Hello, my name is Octavia, and in only one short year I managed to climb my way up to the top of the world of classical music. Where I was world renowned for my masterful showings of the most beautiful songs created by composers over the eons, but now I play my beloved cello for mere spare change, taking shelter at night in the empty doorways of the back allies of the city that never sleeps....

My name is Lyra Heartstrings and I was accepted, with a full paid musical scholarship, into one of the most prestigious colleges in Equestria: Manehattan University. I am studying to major in classical music alongside my foalhood crush. Sounds great, right? Not really. The mare (yes, mare. I'm a fillyfooler.) is cold towards me, treating me as little more than a nuisance. Has since we were young. And she's straight. But I would do anything to be with her or just to have her like me. Not likely. Why must the universe torment me so?

“What makes life truly worth living?”

For one mare, this answer is unknown. She was once at the top of the world of classical music, but now she’s a librarian at the Manehattan College of the Musical Arts. Some argue that this was for the better, while others state differently. For she both lost her career, and finally found a special somepony. But all of this is about to change...