Three years of pain and misery followed by the best year of her life. With that, Sunset Shimmer's life at Canterlot High is finally over following her and her new friends' graduation. She and her other five best friends manage to take the next step into college together at Manehattan University, and Sunset couldn't be happier.

Rainbow Dash even managed to bring The Rainbooms and their music with, but Sunset can't seem to fit herself into their already close-knit band. Finding an opportunity to make new friends in the form of an opening for a new guitarist for a student rock band, she takes it, completely unaware of how it will change her life and outlook on friendship...

Inspired by Boyhood, Whiplash, and countless replays of Steven Wilson and Between the Buried and Me songs.