Cumulus Granted is a Zoologist who has dedicated the last six years of his life to studying the carnivores of the Everfree Forest. But when he returns to Baltimare after an expidition. He finds his funding cut but as one door closes another opens.
Applejack, Lord Mayor of Ponyville, is invited to the minotaur homeland of Beefland. A new sapient creature has been discovered and, frankly, they need Celestia's help. Foreign relations ensue.
Applejack, Trixie, Golden Harvest and Fleur de Lis find themselves switching bodies. As they each face this new situation in their own ways, the race begins to find the artifact responsible and go back to normal... before it's too late.
A warrior from a magical realm finds himself in Equestria after a confrontation with a baneful force goes awry. Getting back is only one of his concerns; fighting to keep this evil from claiming another world is his top priority.