Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom love their lives. They play, they run around, they have fun, they stand up to Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara and continue their famed search for their Cutie Marks. But when Twilight Sparkle starts asking a few questions about some of the ponies, one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders becomes nervous, and her emotions are out-of-sorts. Her two friends try to comfort her, but nothing they can do will help her. Twilight Sparkle is scared for this little pony, and her concern is beginning to scare HER. But what happens when the truth is revealed?