After the incident of 'A Canterlot Wedding', Twilight decides to leave Canterlot and forge an Empire with a few loyal ponies at her side. It has now been 20 years since she and her loyalists left Equestria. But what happens when the past reemerges? Can a now mature Twilight forgive those that turned their backs on her? Will she help Equestria fight against it's most powerful, most deadliest foe? Will she watch it burn? Or...will she rise above all?