After a dispute about the latest Daring Do novel, baking shenanigans, and a very vivid dream, Rainbow Dash finds herself questioning her feelings towards Twilight.
Twilight is busy and can’t spend her time with the other girls during their beach vacation. Missing her is bad enough for Rainbow, but there is also something she needs to know from Twilight.
In Twilight's time of need, only Rainbow Dash is there for the young Princess. The others seem to be mad at her for things she didn't do. An old enemy approaches, and without the Elements, it can not be stopped... can it?
Celestia asks Twilight to move back to Canterlot for a year. With all her friends being very busy, they'll barely have any time to see each other any more. Well, all of them except one. A story about dealing with distance.
Rainbow Dash teaches a preteen Scootaloo how to fly, strengthening their bonds, both to each other and the ponies around them. A story about love, family, and growing up.
Twilight wakes up to find that she has lost her voice completely, and even worse, her magic. All the while, Ponyville is being absolutely annihilated by a unicorn that looks exactly like her.