In an Alternate Universe where Celestia is not even a memory, Rarity and Sweetie Belle live struggling lives in a desolate kingdom. Having not known the joys of Equestria, Rarity is not much like the one you know. Still, she'll do anything for her sister. This truth is tested in fire as a secret is revealed and the world turns against the sibling duo, and they must live even more desperate lives as they fight to survive.