Life is slow in Writing, Pennsylvania, but it doesn't stop and wait for you, much as Craig Rhodes, professional bum, might want it to. Still, at least his landlord Anna Butler is around to remind him what life is like. It's a fairly stable lifestyle—which is about to be turned upside-down by the arrival of a cartoonish looking unicorn from a place they've never heard of. Just who is this Twilight Sparkle, and what is this Equestria she says she's from? Join Craig and Anna on their search for answers - one which will see them discover as much about themselves as they do about the pony and her homeland.