While celebrating Ponyville's new found fortune, Twilight receives a letter from Princess Celestia. The noblepony that is to inherit control over the province where Ponyville resides is an eccentric pony with a severely hampered sense of sympathy. Celestia hopes that Twilight, her friends, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders can work together to help this misunderstood pony see the value in the average equine life. Though this task seems as easy as it is strange, the stakes quickly rise as other members of the Equestrian Nobility set their sights on Ponyville and the young lord's life.