When a horrifying creature wanders out of the Everfree Forest, Lyra, Twilight and Fluttershy learn a hard lesson about taking responsibility for your mistakes.
Twilight Sparkle thought that she'd succeeded in curing Fluttershy of the bat's influence, but she was wrong, and she must pay a nightly price to keep her friend alive.
Nightmare Moon spent a thousand years alone. After returning and overthrowing her sister, she finds a possible companion in one of the ponies who sought to defeat her. Now Rarity must fight alone to retain her sanity.
On the day of Equestria's first Winter Wrap-Up, the pegasus once known as Private Pansy – now promoted to Captain Pansy – leaves the celebrations early to face her former commander. Who is now in prison.
They kept up their facade. They bore that burden by choice, and they were none the less for it. And when they had a second to step back, to stare into the eyes of the world, they took solace in each other; for it was all they had that was real.
Starlight writes her final farewell to Twilight. She didn't expect this to be this hard. But it's for the best. She only hopes Twilight sees it this way too.
On a cold, empty evening in Canterlot Castle, two long-estranged friends meet up to try and rekindle their friendship, but they may not have the same goal in mind.