When tragedy strikes, everyone has a different way of reacting and dealing with their grief. But Cadance is all too aware that, as a princess, her duties must come before her own personal feelings of sadness.
Twenty years before the Elements of harmony, before Nightmare Moon's Return, Celestia started a whole new slew of problems and headaches for herself and the ones around her. Thankfully Cadence doesn't mind foalsitting.
Sweetie Belle is finally ready to take the plunge and open her music studio, and wants Rarity to be the first to see it. Will her big sister support her, or be opposed to her dream?
Twilight can't sleep as she remembers Christmas is in the morning. The first Christmas she'll actually remember, unlike the ones in her much younger foal years. But its Christmas!
It's Vinyl and Octavia Melody-Scratch's fourth anniversary, and Vinyl just got home from her deejaying gig. You can probably guess what happens next. Or not.
Celestia tests Twilight's limits by teaching her to deal with pain and death. This is all for Twilight's benefit, or at least that's what Celestia is telling her.