You are a pony whom has come just come to the brand new opening of a city called San Palomino, located inside a desert named San Palomino Desert. Something happens, and half the city gets destroyed by large beast, it's arrival causing the ground to quake, and you to faint. When you wake once more, you hear news of the princess, Princess Celestia, and her disappearance. You then hear more about the situation you are in, and that you are stranded. Now you must travel across San Palomino in search of the princess and your home.