This story is a sequel to Dragon Blues: Faster Than You!
Twilight manages to shanghai the speedy dragon known as Bolt, into helping her with a magical experiment. Soon Bolt causes trouble for Twilight and she sends both Bolt and Spike out into Ponyville while she calms down. While Bolt wonders why Spike doesn't act like a real dragon the two head out into Ponyville on an adventure that will teach young Spike what it means to be a real dragon, as Bolt teaches him the ropes. Their first stop is meeting up with Rarity who is being harassed by a very gabby stallion.