The great cloud cover has protected, but also isolated the pegasi for nearly two centuries. During this long time the Great Pegasus Enclave has stood valiant and unchallenged, its society content with the status quo save for rare exceptions.

What implications will it have on the lives of the pegasi above the clouds, when a young, earthborn mare will come to them to plead for her parents and the surface? How will the Ravenclaw Enclave respond? What will its rulers do to maintain the inner peace?

[This story is a retelling of the events that were only briefly mentioned in the Fallout Equestria side story War Never Changes written by Jarmari]

In the city of Manehattan crime happens every day, many times and for every possible reason: money, desperation or even boredom to only name a few. Theft, robbery, mugging, fraud, racism and different acts of violence and intolerance are the bread and butter for the Manehattan City Guard. But there are deeds so nefarious that not even the brave mares and stallions of the guard can deal with them.

Connemara Special Investigators Manehattan (CSI for short) is a special investigation unit established to solve grisly murders and deeds so vile that no sane pony could imagine.