The magic returned, the ponies united, and the hippogriffs are ready for war. With only the promise of an attack the next day, it's either peace of confrontation.
Rivet, the last remaining Alicorn has had a very long life. He is known as the last bridge between Imperial Equestria and modern Equestria. Despite being over two thousand years old, he has never discovered love, until a special mare comes his way.
Despite her best efforts to maintain harmony, Celestia can't get the mortal ponies of Equestria to stop hating on each other for more than a millennium. So she's just burn everything.
Magic being drained from Equestria once again. Equestria on the brink of another civil war. And with her friends dead, is it any wonder Twilight is having a massive panic attack/mental collapse?
What better way for a franchise to reboot itself than with a boardroom full of old, white men trying to figure out what the hell a "yeet" is? Anyway, here's to new horse.
...is to have their magic completely and utterly annihilated by a simple tennis ball. Until they take it off, that is. There's a reason why they have to wear them.