After getting there cutie marks finally, Rainbowshine and Dizzy Twister move out of their parents' house in Cloudsdale and move to Ponyville. But when the two find out how hard it is living on their own without their parents' help, they visit their parents in Cloudsdale for a few months until they move back to their home in Ponyville. After two months of hard work and cleaning, the two are finally getting the hand of being young adults with responsibilities.
But when Rainbowshine heads out to Sugarcube Corner to get a cup of coffee, she gets more than coffee when she lays her eyes on the stallion, Thunderlane. Her whole world is turned upside down whens she feels butterflies in her stomach, when he looks at her direction. Rainbowshine's little blushing is soon over when Thunderlane's fillyfriend Flitter sits besides him with their siblings joining them. Rainbowshine leaves the bakery, heading home with great determination on making Thunderlane, hers.