What is a human? Why do they exist and why do they look so similar to Equestrians? Humans are a mammalian biped without fur, and have ape like feet. They lack a cutie mark, and most of them have a lower level of understanding of language, comparable to foals. This is what Princess Celestia, the Solar Diarch of Equestria, is refusing to tell her protégé, the lavender unicorn known as Twilight Sparkle.

When the young and anxious mare meets the unicorn mare known as Lyra Heartstrings after she arrives in Ponyville, she is exceptionally excited to learn Lyra has been researching them. Yet, after looking over Lyra's research, Twilight notices something odd. Lyra mentions an inherent magic, yet humans are, according to Starswirl the Bearded, incapable of having magic of any kind placed upon them or even using it.