As Gallus navigates the uncertain waters of being a special somegriff, demons from past his refuse to let him rest. As a hostile empire looms, Gallus will need to fight with every fiber of his being; only this time it's to protect the one he loves.
After the events of Friends and Family Day Two, Gallus has been ducking and diving his feelings for a certain earth pony friend, avoiding him as he tries to bottle his feelings. Somehow, avoiding his roommate is much harder than he assumed it'd be
December 23rd, the war still rages on. Now Hearth's Warming and Blue Moon is coming up. With each side hating war they lay down arms to meet each other.
After Twilight Sparkle reopens her School of Friendship she decides, as an act of diplomacy, to hold another Friends and Family Day to prove her school is different this time. Sadly, not everything goes according to plan with the attendees.
In the eyes of Griffonstone, Gallus isn't considered an adult as he has no one by blood or marriage to perform a coming of age ritual. Sandbar comes up with a loophole to free his friend, he'll simply marry him. At least, temporarily.
After noticing Gallus isn't in class, Sandbar sets off to find him. What he finds after, however, is much more interesting than he expected. Namely, his big floofy ears.
(Takes place after "Marks for Effort".) Diamond Tiara meets two students from Twilight's School of Friendship while trying to sneak onto the property. The conversation soon turns to things like friends and family, and all will have things to say.
So yeah, Gallus was happy enough he supposed. Had a great boyfriend, and actual friends. Life was good. However faced with the potential ending of his relationship, worries and then he speaks out. Loudly, in fact.
(Stand alone sequel to "Gallus' Guard Training".) Gallus goes off to fight in a war for Equestria, much to the dismay of Silverstream as the two have only just gotten engaged. Before he leaves, Gallus offers her some words of encouragement.
Ocellus wakes Gallus up, claiming to have solved the secret to painful Hearth's Warming Eve get-togethers. He just needs to follow her back to the hive and drink a goblet of magic and his own blood, and relive his worst memory of the holidays.