Trixie Lullamoon is a simple magician going from town to town and performing awe-inspiring feats of magic in front of big audiences. While she gains a considerable amount of income from this endeavor, she spends most of it on the treatment of her sick little brother who is currently living in a hospital in Manehattan. Her next performance is scheduled to be in a town called, Ponyville, where she expects to make enough money to finally be able to afford an operation that could cure her brother from his illness for good.

Unfortunately, soon after she arrives there, EVERYTHING goes terribly wrong for her.

In terms of MLP continuity, the story takes place before, during, and after the episode, Boast Busters, and features an alternate ending to that episode.