After recent events, Tempest decides to stay in Ponyville for a short period, but in that time she receives an invitation to a special night in Canterlot, where she meets an unexpected face that sparks memories of old.
Life was normal- or as normal as it gets in Ponyville- for Tempest. Until on a fateful day, she is commanded to the city of Canterlot, where she is told of an existential threat that becomes a harbinger of ultimate destiny.
Pinkie is invited to a business that on its surface seems like fun and games. But looking deeper behind the facade, she finds an undertow of darkness, and a spiraling abyss.
Going about her day normally, a problem arose for Octavia. A deep one. She begins to postulate and even vocalize her problem to Vinyl. But it seems it's beyond her understanding.