Rainbow Dash is dying. With no cure for her condition, her friends have done their best to make her final days as comfortable as possible. However, Applejack seems happier than she's been in ages. After catching Rainbow alone, Applejack shows her why.

The world is ending, and Twilight is left to observe. Helpless to prevent it, her mind begins to wander as she watches the end unfold.

Two ponies, bounty hunters both, are headed south for work in the city of New Mareleans. Ponies say there's something unnatural happening in the Bayou, but that's probably just talk, right?