Shadow Memories was your average Equestrian Grim Reaper. He got up early, reaped his souls, and hung around in the quiet town of Ponyville. But Death seldom lets things be, and when a Purple Unicorn and Her pet Dragon show up in Ponyville the afternoon before the most famous villain in Equestria's history gets released, Shadow knows his afterlife just got a whole lot more lively.

Now he has to keep on reaping souls while avoiding the curious gaze of one Twilight Sparkle, Because death waits for nothing, not even friendship, and Shadow is always on the clock!