Sweetie Belle finds out that she has an odd ability to talk with one of the mannequins in her sister's shop. The mannequin wishes to be freed and only Sweetie Belle is able to help it out.

Starlight is initiated into an underground company that researches genetic engineering and other controversial things.

About three months have gone by since the battle of the bands. Without their magic there's nothing holding the dazzlings back from the streets, or each other.

This world is darker than I remember, nature does not exist here. My only hopes of returning is to send you this letter, none of my letters have reached you before. But I am hopeful about this one.

There are many things that can limit you in this world. For this mannequin the only frontier is himself... and maybe a doorknob.