yet) greatest feat. Big deal. All she had to do... Was pick up her teddy bear. Mr. Boots. So brave was he, sitting in the middle of the lawn. He didn't even blink when the pot caught fire! That was why she made him a knight in her kingdom! SIR Mr. Boots! But right now, she was trying to make him fly. She even tied a blue cloth around his neck for the occasion. She was having trouble coming up with a cool superhero name though. "Okay mommy, I'm gonna try again! I'm gonna get it this time!" After all, her trying-to-taste-magic shenanigan probably warmed up her horn even more! That means the magic will work better, right?

Looks good to me! Have fun!

Hey there, Sky! Magi here! This seems like a pretty solid app, however there is one issue I'd like to see resolved before I stamp this and send you on your way to goodness! After reviewing with my fellow helpers, we feel that Sky Current's cutie mark story doesn't quite fit to the feel of WoE and FiM. We just can't picture ponies willingly and knowingly putting family members in mortal danger simply because they felt it would be a solid teaching method While I'm sure his older brother had everything under control in your story, again, it just doesn't fit the attitude. However, if you want to stick with this story, it would be perfectly acceptable for CC or FFA, I feel! From what I've seen out of this app I'm sure you can make a creative change or two to make it fit better! Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to seeing what develops!

Name: Bianca Gender: Female Age: Adult Species: Changleing (Soldier) Eye Color: Blue with white psudo-iris Character color: Gray Mane/Tail/Other: Light gray mane and tail fringes, being slightly more intact than your average Changeling. Blue shell and light blue wings, as is standard for most Changelings. Physique: Stands slightly taller than your average Changeling, though otherwise average build. Residence: Primarily- The Grand Hive of Queen Chrysalis. Currently- Canterlot Occupation: Invasion Specialist / Hive Lieutenant Unique Traits: Because of her office, she is well-versed in the art of destroying empires. Fiercely loyal to her Queen, Bianca doesn't hesitate for a moment to infiltrate whatever settlement she is ordered. Her disposition toward the creatures of Equestria is that they are mere cattle. Necessary for nourishment and expendable. How is this different from any other changeling invader? Well, she's not incompetent for one, having better instincts than your average Changeling. She also displays excellent leadership capabilities, certainly causing a lot of trouble should she rope in any drones in the area. History: Bianca's childhood was comparable to life-long acting lessons. Practically the moment she hatched, she was conditioned for her current role. Her developing mind was filled with lessons on how to deceive and exploit, to blend in and impersonate any and all walks of life. While this sounds particularly sinister, she enjoyed it quite a bit. She found the ability to step into another's 'shell', as it were, and pretend to be them to be exhilarating. The younglings would laugh and play with what they learned, little tricksters having fun with illusions and lies. All in good fun. Bianca was most fond of 'flash-acting', where the teacher would give the young changelings two minutes to act out a random role they called out. 'Filly Aristocrat' could be followed by 'Diamond Dog rascal with a bad leg'. It made for hilarious times during lessons. Though as Bianca started to get closer and closer to adulthood, the lessons became more and more serious, the teachers even starting to punish and berate the students for acting flaws. As Bianca came into adulthood, the games had ended. It was stated clearly that her life belonged to the Hive. And she was fine with that. With advanced acting lessons came how to hunt. With how to hunt came how to trick and deceive, and with that came how to drain... or destroy. It became quickly apparent that Bianca had a devious mind, often choosing more innocent and unassuming roles than intimidating, authoritarian ones. While other soldiers took the roles of guards, professors