Spending Hearth's Warming with her marefriend is wonderful, yet Sunset can't help but feel reminded that she's not truly of this world anymore. Strangely, Twilight can relate.
In the silence and comfort of the Royal Canterlot Library, a young Twilight Sparkle considers her future while studying the words and thoughts of Princess Celestia's previous students.
In an age of unrest and inter-tribal tension, Twilight Sparkle flies to Cloudsdale to talk down a faction of radical young Pegasi. It would be a lot easier if their leader hadn't been petrified for fifty years.
In the midst of a battle to protect Equestria, Twilight Sparkle falls. For a moment—just a moment—she wonders if she should bother getting back up this time.
Nearly a thousand years after her sister's fall, Celestia finds she may not be so alone after all, when a little alicorn ascends in the distant village of Florentina.
Starswirl the Bearded developed a time-travel spell. A pony could use it - but only once, and only be in the past for about a minute. One chance. One minute. That's all Princess Celestia has to save her sister from the Nightmare.
The Kiss of the Alicorn is a spell. It can only be cast by an alicorn, and only a single time. It allows them to share their immortality with one other pony, so that they don't have to face eternity alone.
You are Sunset Shimmer. And as you watch Twilight open her amulet at the Friendship Games, a wave of dark memory crashes over you as you race to stop her.
Prophesy says that Twilight Sparkle will not outlive her friends. To preserve the Princess, her friends must survive. They may not be immortal - but one year can become a thousand at the speed of light.
Spike finds Twilight awake in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, worrying about her upcoming elevation to ruler of Equestria. As usual, he knows what to say to put her mind at ease.
An older, mellower Scootaloo relocates to the Crystal Empire, tasked with tutoring a jumpy junior Princess. She's either the worst pony for the job or the ONLY pony for the job. There is no in-between.
Flurry Heart has grown up listening to stories of her favourite aunt's accomplishments. Now a young mare, Flurry has come to increasingly idolise her. Twilight wishes she didn't.
Adrift in a sea of fearful adoration born from residual terror, how can Cadance possibly hope to get honest criticism out of anypony? By making it mandatory.
The only reason Wallflower made it this far is because Sunset was always there when she needed her. How can she possibly win a fight against herself when Sunset's away?