Editing Don't Rest Your Hooves (section)

== Story Ideas ==

Existential horror and magical ponies?  The possibilities are endless.  
(''but please tell us!'')

* Every year on the first day of Spring, the young yearlings who proved they are responsible will get their cutie marks in a coming-of-age ceremony.  The Pony Characters are unable to attend this year's ceremony, stuck with chores or perhaps just sulking because of their recently discovered "otherness."  Going about their business, they find a young filly hiding in a treestable, spooked and reluctant to talk.  You recognize her as the yearling-of-honor this year, surely she would've been proud to take her place as first among yearlings?  There are other Ponies that are looking for this young filly, but why would she be hiding from them?  When you were a yearling, and it was your turn to get your cutie mark, you remember....   well, I mean EVERYONE was there, even Princess Celestia, you're pretty sure... and you have your cutie mark, so... oh come ON, how could you forget something like that?   And why is any 'Nother Pony in the Crowd vague about their ceremony when you ask them?

* Oh no, Nightmare Moon has returned!  But... what is she doing in the court of Canterlot?  And she's not picking fights with anyone, she's dutifully at Princess Celestia's side, and everyone calls her Princess Luna, so I guess it's okay?  When you ask, any 'Nother Pony in the Crowd will remind you that Princess Luna learned her valuable lesson about Friendship, and the elements of Harmony restored her to her honest life and the love of her family.  But she looks like Nightmare Moon again, and none of the 'Nother Ponies in the Crowd seem to notice.  And you're pretty sure she caught you staring at her.

* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/573755 The Story of the Blanks] takes seven minutes to play, and could give you ideas.

* Some minor crisis occurs - valuable (but less so than Friendship!) items are destroyed, a significant (but less so than Friendship!) ceremony is interrupted, or confusing (but less so than Friendship!) interactions are detangled after everyone involved is thoroughly annoyed.  Lessons are learned, speeches are made, and life moves on.  The next day, the exact same thing happens.  Not just a similar thing - that's normal in Equestria, you were already coming to that realization.  It's actually the exact same thing, with every 'Nother Pony In The Crowd doing the same things and saying the exact same words.  When you go off-script, they get back to the original as fast as they can.  And the next day, it happens again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  And again...

* Suddenly, there are dragons.  Big ones sleeping on mountaintops and riverbeds, small ones living in Ponies' homes (and somehow delivering letters through firey vomit.  ''Eeeewwwwwwwww.''), and a handful in between.  Unlike all other life in Equestria outside the Everfree Forest, these Dragons speak, and take care of themselves without Pony intervention.  Everyone else acts as if this is completely normal.  (Alternately, such Dragons were there before, and just as suddenly vanish.)

* The Zebras wage all-out war.  Hordes of them descend upon the frontier communities, killing and pillaging.  While the 'Nother Ponies in the Crowd do hide from them (Zebras creep them out), they clearly do not realize what's at stake - when their friends die, they continue to talk to the corpses, clearly seeing this as just another wacky misunderstanding with a lesson to be learned (or, alternately, denying that the dead Ponies ever existed).  Will you protect the other Ponies from a threat they clearly cannot comprehend, or seek freedom among the Zebras, who at least capable of recognizing the wrong-ness in Equestria, and that you are different?  And how will you react if the dead Ponies really do get back, with lessons learned and laughs all around?

* HAS NOBODY NOTICED THAT THE MOON DISAPPEARED AFTER NIGHTMARE MOON WAS BOUND BACK INTO PRINCESS LUNA?  '''NOBODY?!'''

* The Elements of Harmony are being used once more!  Their chosen wielders have banished a great evil from the world.  And, now, they are politely asking you what's wrong.  But something about those glowing eyes tells you the normal brush-offs won't work on them the same way it does on most.