The Four Black Stars have returned.

Empress Celestia, worried for the future of her empire as an old evil descends upon it, calls upon her most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, to find the reincarnations of six powerful warriors, each her weilded a spark of harmony that helped her seal away the evils during their first encounter. Twilight takes up the task... but she doesn't know where to start looking.

Follow the adventures of a student of the empress, a street performer with dreams of greatness, a half-foreigner aided by a powerful firearm, a bored noble's wife turned righteous thief, a quiet and loving druidess, and a circus clown with an unfortunate secret as they journey the land in search of answers to their own questions, and in doing so, deign to seek out each other.

(Written as part of NaPoWriMo, September 2013)