Gabriel Walker has no place he could claim as home. His family has no love for him and he spends his time alone. So he jumps at the chance to learn magic from a wandering Wizard. When said Wizard invites him to come to his home town of "Equestria", Gabriel is more than eager to leave everything behind and find happiness somewhere else.
But something goes awry and he is separated from his mentor Starswirl and lands in unfamiliar territory.
With the help of the indigenous life-forms, technicolor ponies, he must find clues left behind by his mentor in order to assemble a powerful magical artifact that would allow him to leaves this alien world ... that is, if he even wants to.
But unbeknownst to him and his new friends, an ancient evil arises in the north, threatening to blanket everything in snow and ice.