When there are rulers there will always be those who wish them gone. The two princesses of Equestria, Luna and Celestia, were attacked in an assassination attempt during the night, so they call upon the Elements to help the guards find the ones who tried to eliminate them. Will Twilight and her friends find the assassins? Will the assassins be friends they know? Or, perhaps, is there something more at hoof?

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