Celestia has made an appointment to have a portrait made of her by a new invention called the photograph - her critics worry she would be endorsing something that could end art as they know it.
The composer of Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker is dying. Tchaicoltsky is expected to go to his grave alone, until he gets an unexpected visit from a griffon that asks him out for a date.
During one guys night where four group of friends tell ghost stories, Inkwell recounts his time he encountered a cult in a microscopic town called Rathdrum.
Trixie confronts her dad, Jack Pot over something important. She doesn't just want to know why he's getting married to his stage partner Big Bucks, but why he didn't invite her to his upcoming wedding.
King Thorax has lately been feeling depressed because he still haven't found anyone that he could fall in love with. Pharynx and Spike try to help out by arranging dates for him. Hopefully one stallion could catch the King's heart.
On Hearth's Warming Eve, Braeburn seeks out his friend, Soarin for a place to sleep for the night. What follows is a serious but assuring conversation between the two of them.
A colt name Cinnamon Stick has problems with the way his parents unfairly treat him. So he goes to the School of Friendship's counselor for help. She agrees to do so, but not in a way he expects.
Between Ponyville and Appaloosa, there is a bridge that if one were to walk across on a moonless night, they would never return. A reporter goes to investigate. This is what he finds.
Shining Armor recalls his most embarrassing moment of his life when his mother, Twilight Velvet, walked into his room as he had a copy of Playcolt in hoof.