A thousand years ago, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna fought for power. Both were banished by their mother to locations unknown.
Equestria has been peaceful for the last thousand years under the rule of Princess Maakera. With her faithful Captain, Time Twister, she sees to it that this remains so.
And in Ponyville, a certain yellow filly with a red bow in her mane watches as a new blue star appears in the sky, little does she know that this star marks the adventure of a lifetime, which will lead to a world where the moon shines on a frozen land...