When Princess Celestia dies, a new ruler must take up the throne, but the princess is not easily replaced. Five ponies are sent to the different corners of Equestria in an attempt to save their broken nation.

For centuries, the grove where the Tree of Harmony had grown stood in peace, rarely disturbed. The spirit of chaos Discord might well be the only one being in all of Equestria who remembers where it came from.

When Radiant Wish learns she's pregnant with a colt, she and her husband, Cloudshaper, are ecstatic. Every parent wants what's best for their children, so rumors of a village where everypony is accepted as equal piques the couple's curiosity.