What with defeating Tyrek and getting new duties and a castle, Twilight Sparkle is a very busy pony. She finds herself spending a lot less time with her friends. Eventually, they fall out of touch entirely. But one day, several years later, Twi gets a call that gives her horrible news. Fluttershy is in the hospital, dying slowly of cancer. Twilight rushes immediately to her side, but is sad to find how much has changed. And while this is happening, Twi finds herself wondering what life means, and if living is really important if it only ends up in death.

*Rated T for depression, sadness, and possibly a suicide attempt. NOTHING ELSE! This story is dedicated to all the people who have battled cancer or AIDS, no matter who they are, or if they have won or lost.*

When Scootaloo goes for a checkup at the doctors, she is brokenhearted by the news she recieves. The only people she feels she can comide in our her fellow CMCs. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle are having their own issues, and one of them is especcially tired of being Scoots's complaint panel. The group experiences big fights and ends up splitting different ways, leaving somepony stuck in the middle. Can the CMC's ever reform the seam that had split apart, or is it something even Rarity couldn't stitch together again.