Charlie finally started having pony dreams. She slogs through her days of snippy co-workers, online classes, and a roommate from hell, always reminding herself that Equestria awaits in her dreamland. But when she starts waking up to pieces of her dreams, she can't be sure where the line of sleep, wake, real, and fake exist -- and she'll need to find that line to save her own life.

The fledgling kingdom of Equestria grows from its epicenter of Canterlot. Here, the noble filly Celestia struggles with the art of magic and learns what it means to be a sister. However, midst this growth, she discovers a disturbing truth that will alter her life, and soon that of the entire nation. It is what came before Discord, before his reign of Chaos, that truly set in motion the path that history has taken. The world is more full of weeping than you can understand.