A human soul is stuffed into King Sombra's body. Having no idea what's going on, and thinking he is in some kind of coma, he just casually strolls into the Crystal Empire.
When Spike begins having flashbacks to a time eons past, memories of a creature named Scorpan and a dragon that looks uncannily like himself, he finds himself with many questions, and few answers to help him piece together their story.
Flim and Flam have always been together, but when they part ways, they find out how alone they are in Equestria. At least, until they meet a certain cowpony and magician.
A mysterious horse has done what nopony else has ever dared to do: separated the Flim Flam Brothers. With Flam missing, Flim doesn't know what do do wihout his brother's help. So he turns to the second-most reliable pony he knows: Applejack