Twilight Sparkle – the prized acolyte of Queen Celestia. Bright and brilliant, the young maren has but one goal in mind: to advance the Harmonic sciences of Equestria to levels accomplished only once before by Starswirl himself.

But despite her years of study and devotion, the world itself seemed to be against such a goal. At every turn, something blocked each plan and stomped out each project before they could even get in motion.

With her time running out before the dreaded age of child birthing, Twilight focused on nothing but her life goal. Each failure grew her desperation, pushing her further into isolation and forcing wilder ideas regardless of consequences.

Until the Queen brought a final stop to it all, gently ordering Twilight to take a moment to breathe and live outside of papers. Unable to contain her obsession, Twilight follows the Queen’s command. She heads to an insignificant backwater town in the hopes of resuming her projects, out from the ever-watchful eye of her mentor.

Unbeknownst to herself, this single, simple action sets into motion a series of events that lead her closer to her goals, serving to spark the journey needed to solve her past roadblocks.

All she needs to do is make some friends.

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Cover Art made by Traupa. Adapted in Photoshop to include title.

The life of MacIntosh Apple was a simple one: Wake up, do his chores, work the farm, and go to sleep. It was a comfortable life. One he grew familiar with. He and his father tended to the heavy lifting while his sister and his mother handled the public side of the farm.

Life was good.

However, life is a mountain. At the top, the only place to go is down. Through a great tragedy, great responsibility was thrust onto MacIntosh. Grief and stress spiraled into depression. Depression spiraled into anger and anxieties.

Life was no longer good.

But through faith, his family, and a counselor, MacIntosh overcame depression. He approached the place his life once was.

Only one thing was missing.

As time continued, so grew a void. Despite the anxiety and introverted shell, MacIntosh longed for life before the accident. But how could he ever return to such a life? He had spent too long away from it all. But if he wanted it back, the time would come when he would need to face this fear head on.

Until then, MacIntosh is more than happy to take it at his own pace.