For the past few months, Rover and his dreaded band of Diamond Dogs have been on the lam from the law. Laying low in the small settlement of Appleoosa, the canines are spotted by a local resident. Once apprehended by a group of Canterlot guards, the thieves are met with a hasty sentence of permanent banishment into the wastelands to the north.

On his way to the barren wilderness, the group's leader, Rover Berylav manages to escape the prison train. Terrified and alone, he makes his way west, hoping to jump a boat back to his homeland. However, he finds himself incapacitated in the small, rural town of Ponyville. Broken with no one he can trust, the dog is forced to take refuge with a ghost of his past.

After spending his time under the radar, Rover begins to feel regret for the life he's been living his life. Reflecting upon the horrors of his dark childhood, the furry protagonist faces that which he has feared his entire life.