Fair or not, most classes have that one perfect student, that one little flower that the teacher can't help but adore. Cheerilee's class is no different.
Cheerilee has given each pony in her class a journal assignment. What does Scootaloo have to say? What is Scoot's home life really like and how will it effect ponies how they see her when they find out if they ever do? What are her parents like?
After an unfortunate accident, Spoiled Rich wakes up thinking she's her old self before her marriage to Filthy, and boy isn't she different. The whole town is shaken up in the process, and Diamond is about to uncover some long lost family secrets...
When Sunset Shimmer gets a letter from a not-so-secret admirer, she thinks it's just a bump in the road. She doesn't know it's all about to end. But Cheerilee knows. She's always known.
Discord hurt a LOT of ponies in his brief reign of terror, and Cheerilee wants to deal with the fallout of her own chaos-driven madness. But will her sis Berry Punch accept her apologies and help, or will she just drown her grief like always?
(Takes place after "Hard To Say Anything".) Cheerilee is crushed to hear that Big Macintosh has found a new special somepony, but convinces herself it's for the best. That is, until Big Mac meets with her to share an important confession.
The small snippet of two tired souls in the midst of the happiest and loneliest time of the year, where perhaps a few too many sad stories pass by before their eyes.