While waiting for the train to arrive to take himself and Cobalt Coral, a hippogriff gem thief, to Baltimare, Cornfield reluctantly shared a story to help pass the time. As a photographer, he took pride in the pictures of beautiful mares and decided that the Pie Sisters would be his next targets. However, things spiral out of control as he and Limestone Pie must face an upstart adversary and escape its clutches to save Marble Pie.