Hearth's warming eve once again rather than star in the pageant this year Twilight and the girls have been asked to help on the back end, applying their talents to make it the best pageant ever. During rehearsals an accident occurs which leaves Twilight blind. Rarity steps in to assist Twilight as much as she can and love comes to blossom between the two.

Everyone knows the story of Equestria's founding thanks to the hearth's warming eve pageant. However there has never been any mention of how much time intervened between those events, the reign of Discord, what really turned Luna into Nightmare Moon. Take a journey into Equestria's past and discover a hidden history known to the precious few who lived it.