Twilight, reduced to bashing her head against a table to ease the feeling of literary inadequacy over an unwritable essay, turns to Spike for some more practical advice on finishing her essay--and why she should write it in the first place.
In a past life, Twilight Sparkle and Applejack journey to return a strange artifact to its rightful owner, weaving through an unknown land and a culture coming to grips with a decades-old tragedy.