Roseluck loves the plants in her shop very much. Above all, she loves a unique specimen: a rare cactus from the Appleloosan Desert. One day it is purchased, and she is sad to see it go. But soon she has to deal with more than her disappointment, when she sees somepony with a mysterious injury that she suspects is related.

Written for the School for New Writers June prompt.

Canterlot loves parties, all kinds of parties. It is a very specific kind that the Princesses get invited to, though. Luna has seen a lot of them, and they are always the same. But she is not always the same.

Written for the Just Like Old Times writeoff.

Lyra, like so many other ponies, traveled to Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration. But when she returned to Canterlot, she found that a piece of her has stayed behind, and her home city no longer feels quite like home.