The story serves as a prequel to Ponies Protecting Ponies; reading that story is not necessary to enjoy this one.

Lyra Heartstrings has trained her whole life for a shot at the Royal Canterlot Orchestra. She's struggled to get as far as she has, but her audition for the Symphony is at least a step in the right direction. Nothing can go wrong. Absolutely, positively, nothing can go wrong if she's to expect any sort of progress in her career. To impress the judges she needs to have perfect form. What the judges don't realize, and what perhaps even Lyra herself doesn't realize, is just how much her passion packs a punch.