There are times in life when one has to stop and reflect on how they came to the place they are now. For Rainbow Dash, that happens while barreling down the hall to Rarity's studio to ask her a very important question.
After being expelled from the Wonderbolts Academy, Lightning Dust traveled around Equestria in search of herself. Then, many years later, after a hard day of working she went to a bar and ran into the last pony she ever expected to meet again.
Princess Celestia has finally decided to introduce her two prized pupils to each other, hoping that together they'll finally start to appreciate the magic of friendship. They'll go even beyond that in time, but the road they'll take is a rocky one.
While studying the Cutie Map, Twilight is accidentally whisked away to an alternate universe! Again! After much investigation, she cannot figure out just where the timelines diverged, but she does seem to be bumping into things more than usual.
Almost a decade ago, cracks began to form around the edges of a town. Its veins in the earth shriveled up, and it died. Three years ago, cracks started to form in the town's last resident...
Rainbow wants to do something to make up for the damage she caused at the Weather Factory. And Twilight wants to help. But you know Rainbow -- she can't settle for anything less than perfection...