The war is won; the changelings were pushed back, but Celestia grew tired of her weakness - her harmony. Daybreaker now rules Equestria with an iron fist, and it is up to the Lunar Rebellion to try to save the dying remnants of a peaceful Equestria.
"Celestia, I - don't understand. What's going on?" Twilight asked, voice shaking with anticipation of the answer. Celestia opened her eyes, irises flicking back and forth between raging orange and peaceful violet. "I have fallen," she replied.
An egg had laid dormant in the Everfree Forest for centuries, basking in magic that it had never experienced before. Then White Lightning disturbed it, and the creature - the xenomorph - inside was awoken.
In a fit of anger, Tempest Shadow destroyed Twilight Sparkle's friendship festival crown. But, in destroying so, she was forced to put up with the crown's spirit. Now travelling around Equestria, Tempest is once again visited by the crown's spirit.
Rainbow Dash is the sports jock at Canterlot High, but she wouldn't have been so great had it not been for the inspiring figure in her life, NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt.
Twilight and Queen Novo apologize to one another over their respective actions when Twilight tried to steal the Pearl of Transformation in order to save Equestria from the Storm King.