Princess Celestia saves a pony from Rainbow Falls from stoning by her fellow townsfolk and gives her sanctuary in Canterlot. While investigating the matter further, she discovers of laws made without her approval.
In 1939, at the beginning of World War II, Princess Celestia closes the German Embassy and exiles the ambassador and his staff back to the human world after a group of ponies are found murdered at the edge of the Everfree Forest.