After the early summer tourist trade produces an endless parade of traveling Canterlot residents who refuse to make a Ponyville purchase, Rarity decides to help the strangers in her shop -- help them buy absolutely nothing from her at all.
Caught in a rainstorm again, Derpy trudges off toward home. But along the way, she finds somepony down on her luck as well, somepony who very much reminds Derpy of her own childhood. It was a good day.
What happens when one pony's passion becomes an obsession? When their desires outweigh their joys? When what this pony thought they wanted leads them down a path they never foresaw?
It's Luna's first winter back home, and her work is weighing her down. She goes flying to clear her mind, but soon she wonders if anything has changed at all after her time on the moon. Soon she has to face her hatred in the form of windigo
After Apple Bloom steals from Sugarcube Corner, her own shame and guilt begin to gnaw away at her until she starts to doubt her own identity as an Apple.