Forlorn Hope was a drifter for years. Eventually he settled down in Ponyville as an unassuming handyman. Now working to save up enough money to open a hardware store, Hope’s quiet life comes to a grinding halt when he turns himself into the authorities in a show of goodwill after the invasion of Canterlot.

With nothing to lose he writes a letter. To the only pony who might care to listen. And the only pony for whose opinion he cares.