Apple Bloom having failed her equestrian government class takes 1 on 1 tutoring from Twilight Sparkle. In there in-depth discussion of equestrian law they discover lots about quirky old laws. One such law bans Earth Ponies from preforming zebra magic. Bloom then goes out of her way to learn said zebra magic from the forbidden section of twilights library. Can she keep her new found powers a secret from her mentor the princess of magic?