Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, and Applejack are enjoying a peaceful day in Ponyville. However, all sense of tranquility is shattered when Twilight receives an urgent summons from Luna. Princess Celestia has been attacked while investigating a strange fog that has appeared around the mining village of Manestown! Now it is up to Rainbow Dash and her five best friends to discover who is responsible. Armed with the Elements of Harmony, the six champions of Equestria are prepared to face any danger. However, they soon find themselves in a confrontation unlike any they have ever known. Friendship may be the greatest power known to pony-kind, but is it truly enough to drive away Fear?

Facing Fear will be the first arc of a much larger story.