Most pegasi figure out flying easily enough... but not me. I wanted to fly so badly, but no matter how hard I tried, I never could, and nopony seemed to know why. But just when I was about to give up...
Each night I’m trapped in the dark, immobilized. I hear whispers as they operate on me: they say I shouldn’t be alive. Twilight refuses to tell me about the operation. Sometimes she can’t look me in the eye. What did they do to me?
After an experiment with a seemingly pointless spell, Twilight unintentionally wakes three stallions from a magical slumber, with no memories of their past aside from their names.