When AJ realizes somepony is living in her orchard, she sets off to investigate. She finds the pony, and after hearing his tale, she discovers herself helping him on a mission to recover something he lost.

This story takes place in the universe of A Rose is a Rose. It may be marked as "sad," but that is only because it contains sad elements and themes–I'm hoping that, in the end, the tone of this story can be described as many other things besides "sad."