When a new mission for the Element-Bearers (from an unexpected source) arrives three weeks after Twilight's ascension, she finds herself forced to confront a pair of questions: what truly makes an alicorn? And what happens if it goes wrong?
Alicorns are not immortal - merely long-lived. On her deathbed, Celestia confesses to Luna about the loneliness she suffered during their thousand years apart - and of Celestia's secret plan to make up for her greatest failure as Luna's sister.
Anyone who has sought counsel from Princess Celestia has met Raven, her most faithful aide. She has been a veritable second shadow to the princess for as long as the castle staff can remember... longer than they can remember, in fact. Much longer.
The worth of a dragon is measured by their hoard, so what happens when a dragon travels to a distant abbey to find the most precious treasure of all: a tiny alicorn, named Cadenza.
When the deposed king of the Diamond Dogs is brought before the court of Celestia, the story he tells is far too much to believe. For if it is true, the Equestrians' conquest of his nation has been a terrible mistake.
It's just a giant festival with carnival rides, food, and games that Discord's put together outside Ponyville to celebrate the end of Daylight Saving Time. Why should Twilight be concerned?
Princess Celestia is invited by her sister, Princess Luna, to attend the annual Nightmare Night celebration, a festival she knows little about. Will the night be filled with devilish delight, or turned into a living nightmare?
After Celestia humiliates her at a dinner, Luna storms off and ends up snooping around in her sister's room. There, she stumbles upon the journal Celestia kept immediately after the banishment of Nightmare Moon.
Twilight Sparkle is arrested for the second time in her life. Rarity is attempting to put her business partner out of business. The undead have risen and walk Ponyville's streets. A normal day, in other words.