Joe and Candy get more than they bargained for when they pick up an expensive horse for a friend of Ben's.

I too (like Questfan in her excellent 'The Squirrel's Stash') have been playing with the Pinecone prompts on Bonanza Brand, and will post them here as they are written. All are 500 words or less, based on a provided prompt.

Six years after the murder of her family, Jamie Hunter finds herself having a job on the Ponderosa. What starts out as just a roof over her head soon becomes her home and the Cartwrights become her family. She made a promise never to let harm come to a family of hers again, but in the face of danger... will she keep that promise? (Genderbend: Jamie)

Summary: Adam finds a young girl on his journey home. But will it be for the better or no. WARNING: Spanking involved in this chapter.

"Of the three Cartwright brothers, the one known as "Little Joe" married first." A tale of three Brothers and their search for happiness ever after. Inspired by a volume of Russian fairy tales. Warning: Mild adult language, adult situations and very little violence.

I've been playing over at Bonanza Brand with the bi-monthly Pinecone Challenge for a while now and decided to post the collection here. Each chapter has a prompt and had to be no more than 500 words.

This is the seventh in the To Everything Series - Adam and Shiloh have spent the first year of their first born's life bringing the man who maimed Micah to justice, then facing down danger from a former partner amid internal strife with two very different opinions about priorities. They're moving forward...but so is a very dangerous man.

Introducing a little sister for the Cartwrights. She will be related to characters from other Westerns and have some famous Godfathers, but most of them will rarely be in the story. It will be necessary to show her life before she moves to the Ponderosa. The picture is what I think Cat could look like. Warning, spanking of minor children in some chapters.

Eine Geschichte aus der Sicht von Adam über sein Leben auf der Ponderosa.

It's a year after Laura left with Will and Adam is still feeling the effects of what happened. He tries to work through the problems but a tragedy sends him on a quest for justice that turns into more than he expected.

Written for the Bonanza Brand Missing Man Challenge - Add Adam into a Season 7-14 episode as if he never left. My story is a WHI for "To Die In Darkness" - Season 9. Further summary inside.

A prequel story, Hoss hasn't much to be cheerful about on his thirteenth birthday, he goes to older brother for some much needed advice.

Ben meets Margaret Jensen while traveling by train from Boston back to Virginia City. The apparent chance meeting will forever change his life.

One brother says good-bye to another.

This was written for the Missing Man Challenge over on Bonanza Brand. The idea was to add Adam into any Season 7-14 episode as if he never left. My story is based on Kingdom of Fear from Season 12. Ben, Hoss, Joe and Candy are captured and illegally found guilty of trespassing so they can be used as slave labour in a gold mine. There is no hope of escape and no hope of parole.

Read the entire life of Adam Cartwright. From his arrival in the West to ...? Challenges and adventures, love and affection, which accompany him all his life.

A twelve year old secret from Ben's past comes to light and causes some changes for the family. AU

After Adam leaves the Ponderosa, Joe goes through an emotional upheaval until he comes to an understanding of why Adam left and how he truly feels about that.

In The Search, Adam and Ann were just two strangers who's paths crossed when another man took Adam's identity. With the mystery solved, Adam is on his way home and Ann has gone back to her job in the saloon, but is that the end of the story? This is a WHN for The Search.

A newcomer from an Old Money, New England family draws attention to the New Money, Western Cartwrights and Virginia City.

Adam is coming home but all is not as it seems to be and he runs into a lot of trouble, Joe gets to be a detective and a planner with some help, and Candy plays an important role in the story before it's all resolved.

This is about a girl named Kaylee Jones coming to ranch just outside of Virginia City. This my first FanFic, so please bear with me!

Hoss loses that match contest once again, but it is his mistake with Hop Sing that really costs him dearly.

In The Paiute War, Adam and Young Wolf, son of Chief Winnemucca, were once friends. What made Young Wolf, end his friendship with Adam, although Winnemucca continues it with Ben and Adam?

This is an AU Bonanza story, and will not strictly follow canon. Characters may, for example, act in an uncharacteristic manner. "Bonanza" was created and produced by David Dortort. Note: The sentences at the end of Chapters 9 and 12 are deliberately left unfinished. If you review this story, please do not give away the ending. I've made some minor changes to the last chapter.