Scootaloo wants to try to impress Rainbow Dash by showing her how much she has learned on her own. Things do not go as planned, and in the end, Scootaloo runs away into the Everfree. After being found, unconscious and seriously injured, by Gilda, her savior decides to take her to the Gryphon Empire, where things go from bad to worse.

*This story is to be read as if "Sleepless in Ponyville" never happened.