Sequel to Drawn With the Night. Fancy Thunder and a small team go to Canterlot to fulfill a commission.
She decided to ask a few 'innocent' questions and toss a few stones in the placid waters to see what is stirred up. Specifically, how will the Princesses react to a pony who doesn't need them, and thus doesn't worship them?
A human finds himself in Equestria under unpleasant circumstances, his reaction, get out of Dodge and start a new life elsewhere. But events which brought him and his treatment in Canterlot are not so easily forgotten by those who did it.
Fancy travels to Canterlot to fulfill a commission. She decided to toss a few stones in the placid waters to see what turns up.