(Please note that this is an index "story" for the Cadance of Cloudsdale series. It is not a story in and of itself. Thanks!)
Twelve years before the return of Nightmare Moon, a bored and rudderless Princess Cadence is appointed Canterlot's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the lively and decadent city-state of Cloudsdale, accompanied by her personal retainer, Equestrian Royal Guard Lieutenant Shining Armor. This is their story.
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