Ember Stroke had nearly everything. A full ride to a university on a design scholarship, a loving and all-too-caring mother, a spunky but adorable little brother, multiple friends who enjoyed his company for who he truly was, and more. But not everything is meant to be when Ember's mother falls into a comatose-like state where she must be kept alive by the hospital staff's machines at extremely high costs per hour. As a promise to his brother of giving his mother a chance, Ember makes a deal with a shady character to become a 'Hunter' in exchange for payment in her treatments. The stallion is way in over his head and will soon learn of the darker-than-death fates of Equestria's biggest supernatural secrets.