and shopkeepers, Bianca would often play the role of a kindly old mare, or a janitor. Roles that would never draw attention, or that would need a great deal of know-how to pull off and can be improvised on the spot. She also payed particular attention to combat classes, learning to go toe-to-toe (or hoof-to-hoof) with cattle species and survive. From the very beginning, she understood Changelings are seen as a threat, and most races will not hesitate to squash them like common bugs. As time went on, she showed greater and greater potential among her other changeling soldiers. Her greatest achievement, however, came to her during the invasion of Canterlot. Single-hoffedly, she had traveled to the city with the forward advance party in order to infiltrate its infrastructure. Bianca took on the role of a newly commissioned officer in the guard. Unorthodox for her, but not impossible. Since there was no baseline for her behavior, this officer being new, she was able to create a convincing character rather quickly, and blended in with no trouble. From here, she had access to patrol and recon reports, as well as guard postings and schedules. She was able to create gaps in patrols and perimeters of the city by manipulating reports, letting many drones get into the city in order to prepare for the invasion. When the lock-down of the city blocked off additional reinforcements, she coordinated with what drones could be spared and assimilated them among the guards. When the invasion was initiated, Bianca was instrumental in delaying the military's response to the invasion force and dissolving the rank structure, creating confusion and panic. With only herself and a handful of drones, she had sent the apparently battle-ready guard force into disarray in her sector, allowing other sectors to take advantage of the shortage of military reinforcements. Though the invasion itself was a total failure, Bianca was still commended for her efforts... Once she recovered from getting her butt blasted back to the hive. She was appointed one of the invasion force's top Lieutenants, tasked with coordinating and preparing for future invasions, expected to be carried out immediately once the hive is able to completely regroup. Though this may take some time... Currently she is back in Canterlot, monitoring the situation and attempting to blend in once more. Character Summary: Bianca has a very 'high-and-mighty' attitude about herself, being an accomplished invader. But she doesn't allow her ego to compromise her usefulness in the field. Despite a distinguished reputation, one that commands the respect of most lesser invaders, she enjoys the light-hearted whimsy of being a pony. Mostly because they're easy to fool, but it's an easy life. Be happy and friendly. And eat a lot of disgusting baked treats... Cupcakes, pies, danishes, scones... BLEH! As for other Changelings... She doesn't think much of them, unless they come to stroke her massive ego. Drones are expendable, most soldiers are idiots, and even some of the other members of the court she finds insufferable. None more than Snively. Every encounter with the administrator his been a displeasure. Since he is in a greater position of authority, he often brushes off 'jarheads' within the hive. Requests for supplies and reinforcements are met with loopholes, technicalities and red tape... Even when the administrator relays an order himself, he refuses to give Bianca adequate support! He expects her to make an omelette without cracking any eggs. Sometimes literally. It infuriates her beyond measure... But, she knows better than to voice her frustrations to the administrator, or try to extort him. Mostly because she knows he won't waste a second to rat her out... One flaw, one that is concerning her close confidants, is that she may be going 'native'. When she returns to the hive, many Changelings notice that her wiry mane is actually being tended to, and she's rather conscious of it. She's even been caught brushing it from time to time! Scandalous! But she's all about the hive. An invader through and through. So what if she has a nice new barrette in her mane sometimes?

