On the night before Shining Armor leaves to train for the Royal Guard, Twilight Velvet struggles with her regrets. A companion piece to "A Mother's Comfort".
Betrayed by those he once trusted, Shining Dantes is sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. But he escapes, and discovers treasure beyond imagining. And now he will use it to exact his revenge. For he is The Count of Monte Cristo.
Her hive starving and crippled and herself in even worse condition Chrysalis turns to the only being in Equestria that can help. Too bad that this particular pony has so many reasons to hate her.
Twilight Velvet is dead, and Twilight can only blame herself for what happened. However, when she learns of a secret that her parents had kept from both her and Shining Armor, Twilight goes to visit her former mentor, who seems to be hiding a secret
Clinging to Celestia's teachings of mercy and forgiveness, Twilight journeys south across the sand sea to make peace with the enemy who devastated her homeland. But every step of the way, the brother they killed is there to haunt her.
When tragedy strikes, everyone has a different way of reacting and dealing with their grief. But Cadance is all too aware that, as a princess, her duties must come before her own personal feelings of sadness.
In this sequel to "Defender of Equestria," a Changeling General goes on trial in Canterlot for numerous war crimes, including kidnapping Cadence and Twilight, while Shining Armor's mentor and predecessor attempts to make amends with Celestia and Luna
Shining Armor has been turn into a changeling by Queen Chrysalis. Now he must struggle to survive in his new form while trying to keep it a secret from his loved ones. For he fears they may never look at him the same way again.
Following the Changeling Invasion of Canterlot, Twilight's friends, Princess Celestia and Shining Armor lament over how they failed to protect Canterlot from the Changelings as well for their behavior towards Twilight at the Wedding Rehearsal.