Not long after becoming Equstria's new reigning monarch, Twilight receives a letter from Prince Blueblood. It's not a declaration of war from the land's rightful ruler to the unprincipled usurper who's claimed the throne, and he explains why.
When Yona invites Sandbar to a Yakyakistan festival, Sandbar's past history experiencing transphobia rears its ugly head. Can he win against his own intrusive thoughts and enjoy his Hearth's Warming with the yak he loves?
Sometimes in life there are things you have to do that are hard. Like, way hard. Harder than they should be. Yeah. Aw, shut up. Like you've ever tried to confess your feelings for a stupid apple-bucking farmpony?
Vinyl was the quiet kid in school. She didn’t speak in class, walked too fast to keep up with in the halls, and generally had no friends. Everybody knew that, though few understood why. But the new girl in orchestra was determined to change her mind.
Braeburn receives a mysterious summons from Applejack: it seems she has a stallion she thinks he may like. With nopony for him in Appleloosa, it couldn't hurt to visit Ponyville to find out could it?
The Cutie Mark Crusaders decide they need to expand their numbers, but things quickly go awry when their first target begins sobbing on the spot. Sweetie Belle soon finds herself roped into hanging out with the young colt.