High school is over and the next step in life awaits, however magic is still on the loose. Sunset Shimmer struggles to find her place in the world and must find a way to contain the magic or have the portal sealed forever.
Trapped in a dark realm for thousands of years, one of the deadliest villains known to ponykind resides, waiting for the perfect opportunity to rise once more and take over the Land of Light. His time may come sooner than he realizes...
With magic restored in Equestria, Zipp Storm is ecstatic to fly for real. But while out enjoying a flight, she happens upon the ruins of an old pegasi city, that was once unreachable in the clouds. While exploring, she finds a long abandoned factory.
The spell trapping Nightmare Moon within the orbital satellite is tampered with, pushing her release past a thousand years into a time where alicorns are myth, technology has somewhat stagnated, and nobody knows who she is.