During a visit to Manehattan, Rarity tries to find the perfect location for her new shop while Pinkie Pie tries to find the perfect gift for Maud for their annual 'Pie Sister Surprise Swap Day.'
Starlight Glimmer has a case of the holiday blues, so Twilight tries to help cure her by reading one of her favorite Hearth Warming's Eve stories, A Hearth's Warming Tale.
Rarity struggles to get Applejack to relax at the spa; when Twilight and Spike attempt to take over Applejack's simple farm chores, it turns out to be a more difficult job than they thought.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders get the chance to race in the annual Applewood Derby; their teammates Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash take over the competition.
When Spike travels with Twilight and Starlight back to the Crystal Empire to visit Flurry Heart, they discover the entire empire in a panic due to the reported presence of Changeling spy.
When the Mane 6 leave town, Discord decides to join Spike and Big Mac's "top secret" guys' night. But much to Discord's dismay, it turns out to be an evening of fantasy role playing.
Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are called to the Wonderbolt Academy by the Cutie Map to help academy hopefuls Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail with a friendship problem.
Starlight Glimmer goes back to the old town to join the sunset festival, but when she returns home she finds out her friends and the princesses were replaced by changelings. Trixie, Discord, and Thorax join her on a mission to rescue them.
Having found the Changeling hive Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Thorax and Discord hunt through its corridors to rescue the princesses and Starlight's friends from Queen Chrysalis.