A strange new device has been developed and released in Equestria called the Nerve Gear, developed by Luna herself and a specially selected team of ponies, along with a new game to go with it- Re-Equestria Online. The game is rumored to let you experience a second life in a second Equestria, an Equestria with endless possibilities. Always wanted to be a pegasus? Maybe an acrobat? It's all possible now.

Spike comes back to the Castle of Friendship with this very game - Only to find out the helmet is not fit for a dragon's head. Seeing that he won't get the chance to play the game, he asks Twilight to try it out and possibly tell him what it's about.

It just so happens that someone isn't so keen on letting the players out of the game.

*This takes place around season five of MLP:FiM,
**MLP:FiM - SAO crossover