Twilight has gone home to her library a few days after her coronation, determined to learn the powerful spells Celestia gave her. But when something goes horribly wrong, she and Spike are thrown into an alternate universe.

When Splatterpaint, a refined pony of the arts, crash-lands in Apploosa, Braeburn comes to the rescue. Her wing is broken, so her only choice is to stay in the one-horse town until she heals. However, she never would have foretold what happens in that time...