Years after an interdimensional rift connected Earth to the magical world of Equiss, humans and ponies have learned to coexist. Despite the unusual circumstances, life on both sides of the portal has settled into a strange yet stable rhythm. For Jacob, an unassuming young man, the presence of ponies in his life is little more than a distant curiosity.

That is, until a late-night knock at his door changes everything. Standing before him is a cloaked pony, none other than Twilight Sparkle cradling a foal in her hooves.