When Twilight Sparkle starts to become a problem, Chrysalis doesn't send her to the catacombs. After all, what a waste it would be, to send a pony filled with platonic love away when she could use her as a puppet instead.
After Twilight Sparkle finishes Starswirl's spell, Celestia sends the Bearers on a new grand quest... but not all is as it seems. How, exactly, was Equestria really made?
Sometimes the last page of one story is just the first page of another. Sometimes Pinkie Pie and her family are endearingly weird. And sometimes Twilight finds happiness in the small things, even in her darkest hours.
Owlowiscious has been acting strangely for days. He refuses to fly into the new castle much, and when he does he never stays for long. Worried for his friend, Spike attempts to find out just what has him so upset.
[Comment-Driven] Twilight wakes up on the floor, injured and alone. The town of Ponyville is dark, its inhabitants twisted. And none of them can leave.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy have been friends for what feels like forever -- so why can't Fluttershy forget this one silly thing, in face of everything else? It doesn't even matter that much, right? Sometimes one mistake is all it takes.
After the events of "Sweet and Elite", Rarity starts to think of the family that she allegedly hates, and how she should apologize. Guilt trips and deep conversations with Applejack are had.
After Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo finally stop standing up for themselves and each other, it's up to Apple Bloom to show them how their faults are nothing compared to their merits.
Seeing as Lightning Dust is now a reckless, self-centered pony who throws caution to the wind, Rarity wants to ask her what happened -- where the time went and why she changed. But she won't. Because Rarity knows what happened. Life happened.