I, Yona The students of Twilight’s school go home for spring break. Within a few days, rutherford comes to Ponyville, demanding to know why Yona has started referring to herself as “I”, and not by “yak” or her name. Twilight chalks it up to the influence of her new friends, which rutherford considers an attempt to undermine her heritage or something. In the end, rutherford leaps from a tower of Canterlot Castle and dies. or he learns acceptance.
Griff’ Grift Gabby comes to Ponyville for a CMC meeting, and to deliver some mail from Griffonstone. Gallus doesn’t want her to spot him or know he’s there. Ocellus and Silverstream don’t understand why, since she seems nice enough. Gallus tells them that Gabby is generally considered weird by other griffons and that grandpa Gruff told him that if he ever befriended her, he wouldn’t really be a griffon anymore. Ocellus thinks she detects that Gallus actually does want her as a friend, so she impersonates Gabby and tries to get Gruff to like her, thereby giving him no reason to forbid Gallus from befriending the real one. Mimicking the younger griffon’s unending energy and optimism is draining, but she tries to soldier on as best she can.
So, A Spoon Walks into a ’Bar… Filthy Rich suggests installing vending machines in Twilight’s school to stave off hunger and test scores and whatever to make everyone involved a little money. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon tag along because Diamond wants to spend time with her dad and Silver wants to spend time with Diamond. Sandbar delivers the roll to Twilight or something and Silver thinks he’s just the coolest and she could swear she felt a vibe from him! During a sleepover that night, she tells Diamond that she thinks, maybe, in a way, possibly she might have a small crush on him…maybe. Diamond is thrilled for her and vows to do what she can to get them together. Sandbar soon figures out what’s going on (the fillies aren’t very subtle). He thinks Silver is nice, but she’s too young to date and asks a friend about how to let her down suuuuuper-gently. Unfortunately, that friend is Smolder. Hey, if Silver can have help in pursuing him, Sandbar can have help in turning her down. In the end, the four deal with letting someone down easy, amicable rejection, unattainable crushes, how not to be helpful, making promises they can’t keep but wanted to and letting down a friend after promising to help her.