Emerald Key and his family move away from Manehattan after his dad's boss transfers him to another workplace in Ponyville for an entire year, much to Emerald's dismay. Trying to adapt in this small, strange town, Emerald Key continues his education at Ponyville Elementary, hoping for some normality, but instead falls in love with one of the school's bullies, Silver Spoon. He wants to date her, but a pink coated, tiara wearing friend of hers, makes that extremely difficult.