Pinkie's run out of helium for her balloons, and she won't be able to get any more for two whole weeks—which is practically forever. Thankfully, she's found one last balloon to hold onto, and she'll never it let it go.
Sweetie Belle wants to learn illumination in hopes of earning her cutie mark, but an explosive end brings Twilight Time to an early close before she can learn it. All hope seems lost until the filly finds herself alone with a master of the craft.
It's Sweetie Belle's first day at Equestria's newest academy, and she plans on making it the best year ever. However enemies old and new emerge, while Sweetie struggles with the fear that her old friends are pulling away from her.
Apple Bloom knew something strange was going on when Winona started talking to her. Now she was supposed to be a 'magical filly' and fight a big army. But will she be able to figure out what she was doing in time?