Princess Twilight headed through the Portal to retrieve her Crown... ...and found the 'Equestria Girls'; five amazing, true friends. They were strikingly similar to the five ponies she had just left, hosting the exact same five 'elements' even, but they were 'people'. Where did these Equestria Girls come from? How did they all end up at 'Canterlot High School' when Princess Twilight arrived?