Octavia Melody is one of the most talented young concert musicians in Canterlot and she owes it all to the woman who taught her as a child, a mysterious woman named Serenata.

For years Octavia kept her eyes open for any sign of the woman to whom she owed so much, but she never caught wind of her, despite all of her efforts. But when a moment of fate gives Octavia a glimpse of the owners of the lucrative and premier Last Note Lounge, she is stunned by the resemblance between the Lounge's manager and her old teacher.

Especially since that manager is Adagio Dazzle.

This story follows the events of Rules of Engagement, only that it exists in the same canon and with the same characters.