Firefly is bright, energetic, athletic, kind and a social butterfly. Her father is a good-for-nothing lazy slob who left her mother with seven foals and no money. The second oldest at sixteen, it falls on Firefly to help support their tired and overworked mother to care for the family. With little money in the family and no allowance, what is a filly to do?

She gets a job, of course. Fortunately, a local coffee shop is always looking for fresh young faces. Unfortunately for Firefly, she'll do anything to keep it. Anything.