Snowfall Frost ignored the signs and cast her spell. Both she and the generations to come paid the deadly price. With Equestria plunged into a world of icy darkness, no alicorn princesses in sight, and no Elements of Harmony to bring warmth and hope to the ponies, they faded away. Yet, a small population escaped the death trap and formed a small town to the east of the Canterlot Ruins. Now, a small group of the escaped ponies has returned to set things right. With them are three would-be princesses and the ponies who, in another time, would have been the bearers of the fabled Elements of Harmony. Also with them is a very powerful unicorn, a direct descendant of Snowfall herself.