After their failed attempt at taking Canterlot, the Changeling army ended up in the arid desert south of Appleloosa, a place known only as the "Badlands". In a highly criticised move, Princess Celestia decides to extend the hoof of friendship to their would-be invaders by reaching a truce. The one chosen for this perilous task of negotiation? The Mayor of Ponyville, once an esteemed prosecuting attorney.

When negotiations break down however, the Mayor finds herself fighting for her life, but as the old saying goes, "Politics makes for strange bedfellows."