Twilight Sparkle's parents think that after Shining Armor goes off to boarding school, it's time to find their daughter a close friend to expand her social skills, so they decide to adopt another child, Spike. The pair grow up as the best of friends and brave the adventures of high school life together: drama, friendships, and love.

Emmett decides to take it upon himself to help a certain blonde fashionista become a top-of-her-class success story, inexplicably drawn to her. Emmett's POV, follows canon plot for the most part.