Schadenfreude is a butler to Blueblood and he's no stranger to being tossed in the dungeon for ticking him off. He decides to tell the story of how he got there this time.
Donut Joe keeps his store open on Hearth’s Warming Eve. And why not? He doesn’t have anywhere else to be, and neither do the tired, bitter ponies who find their way inside. But the Eve is young, and strange things lie ahead...
Wars leave scars, death leaves holes in lives which a pony used to fill. As generations pass, those scars disappear and those holes cease to exist. Now, only an unlucky few remember the scars of a generation.
Twilight has realized that Priness Cadence and Prince Blueblood are related, but she's never seen them interact or even talk to each other. As it turns out, the two have a very estranged and complicated relationship.