Death is a known subject to almost everyone, but to experience it is like something no-one can describe, but Ponyvilles local farmer has come down with an uncurable sickness, and these are his last moments.
When Granny Smith lay on her deathbed, her grandson confesses his darkest secret from his foalhood. About the unsolved double murder of his parents. He tells what and why it happened.
After Twilight delivers a batch of books to Sweet Apple Acres as a gesture of goodwill, she finds that Big Macintosh is not interested in her offerings. Through her efforts to discover why, she inadvertently discovers his most shameful secret.
Big Mac has always been seen as the one stallion in Ponyville that always seemed ready to be a father. He had raised A.J. and Bloom almost by himself, and always has time for the CMC. But is the large stallion ready to be a father?
While on a work trip to help family in Appleloosa, Big Macintosh strikes up some correspondences with friends back home. These are the letters that crossed Twilight Sparkle's desk. Sometimes words don't mean what they say.
Everypony is her own worst critic, but few take it to the extreme that Derpy does. Still, where friendship and magic abound, a helping hoof is never far away, if only she'll reach out and take it.
Fluttershy has been hurt. She moved to Ponyville to find a new beginning and now one man could be messing all of it up. The question is, is he truly hurting her, or is he there to help?