As the virtually shared but not yet commonly named wish-themed winter holiday draws near, Misty and her friends are visiting Bridlewood, and there they happen to learn more about one of its inhabitants and his own habits around the holidays.
Uncontrolled magic is ripping through the fabric of reality, countless lives and the state of the world are at stake, and it's up to a teenager with mental health issues to fix everything. It seems like this may be a yearly occurrence at this point.
Fire coveted Heaven's love. Fire yearned for Heaven's light. Fire sang in its empty halls of its hate and its love for Heaven. Heaven shone away from fire, swirled by multitudes of likesoul. Fire its many kilns fuelled. Placid, the sea witnessed all.
It's late at night after one of Trixie's shows. Several of her spectators are in the process of learning why one should (or shouldn't, depending on personal preference) hang around the closest bar after she's done. Assuming they'll remember anything.
It's a quiet winter morning at the Crystal Brighthouse, Zipp and Pipp are busy outside, Sunny is relaxing and watching the snow, and Izzy is about to make the morning a lot less quiet.
The lower floors of the Rainbow Factory largely take care of themselves. Occasionally, though, something comes up that requires direct intervention. Some employees are more fit than others for the task.
Waking up from a nightmare is no pleasant experience. Not something Twilight hasn't experienced though. But sometimes, some dreams are different from the others. Some feel more real. But a dream is just a dream, right?
Being the metaphysical manifestation of Magic itself existing beyond the borders of reality and tasked with fixing the multiverse before it collapses is no easy task. But at least Pinkie is there to keep Twilight company.
The recently crowned Princess Twilight travels to the minotaur lands on a diplomatic mission, accompanied by Fluttershy and Sassy Saddles. Things don't go as planned for all of them.
The world is in turmoil, Equestria is on its knees, monsters hide at every corner and everypony is trapped by the physical manifestation of their innermost fears. But Rarity isn't going to let such trivial occurrences stop her from delivering gifts.
Defeated, humiliated, blasted to pieces, and reduced to merely a shadow. But Sombra survived. And he'll come back. He just needs to convince Flurry Heart to help him. If he can survive the holidays, that is.
The Storm King was defeated, imprisoned, shattered and dispersed. But that won't be enough to stop him from coming back. At least, that's what he thinks. Any day now.
There's a door in Twilight's castle. She doesn't know where it leads to, she doesn't know why it's there. But it is. Sometimes, at least. It's rather hard to catch though.
Applejack and Rainbow Dash share a walk in the countryside on a warm midsummer day. No eldritch revelations on the true nature of the universe are had.
Death wasn't part of Twilight's plans for the weekend. Twilight was part of Death's plans for the weekend. Neither had foreseen someone else arranging a compromise.
Twilight's plans for the day were simple. Run experiments on poison joke in the afternoon, have Rainbow Dash for dinner in the evening. The universe, unfortunately, had other plans for her. And a cruel sense of humour, given which day it had chosen.
It's been many years since Twilight moved away from Ponyville, and quite a while since the last time she came back to visit. She feels it's time for her to pay a visit to her old town, to see how things have changed during her absence.
According to Shining, Sunburst has been acting weird lately, and he doesn't seem to want to talk about it. When one morning he disappears, Twilight decides it's time to check on him and figure out what the problem is. The answer is rather unexpected.
He woke up in a hospital bed, no idea of why or how he got there, no memory of his past or of who he was, only bits and pieces of knowledge about the world around him. Things did not get better for him after that. Not in the least.
Having received a message from the unicorn asking to see her, Twilight goes to Rarity's house to see why. It turns out the mare has been drinking too much again. Twilight is rather unamused by the event, and by its consequences.
Made curious by what she recently heard about the two, Rainbow decides to inquire further into the actual nature of Sunset and Twilight's relationship. She gets her answers, though she's not quite sure it's what she wanted to hear.
On one seemingly peaceful evening, Twilight decides to pay Rarity a visit, meaning to chat with her and maybe ask about her thoughts on that book she lent her. Unfortunately, it appears she might have chosen the wrong time for her visit.
It has been a long and peaceful period of cohabitation, but all things must come to an end, and the time has finally come for the alien race to leave the planet and resume their journey. And so, their friends gather for one last goodbye.
Celestia has plunged the World into eternal daylight. Luna is defeated, the Crystal Empire trapped, and communication impossible. So clearly, the Cutie Map calls Twilight and her friends to solve the problem. Its priorities turn out to be debatable.
Celestia thought she knew herself like the back of her hoof. An incident with a changeling revealing spell was about to make her deeply question that belief.
Twilight thinks that, clearly, the question calls for a long rant about why a certain porn story should be read. Twilight may have misinterpreted the situation.
Some things are best left hidden from the eyes of the public. But they need to exist, for the good of everyone. And that means there needs to be someone who knows about them. Someone there to do what is necessary.
Traditionally, in Equestria, the carpet matches the drapes. And when the drapes can't be matched, there's no carpet. Unfortunately, Celestia forgot to mention that detail to Twilight.
Twilight and Sunset have a brief talk, and the latter ends up learning about a little hobby the other has, something she'd never mentioned before. Coincidentally, she might know more about it than Twilight suspected.
The day of Sombra's return is nearing. Twilight and Rarity are on a mission to Canterlot, and they can't find the problem. A mysterious force attempts to stop the purple alicorn. Also, Celestia is a spider, but that’s not particularly important.
Celestia is a spider. Celestia remains a spider. And we-Well, we didn't really have anything to do with it, but we're still the ones who have to suffer the consequences.
Headless pony expresses his opinions through editorials in a newspaper despite being incapable of thought. Local purple alicorn princess remains greatly annoyed by the fact.
Having discovered the true nature of Apple Bloom's origins, Luna decided it was necessary to take action in order to prevent the potential consequences. Things did not go too well from there.
Suspicious about her actual relation with the rest of her family, Apple Bloom had some tests done in secret. The results were... unexpected, to say the least.
Never once in her life did Twilight Sparkle think she would one day regret asking a question, to her teacher nonetheless. Never once did she think she would one day wish to forget an answer. One "How many?" later, she wished she'd known better.
Twilight is spending Hearth's Warming together with her brother in the Crystal Empire. Tempest will be there as well. This is great news. It's not like Twilight wasn't warned until hours before the event and doesn't have a present ready as a result.
Tempest was rather excited about the upcoming Hearth's Warming, one she would spend with the royal family of the Crystal Empire. She was a little less happy when Glitter Drops couldn't make it. She was mildly annoyed when she got to the flying whale.
After months of waiting, the right conditions finally present themselves for Luna to ask her sister about the porn she supposedly wrote. It didn't exactly go as she'd thought it would.
The Great and Powerful Trixie did not get lost. The streets of the Crystal Empire had been built by some incompetent who'd put a wall where the road should have been. But surely, the disembodied horn on the ground would know the right way to go.
On the anniversary of the day in which she came back from the Moon, Luna takes some time to reflect upon the events that happened that day and since then.