When the Wonderbolt Academy doesn't turn out well, Lightning Dust enlists in the Equestrian Royal Guard to fill in the void. Deep in a wooded mountain range on a scouting mission, she contemplates what exactly drives her actions.
No matter how amazing and talented a pony may be, she will always be missing at least one aspect required to be "perfect". Lightning Dust, believing herself to already be the pinnacle of ponykind, struggles to find the missing pieces.
