Vinyl Scratch wakes up one day to find all of Equestria and it's inhabitants have been frozen in time and her magic sealed. Just as she begins to think that she's the only one left unfrozen, she finds a mysteriously unaffected earth pony named Octavia battling a giant creature with magic. Together, they decide it's up to them to figure out what's happened to Equestria and find a way to fix it while defending themselves from the monstrous shadows that chase them at every turn.