The battle against the Terrible Trio of Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow, has gone horribly wrong for Twilight and her friends.

Broken, bloodied, and with no way of knowing if help will ever come Twilight does something that, from her first day as a princess of Equestria, she has been told to never do, a line to never cross.

But will the price be worth it?