When Diamond Tiara asks her dad about summer jobs, she doesn't expect him to refer her to somepony else--and she really doesn't expect that somepony else to be a mare she's never met with a personality as dull as her coloring. As it turns out, however, much like the things she studies, Maud may be far more complex than her exterior suggests.

(Set a year or two post-Ending of the End, though technically there's nothing that grounds it in any particular time frame past Diamond's reformation.)

Fluttershy's always felt more than a little different from the other foals her age, but it wasn't until recently that she came to terms with one of the reasons why that might be. Her best friend, Jet Stream, has always supported her, despite how different they are...but he's been acting a little weird lately. Fluttershy wants to believe it doesn't have anything to do with her, but she's the only thing that's changed recently. Is she going to have to choose between her true self and her only friend, or is there something else entirely going on?

This story contains transgender themes.