It's been an eventful year since the accident took Soarin's career from him, and Braeburn remembers every moment. He may say he's content, but there's something desperate behind those bright, green eyes.
Applejack receives a urgent letter from her cousin, Braeburn, to come to Appaloosa for something important. She rushes over, bring her friends with her, only to find something they weren't expecting. Especially when Soarin is in Breaburn's house.
Soarin crashes into the home of a certain yellow farmpony after a trick goes wrong. Both are trapped and left badly injured. Soarin finds this colt to be extremely annoying, but things do grow on ponies after a while...