Good King Sombra, the previous benevolent ruler of an alternate Equestria, has drained the dark magic from his world’s Celestia and Luna and drawn it into himself. Persuaded that he has made his world safe at the cost of his becoming evil, he has sealed himself away from his closest friends and advisors: the Glass Council.

With his defensive shields hardening and the dark magic corrupting him more each day, it will need a true heroine to help save him: his favorite student, the Alicorn Princess Trixie Lulamoon. But her magic won’t be enough. She’ll need someone or something that can melt ice and chew through diamond—

In fact, what she needs is a dragon.

A Mirrorverse fic, set in the alternative universe of the Reflections Arc of the IDW comic, issues 17-20.

Commissioned cover art, “Expecting Someone Taller,” by Grandpa Love.