Twilight and Rarity stumble upon a massive vein of crystals just beneath the Everfree Forest, but something doesn't feel quite right. Twilight has her suspicions, and asks that they stay away. But Rarity just can't take her mind off of them
Equestria as we know it is gone. Dead. Snuffed out in the ashes of a storm of rock and fire that brought with it a new terror from beyond this world. In the wake of this travesty, those left scarred by nigh-apocalypse are the ones to undo it.