Mister Lonely Heart is a self-styled "Grievance Counselor", a changeling who mimics ponies that his clients have issues with. When Twilight Sparkle pays him a visit, he finds out how painfully neurotic the Princess of Friendship really is.
A broken-spirited Spike waits for news of Twilight after an accident lands her in the hospital, dancing on the fine line between recovery and the unspeakable.
After years of hiding in the Everfree forest, Fluttershy emerges to a very different Ponyville. It seems as though everypony is gone. She knows only one thing, Discord has been living in her cottage, and he and Angel Bunny are all shes got.
Midnight is desperately trying to forget a tragedy that killed the one he loved most. But in his mission to save her, he must go through the pain of remembering. Will he be able to hold on?
Applejack and Rainbow Dash have been dating for some time, but while Dash has been off applying for the Wonderbolts, Applejack has been thinking about their future. What she finds is a terrible realization and the dread of breaking the news to Dash.
I like to believe that I am the strongest of anypony I know, that I have no weakness. And I like to believe that I am the strongest out of my friends, for certain reasons. I couldn't be more wrong.
The local veterinarian asks her latest patient as she performs her least favorite procedure at Canterlot's animal shelter why she insists in keeping this job a secret from a certain pink haired volunteer. A monologue.
Rockhoof has returned to Equestria after a thousand years in Limbo. He's also severely depressed. Princess Luna pays him a visit in his lonely dream to find out what troubles him.
After Fluttershy commits suicide, her friends must fall apart and put themselves back together in order to move past it and see that life really is worth living.