Twilight Sparkle has decided that she wants to be friends with Starswirl the Bearded. Friends... with benefits.

Life is like a tree: growing, stretching many directions. But the trunk remains the solid center it builds from. A branch may reach the sky, but stays anchored to and part of the tree. Twilight Sparkle isn't the only one to grow into a new role.

The girls have questions after Pinkie Pie meets her sister at the Gala. No, not those sisters - the cello player.

When you have to turn your entire life over and start from scratch, it helps to have good friends by your side. Rara is fortunate to have one like Applejack. And the chance to meet her brother.

Quietly, Sunburst has pined for Twilight Sparkle. Though his feelings run deep, his words fail him. He knows love isn't his expertise, so to resolve things he goes to the best - the changelings.

In the mountains, a monastery founded by Starswirl the Bearded to care for unicorns who lost their magic raising the sun still tends to ponies in need. In the wake of the Storm King, one such pony journeys there.

After taking the throne, Twilight sorts through Celestia's old papers. In it, she finds a letter addressed to her. Addressed - and never sent.

Cadance is pregnant. Facing down her own fears, she has a heart to heart about it with the infant Flurry Heart. Flurry Heart, in turn, is extremely unhappy at this betrayal.

As their time at the School of Friendship ends, six newly graduated students prepare to settle into their adult lives. Five in Ponyville - and one far away.

Discord embracing friendship was critically important for Equestria, bringing it a powerful ally and taking away one of its greatest threats. Twilight just wishes that he would stop trying to give Fluttershy presents.

Rarity has coyly asked for a Hearth's Warming present: a kiss under the mistletoe. Unfortunately for Applejack, that's harder to accomplish than it sounds.

Wallflower has been kidnapped by her pony doppelganger, her life stolen away in a fit of envy. But a dark start doesn't preclude a better end.

The only one who can save Coco from herself is herself - her extradimensional horse self.

Telling Discord to 'find more friends' is asking for trouble.

Wallflower Blush used to be a nobody - an invisible girl no one noticed and no one cared about. Now she's managed to turn her life around. Someone else is looking for a shortcut.