Red Rose ran away from the School for a reason--She never wanted to go there but she was taken there anyway. For six months, she survived on her own, not using any of her magic, keeping herself hidden from the evil ponies call the Shadow or Demon Ponies while earning money to buy a one way train ticket home... but then a damn Guardian had to come and get her, and force her to go back to the place she hated.

For ten years, Risky Ace has been running away from his past, he went from be a royal to a guardian and then promptly rose in ranks. He lost his first charge to his parents who had become Shadow Ponies and vowed to do better if he ever had another charge. He turned to mentoring ponies learning to become guardians. Five years later, he got called to be a guardian to a runaway pony that didn’t want to be at the school in the first place.

When these two meet they aren't necessarily on the best of terms. Will time bring them together? Or will they always be butting heads? Or will something entirely unexpected happen?