Before she was a princess, she was merely a citizen of a once grand kingdom forever lost to history.

Celestia is a hardworking pony in troubling times, doing her best to live a normal lifestyle under the judgmental eyes of a paranoid society. The economy is struggling, whole communities are marred by prejudice, and a revolution growing in momentum threatens to send the entire country into civil war. But when tragedy strikes where the heart matters most, Celestia unwillingly finds herself at the forefront of a conflict much greater than anyone could have ever imagined.