It is time to clean up the barn at Sweet Apple Acres.

Big Mac is fixing up and replacing planks on the outside, Applejack is painting the barn and Applebloom is sweeping the floor.

Being a bit too enthousiastic, Applebloom accidentally digs a hole in the middle of the barn, revealing a piece of colored metal:

"Them Apple sisters be at it again."

Celestia and Luna, the princesses of Equestria, have gone missing.

Nopony knows where they are, just who made them dissappear.

"They are safe, in the protection of a capable father..." The red and black alicorn said to her subjects a few years ago. "Trust me, when I say, they WILL return when HE is ready."

Meanwhile, in Washington DC, a mysterious golden chariot has appeared in front of the NEST base.

The chariot contains a crate, a letter and two little alicorn fillies.

It has been nearly two thousand years since Celestia and Luna have seen their favorite cousin.

But in such a long time could happen alot.

Orion Pax, librarian in the Iacon Hall of Records and nephew of the princesses of Equestria, has been invited to the next Summer Sun Celebration.

Fluttershy finds a wounded tiger in the Everfree Forest. She decides to take it home with her to help it heal from its wounds. The tiger, however, has a secret, a secret Equestria should never be aware of: The secret of the BEAST WARS.