After waking up in a jail cell within the Crystal Empire, Twilight finds herself powerless and the prisoner of King Sombra. However, this supposed villain holds secrets about the past that she never knew about.
The Storm King has defeated the reigning Princesses and put Twilight Sparkle to flight. Now more than ever, Equestria needs a wise and selfless leader. Instead, they have Blueblood.
A centuries old summoning ritual forcefully brings a corps of cadets into Equestria. Crisis looms overhead, the arrival of the corps might be the spark to set off the powder keg set by a revolutionary and his followers.