When Twilight awakens in Canterlot, she has no idea how she got there. Her last hazy memories of switching her friends cutie marks are no help, and now she has to deal with the fact that she's an alicorn. To make things worse, Canterlot is in bad shape, and various forces trapped within the city have brought it to boiling point. There are gangs of scavengers, rebels and loyalists, and a mysterious figure above it all who goes by the name Queen Everbright. Join Twilight as she tries to figure out what's happening, and whether she can fix it. But will she be able to deal with the revelations that await her? When every step takes her into a darker place, she's going to need to muster everything she has in order to continue on...