Apollo Coronis is just your average earth pony highschool student. He has a fair amount of friends who'll stick by him in a sticky situation. He has average grades and average goals in life. But when a filly from across the street gives him a funny look, he falls in love and dedicates the remainder of his school year to ask her out to the Hearts and Hooves annual dance. But not everything, or everypony, is what they seem to be…