Trixie Lulamoon, no matter how much she tries, finds that ponies around here can't accept her new humbleness. So she plans to live in a place far from mainland Equestria, where nopony knows her enough to judge her based on past actions: Trottingham. An off-shore city-state with a history of austerity, crime, and endless precipitation.

She finds a lonely friendship, among a rushing torrent of Trottingham's native social detritus, with Leif, a Gryphon with a kind soul but a deceptively darker past. A past that will soon intertwine their companionship, and maybe push the two closer towards something more.

And as the old saying goes, birds of a feather, flock together.

Author's Note: Don't expect clop in this story, just a light...moderate....slightly more moderate amount of ship. Enjoy!