At the beginning of the Age of the Great Frost, Canterlot has fallen. The ponies who stayed in the mountain city fought an uphill battle for food and firewood. A mother just lost the battle and her fillies can only give her the last honor anymore....
On Hearth's Warming Eve, as ponies get ready to celebrate with their loved ones, a lone filly is one of the few ponies that remained outside. She has to sell her matches, no matter how hard it is, and so she abides the frost and the darkness.....
Smoky and his little sister Piña are living alone with their mother. They're forced to be independent because of their mothers alcoholism. Smoky is the elder sibling, and takes as with many other cases of abusive families, too much responsibility