A Tale as Old as Time...
Radiant Hope wants more out of life than the small town of Ponyville can offer. There she stands out from other ponies with her unique point of view, her love of helping others, as well as her love of books, not to mention her crystal coat. Hope longs for travel and adventure, for a life as exciting as the stories she reads.

But, when Hope's beloved father, Crystal Hoof, is taken prisoner by a cruel shadow pony in an enchanted castle, her path in life is forever changed. Risking her freedom and her future she takes her father's place secretly vowing to escape, but the more she learns about the shadow pony and his mysterious castle, the more she realizes there may be more to his story -and her own- than she ever could have imagined...