Everything happened so suddenly. one moment, Twilight Sparkle was questing for the Crystal Heart to save the Crystal Ponies from an eternity of enslavement, the next, she found herself in Princess Celestia's throne room, her beloved mentor disowning her. Now, with the loss of the Crystal Empire, the Crystal King's ominous shadow stretches across the land, corrupting all it touches.
Twilight's friends hate her. Spike is nowhere to be found, and all of Equestria is subject to the creeping shadow that threatens to plunge everything into darkness. Without the princess or her friends to help her, how is Twilight expected to save Equestria again, especially after failing it once?