After losing her powers at the Battle of the Bands, Adagio separates herself from the Sirens and spent the last several years adjusting to living as a regular individual in the human world. Attending the local college, she runs into Sunset Shimmer.
When Adagio struggles with a moment of longing for the oceans of Equestria, Sunset understands all too well. Ever resourceful, she devises a plan for finding them both some comfort.
After being abandoned by her friends, Sunset Shimmer wanders the steets alone, with no hope left, she gives up, only to be saved at the last second. Meanwhile her friends are trying to find her, and apologize for what they've done.
Out in the cold, Sunset Shimmer is forced to wait for the bus with someone she did not expect to meet there. Adagio Dazzle is all alone, looking miserable and shivering in her boots.
Two ex-villains share some coffee and forge a friendship that might just be more than it seems. Meanwhile someone else is working on something that may just succeed where Adagio failed.
When Sunset Shimmer hears strange sounds outside her apartment, she finds an old enemy who seems down on her luck. Can Sunset Shimmer help Sonata Dusk to cope with her life as a normal teenage girl?