The greatest displays of strength are not always the most overt. Fluttershy is not whom one would consider to be a strong pony. But when Rarity digs a little deeper, she discovers in her friend a strength that carries the weight of hundreds.

After a particularly trying episode of dealing with her cat, Rarity decides to go to Fluttershy for some much-needed relaxation. There, she's introduced to a secret of Fluttershy's that nopony yet has understood.

Rarity has found a new hobby in meditating with Fluttershy, and through months of practice, she's not only learned how to listen to nature, but also how to read ponies and the inner feelings they hide. But she never wanted to read her best friend.

Over the months they've been together, Rarity and Fluttershy have only grown closer in their burgeoning relationship. But whatever the happiness they've found with each other, in their growth, there's someone they've left behind.

The regime says they need power for the good of Equestria. The underworld says they've been corrupted by it and seeks it for itself. When law means little, but power lends security, morality suffers. Fluttershy knows that first-hoof.

A change of lifestyle doesn't happen overnight. Coloratura is slipping. And the presence of one particular pony isn't helping her.

When Rarity collapses under her mountain of orders, only one pony can offer her help. Fluttershy, however, has problems that are just as dire. Perhaps they could help each other out . . .

Two former enemies find themselves on opposite ends of a coffee table.

Every story has a beginning. Rarity and Fluttershy reminisce about theirs, starting from day one.

Princess Twilight Sparkle will do whatever it takes to save her friends. Whatever it takes.

Fluttershy plans to sing with the Ponytones on Nightmare Night, but an offhoof comment from Rarity shatters any confidence she had.

Everypony wants to believe their romance is a perfect one. Fluttershy wants to believe that very, very much.

When Equestria is faced with a cataclysmic winter storm, it's up to Twilight to lead Ponyville to safety. Although she knows that her friends will be by her side, she does not know how much she'll need them … or how close she'll get to losing them.

Octavia and Viola have been colleagues for years, and they've known each other for longer. But familiarity does not imply understanding. You can be friends with somepony all your life and not understand a thing they do . . .

Time moves too fast for anypony to stop and think about what their legacy will be. But in those final moments, it seems to slow down just enough for those ponies to wish they had more time to think about the question.