After being injured during the events of "The Ponies who Played with Fire" a now-captive Discord is facing trial for murder, while Fluttershy and her small band of allies are in a desperate struggle both to clear his name and avoid their own capture.
Fluttershy and Discord are expecting a foal; which means a few things in their lives need to change. For starters they need to make sure that their foal has a healthy birth despite a rather large complication.
While in Trotsylvania, a mare by the name of "Fluttershy" meets a gentlecolt named "Dr. Van Helstallion" and must be protected from a vampiric demon who is, not only, persuing her, but killing other young mares in the village.
Fluttershy just reformed Discord when Princesses Celestia and Luna call the Mane Six to Canterlot. She reveals that there is a darkness spreading from the south and that the Mane Six, along with Discord, may be the only ones who can stop it.
Poetry! It's good for you and me. Clears the head and cleanses the soul. If you're lucky, a mare will read them, love them, then maybe love you! So goes Discord's thinking.
Fluttershy has been hurt. She moved to Ponyville to find a new beginning and now one man could be messing all of it up. The question is, is he truly hurting her, or is he there to help?