A few years after Luna's return it seems that Equestria will finally know an era of peace and appears to be on the verge of a new renaissance. Ponies are happy. Luna is recovering. Celestia is miserable.
Deep in the night, the statue cries. This is its story, its tale of how the stone would be much more of just a barrier preventing escape. Even once it escapes its imprisonment, the statue will cry on.
The Doctor and Derpy travel to present-day Canterlot, where it happens to be Hearth's Warming Eve. Overall, everything looks about how it should be...save for one little filly that appears to be by herself in what should be a joyous time.
The war between the draconaqui and the alicorns has been raging for centuries, harmony and chaos clashing once more. However it is drawing to a close, as a young draconaquus flees his burning city he meets one of the enemies a blue alicorn filly
Celestia groomed Twilight to be the perfect student, the best leader, and her eternal partner in love. But why did she choose Twilight, of all ponies, to be her student? Unfortunately for her, Discord knows the answer all too well.