Trixie has been run out of Ponyville twice. Since then, finding meals and somewhere to sleep has been a struggling challenge for the former show mare. When she ends up stumbling into Ponyville once again, she finds herself waking up in the homestead of the pony who had caused a lot of her troubles. The town's local librarian, Twilight Sparkle.

The two soon form beautiful friendship that buds into something more. How exactly do you tell you friends that you are in love with the pony that enslaved their town? Let's just say this does not end up well for either of them.