Even after their breakup shortly before the Fall Formal, Flash Sentry has still retained his genuinely romantic feelings for Sunset Shimmer, having only ended their relationship after some of his friends convinced him that she was a ‘bitch in sheep’s clothing’, as they put it. Granted, Sunset wasn’t the nicest person at the time, and Flash later became aware that she was only using him mostly for status, but following the fiery-haired girl’s first defeat and subsequent reformation, she became a lot nicer, which eventually lead to Flash hoping that they could slowly make their way back to being a legit couple. However, almost all of his attempts to talk to her about the subject have ended with him getting ignored or Sunset’s attention getting pulled elsewhere, such as his first attempt at Camp Everfree. Eventually, the blue-haired guitarist gets tired of the rejections and wants to get the matter off his chest as soon. To this end, he decides to incorporate hypnosis (something he learned for psychology class) in order to help things along. Putting his new plan into action, he manages to get Sunset to meet up with him at the mall that day after school. After she arrives to where Flash is waiting (a bench area outside the video game store), the two exchange pleasantries before Flash explains that he called Sunset there because he needs a test subject for a school project and asks if she would be okay being hypnotized for a few minutes, promising to just put her to sleep and wake her back up. Although a bit skeptical, Sunset agrees to help out her friend and begins to lock her gaze on a swinging pocket watch that Flash has aimed in front of her eyes as the boy tells her to become very relaxed and sleepy. A few moments later, Sunset (a drowsy smile upon her face) has been placed into a deep hypnotic sleep, her legs remaining nice and sturdy while the rest of her body has completely relaxed. Having successfully entranced his friend, Flash stows the watch in his pocket before telling Sunset that when she wakes up, she will still remember her reformation (and everything that happened after the fact), but the orange-skinned teen will have no memory of breaking up with him and will still believe that they are a couple. Once Sunset (still in her slumber) confirms that her memory has been wiped, Flash brings his new (formerly ex-) girlfriend out of her trance with no memory of being hypnotized….
 
Upon waking from her hypnotized sleep, Sunset happily greets Flash (whom she refers to as ‘babe’) with a kiss on the cheek and asks him how ‘the best boyfriend in the world’ is doing. Flash says he is okay, but then asks Sunset how her friends are doing, secretly wanting to make sure the fiery-haired teen still retains the rest of her memories. To his relief, Sunset explains that all of the girls are busy with their own things: Twilight is working on some new experiments, Rainbow Dash is training with the soccer team, Applejack is busy on her farm, Fluttershy is at the animal shelter, Pinkie is planning a birthday party for her older sister, and Rarity is working on some new fashion designs at home. Pleased that the hypnosis worked in the way he hoped, Flash suggest that (since his ‘girlfriend’ has nothing to do), the two should head over to Sunset’s apartment and watch a movie together. Sunset likes this idea and playfully quips that when they get there, she’ll change into a certain red nightdress that Flash likes seeing her in. The blue-haired boy approves of this as the two walk out of the mall hand-in-hand, with Sunset completely unaware that her restored attraction to Flash isn’t entirely on her part….