In the aftermath of her battle with Starlight Glimmer, Twilight Sparkle and Spike are trapped in an alternate present. To find a way back home, they press on into the unknown to discover the mysteries of the barren wastelands of Equestria.
Few ponies know how Equestria came to be and many would neither believe nor like the story. Of course the Royal Sisters knew all along. And today is the day Twilight Sparkle also learns the truth.
Sunset Shimmer visits the Castle of Friendship, and inadvertently discovers something that Twilight would normally keep hidden under her bed... except that since this is a pony princess we're talking about, it's nothing remotely resembling normal.
It can be said that what Tempest’s old friends did was cruel. Contemplating everything, Tempest is left wondering if she’s really any better, and if it’s time to return home.
Princess Celestia makes a visit to a new world, Earth, to cement peaceful relations. Unfortunately, even when you are as experienced as the goddess of the sun, it's the little things that can trip you 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?
When Cheerilee catches wind of Big Mac and Marble Pie's fling over Hearth's Warming, she begins to question what her friendship with Big Mac really meant. Was there ever something more to their relationship?