The story moves forward, right were we left off from Meanwhile... and things begin to pick up.
This time the CMC, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle go on vacation to Manehatten, but first the CMC learn more about what happened them, courtesy of Puddingheads journal and Twilights new found resolve to translate it after recent events.
The world outside of Ponyville moves forward presenting new challenges and problems that the Elements of Harmony would normally deal with, but with the Elements residing in The Tree of Harmony will Equestria be defenseless?
This fiction doesn't recognize anything past Season 4. It also doesn't recognize the Equestria games episodes of season 4 and takes place before Tirek.
Same rules apply with the "Optional(?)" chapters for this arc as they did for the last arc.
Ideas/Advice - FIMScourge