Velvet Giddyhoof liked magic. She couldn't possibly cast a spell, because she's just an earth pony. Though it didn't stop her from becoming a student of the Princess of the Sun.

On one fateful day at the Canterlot Library, she found a piece of paper from a unique memoir. A memoir about Starswirl the Bearded, written by his student Clover the Clever. Unsatisfied with only the introduction page, she goes on an adventure to retrieve the missing pages of the book that may just be the key to the biggest question in magic: