What's it like to live in Canterlot, home of the princesses, assorted renowned celebrities and sophisticated ponies?

Well, it all comes down to who you are, really - and if you happen to be a fairly ordinary earth pony, you can get on with life quite easily with few distractions.

But what happens when life plays you an interesting hand, and suddenly you're thrown into the spotlight?

This is a tale of the everyday, and how it can turn from ordinary to extraordinary with a twist of chance.

This is a tale of friends, of laughter, of love and of life.

This is a tale of who we are, and how we got here.

This... is Sketchy Salad Symphony.

Dash and Pinkie were playing Portal 2 when suddenly purple hazed their vision. Now they are trapped in the game and their only escape is to beat the game. They will make new friends along the way and meet robots who want to help them, robots who want to kill them, and robots who just wanna go to space.

Scootaloo becomes fed up after always seeing her friends go to real homes and real families. So she sets of on a quest by going to Ponyville's Library, and asking for Twilight Sparkle's assistance in trying to find out her roots. The Cutie Mark Crusaders help her out, but Twilight has other ideas. While the CMC go searching for Scootaloo's roots, The Mane Six start forming a plan of their own.

Apple Bloom is tired of being on her own. With time stopping for nopony and a great, bright beacon calling to her, the little earth pony makes one of the hardest decisions of her life, and embarks on one last crusade with her friends.

However, one friend is not so quick to accept the truth. Can a certain little white filly learn to cope with the thing she fears most - saying goodbye?