Everypony thinks that Queen Chrysalis escaped capture, but Discord's captured her and holds her prisoner in his home dimension. She's going to get reformed by the Master of Mayhem. Eventually. Maybe. Theoretically.
Shining Armor isn’t convinced that Thorax can be trusted. In fact, he’s not so sure he can trust Spike or Twilight, either. Twilight might not be sure of anything anymore.
Reproduction, it's a perfectly valid thing that makes total sense. When a mare and stallion love each other very much... Blah... Blah... Blah. Here's a foal. That's how it's supposed to work. Except for when it does not.
Quick Quill is a novelist. And a good one, at that. And it will take all of her skills to make things 'write' when she finds herself as a character in someone else's terrible story.
Don't you hate it when some egghead tells you what's wrong with your life? Don't you hate it even more when she's right? Twilight Sparkle gathers her friends together and tells them what they don't want to hear. Which is the truth.
Lemon Zest is a radiating ball of pure energy, just with a human attached. Sunny Flare is more like one of those icy outer planets far away from the sun, you know, Pluto. But they keep in orbit, nevertheless. After all, gravity doesn't always suck.