Who'd have thought the path to immortality would lie through making a purple librarian cry? Cloud Kicker sure wouldn't have.

Equestria isn't what it should be. Fear, smoke and an invisible, ever-growing menace rule the day. A pink toymaker, a noblemare, and an airship captain and her crew are thrown together by peril, and set out to rescue the soul of Equestria

Equestria, beset by the changeling invasion, must deal with a dawning golden age. Without Celestia.