Who is the masked mystery man known only as Twilight? And what does he have to do with one particular purple pony princess?

Return with us now to the days of ten-cent comics on cheap newsprint, of four-color fantasy that stayed around a lot longer than anyone expected it to. Princess Twilight Sparkle finds herself taking the place of a human, also called Twilight. The time may be different, the setting may be different, but evil stays the same.

A team of religious fanatics has kidnapped almost 300 schoolgirls and is holding them hostage to turn back the sinful tide of modernization: i.e., educated, autonomous women. Against a well-armed band of zealots, who can save the girls? How about a few females of unusual attributes, including three fillies looking for their cutie marks?