Minotaur - The King Bulls If a pony were to read an old storybook about the mighty Minotaur, they would find tales about guardians of treasure and knowledge. They stand vigilant and uncompromising against adventurers and travelers alike, smoke emitting from their nostrils and eyes bright with fury. They are depicted in an almost evil light, though in reality, Equestria's Minotaurs are more neutral in disposition. Their aggressive nature usually tends to come out to outside races only in instances of territory defense, or a direct challenge of strength. They can be found in the mountainous areas of the Forest of Leota, though they generally tend to stay confined to that area. These rugged creatures have a tribal affinity, often spread throughout villages and commutes as different 'herds'. They are isolationists by nature, and extremely territorial. Most Minotaurs make their living accomplishing various tasks for the good of the tribe, such as maintaining shelters, foraging, mining and forging. The physiology of a Minotaur is consistent with ancient lore: The head of a bull and a bipedal body. They have hands much the same as monkeys do, their appendages made for fine motor movement and manipulation of objects. The primary distinction between a male and female Minotaur is the head: Males will have more pronounced horns and broader shape than their female counterparts. Females will have more pronounced chest and hip regions. The height difference between the two is often negligible. Save for appearance, there does not seem to be much difference between male and female Minotaurs in terms of their representation in their society, both genders filling all billets and jobs. The Minotaurs, while self-sufficient, can still be seen as crude and barbaric. The semi-literate mountain-folk have some speech capabilities in more educated villages. Of most recorded encounters, minotaurs are able to communicate on a basic level. For instance, many will use simple words and/or speak in the third person. It is rare for Minotaurs to have an academic interest, however these few are often kept as advisors and archivists for larger tribes. These are the most likely to be literate and open to communication with outside creatures. They are an aggressive race, and have more respect for tests of might rather than words or wisdom. Incredibly territorial, however they will often be hesitant to attack more peaceful creatures such as ponies or woodland creatures, quite simply because they see no challenge in them. They are more apt to contest amongst their own people, or a more aggressive race (such as Diamond Dogs). For example, the leaders of tribes are often selected by a show of force and prowess, a prospect challenging the current leader and his/her cadre of advisors in a last-Minotaur-standing wrestling match. Another example would be a Minotaur's right of passage into adulthood, where he/she is given minimal supplies and sent into the mountains to live on his/her own. While on this journey, they must often call upon skills and survival methods picked up in childhood, such as preparing food, fighting sickness, building shelters, tracking, navigation, and self defense. Once they complete this one-month rite of passage, they are welcomed back into the tribe with open arms, reveling in the stories the young Minotaur has to share. It is often commemorated with a great feast. Should a Minotaur give up or return too soon, they can sometimes be banished by their tribe leader, though it varies from place to place. Should a Minotaur not return from their journey at all, they are assumed lost to the mountains. Minotaurs can often be found in the fearsome regions of the Knight's Peak, though these Minotaurs are often tribe warriors tasked with defending their homes. That, or they are a young Minotaur on their rite of passage. It is highly unusual for Minotaurs to venture into those dangerous regions, or anywhere else in Equestria, for any reason, though every rule has its exceptions. If a pony should encounter these creatures, one should keep an open mind and not be offended by their assertive nature. If a pony is thinking of venturing into their domain, they should keep in mind the territorial behavior of these creatures and plan accordingly. ~Equestrian Bestiary Vol. VII

For coming up with or being best ship?

Celestia x Space Marine? ... no? Raridash is pretty good Buuuuut... Twinkie, on the other hand-

Whoa whoa whoa, DRAGONS?! Sketch wasn't sure how he thought about that. Then again, he did say it would be in the mountains, or something along those lines... and the game is called Dungeons Ponies and Dragons, so he probably should've seen it coming. Either way, Drifting isn't going to throw a dragon at them at level 1, right? ... Right? Solumn Vow just chuckled at their eagerness. "So ready are you young ones to throw your lives away. But, I'll not deny time is critical. We'll be off once we're certain we're ready. Once we leave this area, who knows when we may have the chance to acquire provisions?"He knew they were probably going to groan at the old stallion's cautionary nature, but hey, somepony's gotta be the voice of reason. Not that anypony was being unreasonable, per se. ​"So, uh... Where do we go from here again?" He was still learning the ropes, but this stuff seemed pretty simple so far. Then again they haven't done anything excruciatingly complicated. Yet. He was actually kindof excited for their first fight. What was it going to be? A goblin? Timberwolves? Ogres? A giant cockroach? He shuddered at the last one. He hated bugs.

There aren't particularly 'elite' wards. A Crystal Pony Elite could live anywhere, it all depends on their personal and property value, as well as possibly their position in Crystal Pony society. So wherever you want your pony to live, they can! The Topaz ward is just as nice as the Diamond ward, unless certain ponies strive to make it a bit nicer on their own.

Had to give this post a once-over.