Rainbow Dash passes the brutal evaluation for entry into the Wonderbolts only to discover that her dream is still years away. To earn her spot on the team, she will have to serve in the shadowy organization responsible for the Wonderbolts' existence in the first place - RAID.

This covert team has been working under cover of darkness for decades to secure Equestria's borders from her jealous neighbors. But when an airspace violation response turns sour, the conflict that follows will challenge Dash's assumptions about what is really important and what it means to be loyal.

Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack each share their thoughts on that fateful day eleven years ago to a journalist from the Ponyville Courier.