Twilight Sparkle is in a funk. Cadance was assassinated, and to Twilight, it felt like all the light and happiness had gone out of the world. Her big sister, surrogate second mother, and idol was gone. How are her friends going to get her out of it? They aren't. But one new Alicorn is. Enter Nocta, Alicorn of the Moon, formerly Nightmare Moon. What task does she have for Twilight Sparkle? And why does it involved kissing?