Twilight leaves to find another line of work while Rarity tries to fix Twilight's nest. Twilight tries her hoof at it, but the one she makes is messy. Rarity explains that she is nest-weaving for the birds being guided back from the south. Twilight finds Animal Team member and official nest designer Rarity outside the Carousel Boutique, just as she finishes her first nest. She volunteers to help Weather Team leader Rainbow Dash and her flight crew, but she is gently reminded that she has no wings to fly with. However, Twilight is unable to find an appropriate team to work with and sings about it. In the morning, with a sleepy Spike on her back, Twilight arrives at the center of Ponyville where the Mayor finishes her final speech before the cleanup is divided into three teams: Weather, Animals, and Plants, all wearing Rarity-designed vests of blue, tan, and green respectively. Twilight checks off everything (even Spike complaining and going back to sleep) before heading outside, only to discover that it's not even dawn yet.

In this case, the ponies literally clean up winter to prepare for spring. Twilight tells Spike that Ponyville was founded by the Earth ponies, and as such, no magic was ever involved in the Winter Wrap Up, an annual 'spring cleaning' community event where winter ends and spring is introduced. Spike is annoyed about losing sleep over his friend's excitement. The episode begins in Golden Oak Library, where an eager Twilight Sparkle awakens ready to take part in this activity and is willing to keep with tradition by not using her unicorn magic.

The scene when Twilight tries to help Applejack and the Earth ponies move the snow reappears in Harvesting Memories. The scene when Rainbow Dash and the pegasi clear the winter clouds near the end of the episode reappears in Deep Tissue Memories.

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