College student Starlight Glimmer takes her lovable, if eccentric girlfriend Trixie to go get her ears pierced. One thing, Trixie is afraid of needles.
Celestia is taking a sick day (or pretending to). She rediscovers some old letters in her desk drawer... letters from Rainbow Dash. But the last letter is from a year ago-why did Rainbow stop writing? An Appledash story... from Celestia's viewpoint.
Twilight, while spending her weekends with Sunset, always insists on sleeping on her girlfriend's couch when she's there. However, this time Sunset will not take no for an answer and Twilight begins understand why sleeping in the same bed is special.
Seeking escape from a painful situation, Princess Twilight decides to take a break from Equestria to visit her friend, Sunset Shimmer, in the human world.
On the one-year anniversary of King Sombra's destruction, Twilight Sparkle prepares to visit the Crystal Empire again. Thousands will greet her. Four want to kill her.