On the night of Hearth's Warming Eve, Twilight indulges the request of Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders with an old mare's tale before her guests arrive for her party. When they ask for a story they have not heard before, Twilight dives into an old mare's tale from days long since forgotten.

In the 900 years after Discord’s magic engulfed the land in his malfunctioned curse, Technology and ponykind has advanced. They go about their daily lives, oblivious to their true origins. A young man, Crisp, in college has a little trouble with his family and his housing, needs a place to live and he gets a lucky break that sends his life down a path he never thought possible. How will he adapt to the changes to his life that his new friends bring him, and when his past rears its ugly head, how will it affect him and the people around him?

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