After returning to Ponyville from Canterlot, Sweetie Belle tries her best to find her place amongst friends and family and to remember what it feels like to be home. This story takes place 4 days after the finale of Scion of Chaos.
Five years of cheap thrills in the big city has left Sweetie Belle in bad debt with dangerous ponies. Forced to pay up, she returns to Ponyville to seek money from an estranged sister she loathes with a passion.
Rarity discovers she can change into her Nightmare form at will, but she needs help to control her new power. Lucky for her, a certain dragon is there to help.
Diamond Tiara runs away from home without her tiara, and moves into Carousel Boutique, much to Rarity and Sweetie Belle's surprise. Later, when Diamond is kidnapped by the diamond dogs, an unexpected pony comes to her rescue.
Hearth's Warming Eve has approached as a full grown Sweetie Belle struggles to deal with the recent loss of her beloved sister. That is until a strange package is presented to her that contains a gift of closure.
What do you do if you discovered that you are destined to walk in the darkness? A little filly will have to learn what it means to live in the darkness without being consumed by nightmares along the way.
"After all their crusades, all the failures from which they walked away, it was easy to forget they weren't invincible. Fate was a cruel mistress to take one of them from us at such a young age..."