During a research trip to the Castle of the Two Sisters, Twilight discovers the lost journal of Star Swirl the Bearded. Pulled into the book by a powerful magic she encounters a spirit that reveals a shocking truth.

Star Swirl the Bearded was really an earth pony mare.

With the journal's power to show the past, Twilight is in for a journey through the true life of Equestria's most celebrated mage. And who knows, maybe what she learns could apply to her life as well.

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