Donut Joe gets injured in a freak accident and has to go to the hospital. When he wakes up he is told he must stay there to recover. This wouldn't be a problem except for the fact that his creativity is gone. Joe goes into a depressed state and is unable to make any new donuts. His lifelong dream and calling seem pointless to him now that he can no longer do what he was born to.

The nurse caring for him tries to comfort him. After opening up to her he feels a bit better. It's not until he leaves that he is able to get back to doing what he believed he loved the most. Everything is fine for a while, but what is this feeling he gets when his nurse comes to check up on him? After talking to her at his shop he can't stop seeing her and talking to her. Is he ready for a new dream?

It's been quite the eventful day here in Equestria. Between weddings, engagements, foals being born and crowning ceremonies, everypony has been very busy. A lot has changed over the years. The girls all had their own dreams to follow so they didn't see each other too much for a while. This was in no fault of them not wanting to see each other, but that they simply had no time. Of course they did see each other from time to time and wrote each other everyday.

They weren't the only ones whose lives had changed. Almost everypony had something new going on in their lives. The royal family, Discord, Cadance and Shining Armor; everypony in Equestria had changed the last few years. Some things never changed though.

Friendships were still strong with everyone. Ponyville was still a bustling little town, great for raising a family. Canterlot was still the stunning capital it had always been. The Crystal Empire flourished under the rule of Cadance and Shining. In the grand scheme of things, everything was still the same happy place it had always been, with the same happy ponies young and old.

Not everything was great though. Dark forces had also increased over the years. Though they seemed to have died down, they were really just hiding, waiting for the right moment to attack.