When Applejack asks each of her friends to accompany her to visit relatives in Appleoosa, they all accept-of course. But she has no idea what is in store for newly crowned Twilight Sparkle, regent lord of Ponyville. A botched assasination attempt leaves her stranded in the middle of the San Palomino desert- but luckily for her, she is not alone as she tries to evade the griffons of Gryphnes.