Col's having a bad time lately. First Mrs. Clamworthy has a fall and is admitted to hospital, then he messes up his Society exams, and to top it off he has a serious row with Connie. Pushed into a dark despair, Col is unknowingly falling deeper under the spell of an evil long locked away. Can Connie break the hold of the dark pegasus Stormbolt as he tries to win Col's mind?

Connie and Col's relationship is falling apart as Evelyn keeps picking holes in their plans. Rat makes a new friend, but who is she? Could she be a companion?

Left alone for the summer holidays, Connie thinks about her Universal responsibilities, when she is suddenly struck by a strange affliction; one that could be her undoing as she prepares to face a mythical creature long thought extinct by the Society...