Applejack's life is one of toil and of ...loneliness? Through all the grief in her life, Applejack finds a beacon of hope hanging from a strange tree. Is her shot at love staring her in the face, or is she just suffering from an exotic mental illness? This inanimate object shipping story is rated Teen for dark humor.

Celestia makes a speech three days after the attack on canterlot and is challenged publicly by a pony with a strange hat that goes by the name Vilotyne. Ousted from her throne and alone in the wilderness, the former princess must rally her remaining supporters in ponyville and save Equestria from the evil that Vilotyne will force onto it.