Berry Punch is sick again. As her health declines, she has trouble finding any sense of peace or balance in her life. Even the one she loves can bring little comfort, though he's certainly not going to stop trying.
He loved her all through their childhood. Then she went off with another, and simply vanished. It's been a few days since she showed up at his front door, on the breeze of a cold fall night, after ten whole years. This time will be better.
Fillydelphia promised me the world, but it broke my world instead, and threw me into the shadows to rot. They took everything from me– now it's time for me to take some of it back.
Octavia has something she's needed to say for some time. It isn't easy for her to say, but it must be said all the same. On her latest visit to an old friend, she decides to finally get it off her chest.
Vinyl Scratch finds a field of dry grass, where the trees stand scattered and their leaves are blown across the scene. She sits down and contemplates all the things she did for Octavia.
On Hearth's Warming Eve, as ponies get ready to celebrate with their loved ones, a lone filly is one of the few ponies that remained outside. She has to sell her matches, no matter how hard it is, and so she abides the frost and the darkness.....