A changeling infiltrator is deployed to a fortified Equestrian position and after weeks of waiting for the promised day, he watches the horizon waiting eagerly for the arrival of his comrades. And he waits. And waits... Well, at least he has company.
Grover the Sixth is just one griffon, in charge of the largest empire in the world. Even if he's well educated and loved at least by his uncle and aunt who have raised him for the last fourteen years, his mental health has never been worse.
During a ball celebrating the newfound friendship between Equestria and Griffonian Empire, emperor Grover finds himself alone with an Equestrian officer.
In the waning days of the Crystal Empire, three young students come together in an unlikely alliance: a King, a Princess... and a Queen... who has little reason to like either of the other two...