Apple Bloom and Spike find out that opportunity isn't always easy when Apple Bloom is offered the chance to be the first non-unicorn to take the entrance exam at Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns.
Sixteen years old and still without a cutie mark, Apple Bloom faces an existential crisis until a new opportunity presents itself, one that might solve her problem—if she can take the first step. ⭐️ EQD Featured
As Apple Bloom escorts a drunken Applejack home, Applejack decides to tell her the story of how Equestria came into existence. What little of it she can remember, anyway.
The Apple sisters fall down a well and can't get out. They spend the experience arguing about what's truly important in life as rain falls and the water slowly rises around them.
After Apple Bloom steals from Sugarcube Corner, her own shame and guilt begin to gnaw away at her until she starts to doubt her own identity as an Apple.
Apple Bloom makes her yearly journey with her big sister, one that gets harder every time. But this year will be different. This year, she'll tell Applejack everything, even if it hurts. She couldn't do any less for one she loves so much.