Following a Changeling attack, Applejack holes up in her home and awaits other survivors. Now the question is whether they're actually who they say they are.
Not all special talents conform with Celestia's ideal kingdom. Macabre's, for example, could never have a practical application, but the newest princess seems to think otherwise.
Warded Lock is a burglar with rules. One night, she gets a smaller haul than usual, with more loot made out of reach by those rules. So she breaks one. And what she finds inside her target house makes her wish she’d never set foot anywhere near it.
After breaking her leg in the middle of the Everfree Forest, Applejack is forced to take shelter with Rainbow Dash in an abandoned cabin in the woods. Historically, this sort of thing has only ever ended well.