The Princess of the Sun believed that she had gotten used to pompous aristocrats over the course of her centuries-long reign. Unfortunately, she was wrong, and now Prince Blueblood has finally exhausted the last of her patience.

At her wits' end, and to get him out of her mane as much as anything else, Celestia orders him to see a hoof-picked counselor, Bertram Shrink, with whom she has entrusted the seemingly impossible task of hammering some decency into the haughty young stallion. It doesn't take long, however, for Shrink to find himself in need of some outside help to tackle his greatest challenge yet...