This is it. The culmination of nearly seventy years of planning. Conversion is about to begin. And then something goes terribly, horribly wrong.

When the magical storms subside, Equestria lies in ruins; Celestia herself is in a coma. Help comes from the Crystal Empire, but it is not enough, and more ponies are dying every day. Worse, Twilight Sparkle, one of her core beliefs shattered, has fled into the Everfree forest. The situation goes from bad to hopeless when the humans arrive; the ponies prepare to fight, aware that they are horribly outclassed. But war is the furthest thing from humanity's mind...

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