A what-if story told by a Non-Brony after years of having it rattle loosely in his imagination. The author hopes for the understanding and help of Bronies to help edit and refine this story idea to more cohesively fit canon using the knowledge of those in the fandom who know better than himself. In short, "BRONIES, HELP!" Timing of the story within the show proper and/or comics to be decided later. Preemptive Teen Rating for medieval fantasy violence and pseudo-profanities.

After Twilight Sparkle's ascendancy to alicorn royalty, a study of the census has revealed a curious anomaly: Equestria's population was affected by missing large amount of its male population that traces back a millennia to the Lunar Exile. The only way to explain such a sharp change could only be the disappearance of those who would be eligible for draft to military service in a time of crisis. Baffled by this, Twilight and the rest of the Six Defenders of Harmony discover the existence of a lost tribe of ponies descended from the Equestrian Knights who once defended Equestria from its enemies.

But as they get to know these ponies - whose traditions and methods of defending the realm are quite different from their own - Twilight is faced with the difficult decision of whether modern Equestrian society is ready to welcome them home.