Princess Red Lily has been brought up to be the perfect bride to be for Strong Bull, prince of the Horses of the Sun. This is the only way for Princess Celestia to receive the Horses blessing to raise the sun for another hundred years. Thanks to her aunt, Princess Celestia, Red Lily has never lived a normal life. That is, until she runs away. Shedding her name, and her look, she decides on Ponyville to be her hiding place, and her home. But what exactly are the unforeseen consequences of offending the Horses of the Sun?