Another visit to the ER for Dash, but that's not going to keep her from her usual night out with the girls. The conversation turns to Death, and… it's not at all what Twilight expected. Death either.
Thorax has been contacted by Chrysalis with promises of a truce. She doesn't understand how far along he has come in becoming the true ruler of the Hive, but she will.
While browsing the Star Swirl the Bearded wing, Twilight Sparkle learns something tragic about the history of Equestria and the meaning of her cutie mark.
After the royal wedding, a new changeling hive makes its presence known and wishs to open diplomatic relations. Twilight decides to use this opprotunity to learn more about them, but ends up getting far more than she bargined for.
When asked to write an essay on his hero for a school assignment, Rumble writes about the only pony he can think of who's deserving of the title: the stallion who's loved, protected, and cared for him the most.