Starswirl the Bearded has come to Ponyville and Twilight is overjoyed. This time, she isn't going to mess things up.

It's time for Maud Pie to tie the knot and do her part to expand the Pie family, or so her father believes. With rising panic, Maud watches her marriage being arranged. Was this really happening?

Starswirl the Bearded is not used to dealing with fans, not surprising since he never had one before. But when a certain purple unicorn of the distant future discovers time traveling, Starswirl soon finds his comfortable days coming to an abrupt end.

“What’s it going to be, Princess?” Tirek asked, amused. In that moment, time seemed to slow down and Twilight experienced an inner struggle fiercer than her battle from moments before.

When Darkstar struggles free from his cocoon, his hive is nowhere to be found. In a search for answers and a place to belong, he traverses the blasted wasteland of Equestria.

To Octavia, espionage and sabotage are as easy as breathing. Assassination however is a pony of a different color, especially when the target is the newest alicorn princess, Twilight Sparkle.