Twilight has more than a few fears about her new position as a princess, but she has little time to dwell on them. A strange scroll has shown up and the writing within indicates that a "return" of "love feeding" creatures is soon to occur. Fearful of a repeat of the battle with the changlings over Canterlot, Celestia sends Twilight and her friends off to investigate this information in the far east. But the task soon proves to be far more complicated than Twilight first thought as the information they find begins to reveal that changlings may not be at all what they seem.

Note: I will be making slight connections to my one shot Wouldn't It be Wonderful? but this should be quite readable on its own as well. ^^

Queen Chrysalis' mother paid a heavy price when a misunderstanding caused a sudden "purge" of changlings from their peaceful existence alongside ponies. Years later, Chrysalis continues to struggle against her past and the regrets she holds as she attempts to find a way for her own to survive.

For Vinyl Scratch, the entire world isn't in color, but in sound. Yet for all her love of her musical art, she doubts her work at times. When Pinkie Pie's two sisters are due to visit Ponyville suddenly, Vinyl is the one who is to provide music for the welcoming party. Yet the need to create new music for the gathering brings up Vinyl's doubts and forces her to investigate what sisterhood might "sound" like. And as she encounters one of Pinkie's sisters, she learns that one's talents are a part of who they are. And that talent is not whether you do something better than somepony else, but if you love what you do and give it your all.