Ten years have passed since Princess Luna's return. With ponykind entering an age of enlightenment, making new advancements in magical research every day, the average pony is closer than they've ever been to harnessing the power of the Alicorns, no matter their race. The sisters are seeming less and less divine with each passing moment…

Twilight Sparkle is enjoying her relatively peaceful life as a Professor of Advanced Magic at Canterlot School for Gifted Unicorns. That is, until a summons from Celestia interrupts her lesson, urging her, for the first time in years, to return to her life of adventure…

A threat from a mysterious pony calling himself "Master Mind" has arrived at the foot of Princess Celestia's throne: Six bombs have been placed around Canterlot, threatening to tear the city from its lofty perch atop the mountainside if Master Mind's demands for the forbidden arts of "science" to be once again free are not met…

Who is the mysterious Master Mind? Will Twilight Sparkle be able to stop his nefarious plans? With millions of lives at stake, a race against time begins…