Lukas, a mysterious young pegasus arrives from the badlands, having been banished from his village when he was 10. After living in the badlands for three years, Lukas decides to go to Equestria, which he has only heard of in newspaper clippings and books that his friend Hrókr, a raven, has brought back from journeys across the badlands.

[spoiler](This story is based off what tends to happen in real life, of one person being suspicious of another, and that sometimes people are like what they are for a reason.)[/spoiler]