Princess Celestia is taught the virtues of the Elements of Harmony by Starswirl the Bearded after having become the tyrannical Empress of the Solar Empire
A man finds himself in Equestria after being teleported there by a shady human think-tank. As he learns to live among the pony populace, though, unsettling parallels between equine and human culture drive him to search for what their connection is.
Twilight is met unexpectedly by a distraught Applejack: a mysterious pear tree has appeared Sweet Apple Acres, and the poor farm pony has no clue how it got there!
