MAS Twilight goes about her aimless existence of trying to make herself happy while being forced to study friendship by order of Celestia.

After a mysterious force disrupts the aurora over the Crystal Empire, a powerful unicorn arrives from a foreign land, and threatens to disrupt the lives of not just the Crystal Ponies, but everypony in Equestria.

Firebrand and the rest of the bronalysis crew investigate something unnantural from Doctor Wolf's past.

Chrysalis wallows in her failure to secure her subjects a bright future, and reluctantly accepts offers of aid and assistance.

Lightning Dust struggles to deal the severe depression she fell into after being kicked from the WonderBolt Academy, and tries to find a new future for herself.

A young unicorn stallion falls head over hooves for Commnader Hurricane . . . and very slowly she begins to feel something for him as well, though perhaps not so much to her liking initially.

Best friends, inseparable from foalhood, Soarin and Spitfire have always been together; as friends. But Soarin's come to a realization over all this time: he wants the two of them to truly, always be together . . . always.