Far off in the vast reaches of space lies the distant planet Kolton, home to a race of equines many thousands of years older and advanced than the Equestrians. When an unstable core and a dying sun herald this planets doom one couple places their newborn foal in a rocket and sends him far away in an effort to save him.

On a small farm outside Ponyville a certain family is about to get the surprise of their lives. One that could benefit Equestria immensely.