"Your struggles will avail you not, my pretty, for I have tied these ropes with most consummate skill, so that confound it all, Snips, are you determined to stick every needle you possess into me‽"
"If you'd sit still it would probably happen much less often," she answered mildly, "and we'd get your costume sorted out a lot quicker, too. Must you wave your arms about so much as you study your lines?"
Lars Oldcastle dropped the sheet of papers from his hand. "To think that I am reduced to playing a stock villain in a melodrama in, of all places, Schenectady. Schenectady! Why, that's hardly a proper name for a city at all; it
[Sonic] A long, dire day for Blaze pt.2 by david41159, literature
Literature
[Sonic] A long, dire day for Blaze pt.2
“Curse my life, full of needless challenges and mishaps!” Blaze grumbled, squeezing her brain to find a thread of idea to rid the gas inside her. “If my parent gave her a pyrokinetic ability on birth, why couldn’t they give me an ability to see what’ll happen in 5-minute future?”
In a fit of anxiousness, Blaze tried getting the gas outside using physical force applied from outside. She pressed her belly with her hands. Nothing happened. She pressed harder. She felt the pressure going towards her top, but it didn’t seem to be enough to expel the redundancies out of her.
“But when I landed on
To Catch A Thief (Part 3) by TheTopTier, literature
Literature
To Catch A Thief (Part 3)
Mara Balagaia continued to stroll down the halls of her palace, her two ram minions following behind her. The feline would temporarily deactivate whatever security they came across, with it going back online shortly afterward. Her unquestioned ownership and rule over the luxurious yet sinister establishment was somehow noticeable in every step, head tilt, and swish of her long white tail she made. She managed to be the most prominent physical presence despite having two much larger rams following behind her.
And underneath the bulky arm of the first of these rams, a grey, lithe, bound and gagged raccoon continued to squirm and wriggle around
"Disappearing Pony Act"
Lo and behold the Great And Powerful Trixie! The all-powerful and greatest magician in all of Equestria! There is no feat of magic I cannot perform! There is no skill or talent that my magic can not surpass! Truly all are honored in be in the presence of the Great And Powerful Trixie!!!
My legendary tales have spread across all of Equestria! There is none who don't know my name! There is ... there is ... none who doesn't love the Great and Powerful Trixie!
Certainly you have heard that on one of my many travels I came to the small hick town of Ponyville, that wouldn't even be on the map if not for the regular visits
Zoe ran into the theater, smiling from ear to ear, she couldn't contain her excitement! After so much waiting, Mystic Maggie's magic show had finally come to her town and of course she got a ticket as soon as she could.
Mystic Maggie was a magician known for having tricks that nobody has been able to explain, some even calling it "real magic" and for a demon/human hybrid like Zoe that intrigued her. She wanted to see close up if it really was real magic and if it wasn't then hey, at least she got to sit through an amazing magic act, right?
As the lights dimmed, Mystic Maggie herself stepped out on stage to thunderous applause to which Zoe e